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India’s Minister of State for Finance says there is no law that specifically bans cryptocurrency use in India.

Nouriel Roubini derided BitMEX as an example of a criminally unregulated crypto exchange, and called for authorities to enforce crypto regulation at large.

The State of New Jersey has accused a blockchain-related firm of conducting an unregistered securities sale when it sold its token to investors.

Legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives heard testimony on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project. Here are some key comments from lawmakers and David...

The chair of the House Financial Services Committee opened today’s hearing on Libra by noting Facebook’s past mistakes.

The co-founder of defunct Bitcoin exchange BitFunder has received 14 months imprisonment in connection with federal charges of obstruction of justice and securi...

A Texas Federal Court has ordered two defendants to pay $400,000 for allegedly conducting a fraudulent scheme to solicit Bitcoin from members of the public.

New AML laws will require Canadian crypto exchanges to register with the country’s financial watchdog FinTRAC next June.

Blockstack has received approval from the SEC to run a public token offering via Regulation A+ — a first use of the regulation for a token offering.

Congressman Tom Emmer reintroduced a bill to protect investors if they make an error as the result of receiving hard forked blockchain assets.

The office of the New York Attorney General has filed a memorandum arguing that its case against Bitfinex and Tether should proceed.

Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, may defer the adoption of the country’s major crypto bill “On Digital Financial Assets” until autumn.

Trial lawyer Stephen Palley has pointed out apparent evidence of fabrication in Craig Wright’s court documents in Kleiman case.

Mt. Gox founder Jed McCaleb allegedly misrepresented fund losses to keep traders on the platform, according to a lawsuit.

Kik is handing off its Defend Crypto fund to The Blockchain Association.