Jack Martin

Ripple has filed a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging that it held an unregistered securities offering of XRP tokens.

Harvard University stages a “Digital Currency Wars” live simulation of a White House National Security Council meeting.

The European Investment Fund has launched a new investment scheme aimed specifically at retaining AI and blockchain technology development in the region.

LocalBitcoins continues its path to full regulation with an official license from the Finnish Financial Services Authority.

Encrypted email service, ProtonMail, is not cashing in Bitcoin payments made for its services, and apparently “hasn’t for years.”

The Bitcoin Cash hard fork has completed as planned, with the first block considered invalid by old client software being mined.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $200,000 to a Virginia-based firm to develop blockchain security solutions.

Chinese local government officials have given their seal of approval to a VeChain-powered blockchain tea traceability platform.

Chinese police are holding the founder of Bitmain rival MicroBT over suspected allegations of intellectual property infringement.

Hackers took over BitMEX Twitter, and claimed responsibility for the earlier leak of 30,000 email addresses. BitMEX says all customer funds are safe.

Argentina’s central bank extends capital controls to ban the purchase of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency using credit cards.

Monero (XMR) futures trading launched by a regulated Dubai-based BTSE cryptocurrency exchange that says it wants to “spark a conversation.”

Russian nuclear scientist jailed for using a national research facility’s supercomputer to mine Bitcoin.

WeChat Pay stores payment receipts on the blockchain, says Binance CEO.

China’s Xi calls blockchain technology an important breakthrough for independent innovation, urging to accelerate its development.