ICO FUD may soon become a thing of the past as big name law firms and financiers enter the arena to advise and protect both investors and creators of token sales.
Despite the FUD, SEC-Compliant ICOs are Just Around The Corner NYU Finance Professor Describes Bitcoin’s Successes and Remaining Obstacles NYU professor weighs in on the successes of Bitcoin and the flaws it must overcome on the path to mainstream adoption
WannaCry Hackers Move $140,000 From Bitcoin Wallets, Marcus Hutchins Arrested WannaCry hackers suddenly empty wallets, experts weigh in on where the money goes. Meanwhile, the hero of the day who disabled the initial attacks is arrested just a day earlier.
Bitcoin Futures, Options to Appear On Chicago Exchange Traditional markets are rapidly accepting cryptocurrencies as Gemini sets out to list Bitcoin on the Chicago Board Options Exchange and give traders access to sophisticated derivatives.
Play by The Rules: Legal Experts Talk ICOs and SEC Warning What the leading legal experts are saying about the latest SEC weigh in on ICOs.
Bankers Continue to Switch To Crypto As Wild West Days Are Numbered From former bank CEOs to traders, more and more enter the digital currency market in one form or another. Regulation is seemingly around the corner as the Wild West days are numbered.
World’s Largest Bitcoin Tumbling Service Announces Sudden Shutdown Largest mixing service BitMixer shuts down in a matter of days, leaving users both puzzled and curious. Announcements motivated by ethical reasons to stop offering the service despite millions of dollars revenue.
Cryptocurrency Adoption Low Amongst Terrorists, Cash Is King EU Report downplays cryptocurrency use among terrorists.
Former Morgan Stanley CEO Eyes Cryptocurrency Investment Vehicle Ex-Morgan Stanley CEO has already been investing in cryptocurrency for his own benefit over the last several years, now seeks to bring new investors into the market
Ex-Bankers Keep Falling for Digital Currencies, Integrating Crypto in New Businesses The number of former bankers entering the digital currency marketplace in one form or another keeps growing.
Japan’s Bitcoin Exchanges Getting Ready To Secure Smooth Operations After August 1 Japanese Bitcoin exchanges and companies line up to secure smooth operation irrelevant of August 1, when a scenario of Bitcoin forking, or breaking into two separate chains, is possible if no enough parties agree to signal for BIP148.
Dark Market AlphaBay Goes Way Of Silk Road After Operator Found Dead Shadow online marketplace AlphaBay is shut down in a sting operation reminiscent of the Silk Road takedown in 2013.
Ethereum Classic Makes Its Way Onto Chinese Exchange Huobi Due to popular demand another major exchange is listing Ethereum Classic, giving Chinese traders more access to the market via ETC/fiat pairs. If trends are to be followed - more exchanges will follow suit.
IRS, Softly, Takes Step Back From Bitcoin Exchange Coinbase Summons IRS takes a step back in Coinbase summons, but still looking to get hold of user data.
Irish Retail FX Adds Ripple, Dash and Ethereum Trading Pairs Amidst Growing Demand In sign that the traditional market traders are warming up to cryptocurrencies, a fully regulated Forex brokerage introduces three leading cryptocurrencies on the world’s most popular MT4 platform.
Blockchain Tech Offers Solution to WannaCry-Type Cyberattacks, Contrary to MSM Brainwashing In wake of the WannaCry cyberattacks, Blockchain offers security solutions.
Bitcoin Exchanges Kraken, Poloniex To Be Scrutinized For Possible Insider Trading, Manipulation Law firm Berns Weiss will scrutinize possible market manipulation in relation to recent Kraken and Poloniex DDoS attacks.
Japan to Roll Out Fixed Deposit Interest for Bitcoin Japan is rolling out fixed term deposits for Bitcoin: customers of selected exchanges will soon be able to net interest from their deposits in a nationwide first.
Bitcoin Advocate Charlie Shrem Joins Multi-Platform Wallet Jaxx as Business Development Director Jaxx hires Charlie Shrem, founding member of Bitcoin foundation. The multi-coin multi-platform cryptocurrency wallet sets its sights on growing its user base.
Japan Finance Ministry Guides Bitcoin Exchanges, Sets Strict Rules Japan sets out guidelines to the host of new exchanges looking to operate in the country.
Ripple Signs Up Another 10 Banks As Blockchain-Based Payments Grow Ripple signed up another 10 banks, including BBVA, penetrating the traditional banking sector in a way other digital currencies have yet to do.
Ethereum Classic Fund Goes Live, Ethereum ETF Launch Edges Closer Grayscale Investments has officially made the ETC Investment Trust available to investors, publishers of Coindesk among them.
In Bitcoin Litecoin Drama, BitPay Presses On With “Secondary Blocks” BitPay CEO Stephen Pair signals progress in Bitcoin upgrade. BitPay wants extension blocks, but no hard forks.
North Korea Behind Hacking Bitcoin Accounts, How to Stay Safe Indications show North Korea behind hacking Bitcoin accounts in organized government effort. Estimations value the amount hacked at over $80,000 in Bitcoin.
Investment Bank Report Heralds Growing Blockchain Interest in Gulf States Investment bank Marmore released “From Bitcoin to Blockchain”, a report that researches the impact of Blockchain technology on the Gulf states.