India Leads P2P Volume Records Among Emerging MarketsNumerous emerging crypto markets are showing dramatic growth in P2P trade, with India and Ghana producing enormous growth during 2020.Jul 22, 2020Samuel Haig
Chinese Supreme Court Favors Strengthening Cryptocurrency Property RightsChina’s Supreme Court has called to strengthen property laws pertaining to digital currency, network virtual property and data.Jul 22, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
South Korea Finalizes Cryptocurrency Income Tax of 20%South Korea has finalized a new 20% tax rate for income generated from crypto trading.Jul 22, 2020Marie Huillet
Bitcoin Targets $1T in Settlement in 2020 — Stablecoin Growth ExplodesBitcoin has settled $712 billion already in 2020, while stablecoins have already seen their biggest year ever.Jul 22, 2020William Suberg
BRD Boss Recalls Operating Bitcoin Help Line During Crypto’s Early DaysBRD’s chief executive shares his experience of operating a ‘Bitcoin help hotline’ during 2015.Jul 22, 2020Samuel Haig
YouTube: We’re Not Liable for Crypto ScamsLawyers for the video-sharing platform argue that because Ripple impersonators were third-parties it has no liability.Jul 22, 2020Turner Wright
Australian Reserve Bank Blasts Money Printing: 'There's No Free Lunch'Australian Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says that somebody always pays for money printing.Jul 22, 2020Martin Young
OpenAI Bot Writes a Blog, Wows BitcoinTalk With ‘Intelligent’ PostsOpenAI’s third-generation language prediction model wrote a 750-word review of itself, fooling many readers.Jul 22, 2020Turner Wright
Vitalik Buterin Warns High Fees Threaten Ethereum’s SecurityAs Ether transaction fees hit 100 gwei, the project’s co-founder warns that a failure to respond could undermine the security of the network.Jul 22, 2020Samuel Haig
Twitter Hackers Try to Launder Funds Via P2P and Gambling PlatformsThe hackers behind the massive Bitcoin ‘giveaway’ scam that hit Twitter are moving funds to gambling and P2P trading platforms.Jul 22, 2020Samuel Haig
Ethereum 2.0 Final Testnet Set to Launch on August 4The final public testnet for ETH 2.0 aims to launch just two weeks from now.Jul 22, 2020Martin Young
Verisign Wins US Patent for Blockchain Powered Domain NamesVerisign, a publicly traded company providing domain name registry services, has been granted a blockchain-based patent.Jul 22, 2020Helen Partz
Cryptojacking and Ransomware Cases Grow in MexicoMexican media report on a new study that reveals a lack of trust from locals towards public cloud network security as cryptojacking cases rise.Jul 22, 2020Felipe Erazo
Coinsquare’s Leadership Forced Out After Wash Trading $5.5BThe CEO, President, and the COO of Canadian exchange Coinsquare have stepped down following an agreement with the Ontario Securities Commission.Jul 22, 2020Turner Wright
China Considers Implementing Blockchain Tech in Equity Trading CentersChina’s Securities Regulatory Commission allows regional equity markets to experiment with blockchain in the equity trading industry.Jul 21, 2020Ting Peng
Ethereum ‘Flippens’ Bitcoin to Become the Most Used BlockchainIncreasing stablecoin use and the rise of DeFi has made Ethereum the most used blockchain.Jul 21, 2020António Madeira
Why Did LocalBitcoins Give Up Their Users’ Privacy?LocalBitcoins COO Elena Tonoyan explains how the oldest peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange is fighting against criminal activity on its platform.Jul 21, 2020Cointelegraph
Kazakhstan Needs National Crypto to Fight Corruption, Says Local OfficialKazakhstan’s digital tenge has the potential to provide “full transparency in movement of budgetary funds,” chairman at local anti-corruption service says.Jul 21, 2020Helen Partz
Sizable Portion of Tether’s $4.5B Growth Comes from Exchange FiatTether rose quickly to $9.1 billion in 2020 as supply doubled since March, but some of that is old money being repurposed into USDT.Jul 21, 2020Andrey Shevchenko
Crypto Scammer Sentenced by South Korean AuthoritiesMan sentenced to two years and six months in prison after multi-million dollar crypto fraud.Jul 21, 2020Felipe Erazo
SEC Commissioner Peirce Asks ‘Who Did We Protect?’ in Telegram ShutdownCommissioner Hester Peirce clearly doesn’t see the SEC’s courtroom win against Telegram as a victory for the regulator or innovation in the U.S.Jul 21, 2020Kollen Post
China Creates Group to Develop Flexible International Public BlockchainChina’s Blockchain Service Network splits into two entities after the pushback from state-controlled entities on the integration of public blockchains.Jul 21, 2020Michael Kapilkov
US State of Texas Saddles Up to Become the Next Blockchain CapitalTexas ups its aspirations to become the go-to place for crypto in the U.S., forming a new blockchain council and highlighting the state’s mining capabilities.Jul 21, 2020Rachel Wolfson
Aligned Incentives: Accelerating Passive Crypto Adoption“They’re passively earning Bitcoin on purchases they would have made anyway.”Jul 21, 2020Maya Middlemiss
Major Victim of Cryptopia Hack Prepares to Sue Liquidator Grant ThorntonThe tale of hacked exchange Cryptopia’s extended liquidation is poised to see new legal action from a major creditor and token issuer.Jul 21, 2020Kollen Post
Key Metrics Show Institutional Demand for Bitcoin Is Surging RapidlyGrayscale’s $1.4-billion inflow in the first half of 2020, along with two other key factors, shows institutional demand is surging rapidly.Jul 21, 2020Joseph Young
Copper Becomes Latest Crypto Firm to Use Signature Bank's SignetThe integration of Signature Bank’s Signet will allow Copper’s customers to instantly pay and settle transactions in U.S. dollars and other fiat currencies.Jul 21, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
Wirecard Exec Reportedly Used Bitcoin to Move Funds to RussiaRussian media reported that Marsalek is hiding in Russia with funds that he was able to transfer there with Bitcoin.Jul 21, 2020Adrian Zmudzinski
Bitcoin Surges to $9.3K for First Time in a Week — Is it a Fakeout?The price of Bitcoin surpassed $9,300 for the first time since July 13 but traders are still cautiously optimistic about the trend of BTC.Jul 21, 2020Joseph Young
Bank of Jamaica Invites Tech Companies to Test Digital Currency SolutionsJamaica’s central bank has invited technology solution providers to develop and test a potential CBDC.Jul 21, 2020Mohammad Musharraf