Korea’s blockchain classification initiative marks the first time the government has recognized the sector as a legitimate industry. The South Korean government is set to establish new blockchain

The Philippine government plans to license up to 25 cryptocurrency exchanges to operate in the country’s northern Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport, increasing the number from an initially planned

@NickSzabo has an interesting essay on the origin of money – “Shelling Out: The Origins of Money”. He uses some of the ideas of Richard Dawkins that “Money is a formal token of delayed reciprocal altruism.”

Cryptocurrencies worth more than EUR 4.5 million (USD 5.23 million) have been captured by Spanish and Austrian police in a Europol-led operation against a drug crime group on the Darknet, the European

Deputy governor Sam Woods recommended three steps that banks and investment firms should follow to avoid cryptocurrency exposure risk. The Bank of England (BoE) has alerted financial institutions over

Facebook has partially eased its cryptocurrency ads ban, allowing advertisments of digital currencies upon certain conditions, the social media giant announced on Tuesday. As per the new rules, effective

Chinese fintech firm Ant Financial Services Group, part of e-commerce giant Alibaba, announced on Monday its payment subsidiary Alipay has launched a blockchain-based remittance service for transfers between

One of the hot topics in the crypto community recently has finally found its answer. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled earlier in June that the world’s second largest cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency trading bots are on the rise in South Korea over the past few months as a rising number of companies is offering such automatic trading. Similarly to the trading bots for other assets, the

The Bitcoin Misery Index (BMI) has been created by Tom Lee, a famous Bitcoin bull and co-founder of US research firm Fundstrat, to indicate when it would be a good time to make an investment in the most

South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb revealed on Thursday a plan to “fully recover” investor assets stolen in a KRW 35 billion (USD 30 million) hack yesterday. To avoid further damage the

Tether (USDT) released on Wednesday a third-party report which concluded that the cryptocurrency is fully backed by USD reserves, dispelling recent allegations that the tokens issued exceed the company’s

Europol, the European Union (EU) law enforcement agency, is meeting 16 leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the Hague this week to debate ways of preventing criminal abuse of digital coins as part of the

France blacklisted four crypto trading sites on Monday, because of their unauthorized investment offerings, financial regulator Autorite des marches financiers (AMF) explained. One of the sites is unavailable

But some other cryptocurrencies may be, states William Hinman The price of Ethereum (ETH) surged more than 10% on Thursday evening (UTC) after a top official at the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can make the same earthquake to the banking system like Trump to US politics, Bannon claims. Steve Bannon, the key figure behind Donald Trump's successful presidential

Thai watchdog has legalized the trade of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, Ripple, and Stellar Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a comprehensive

The CFTC has issued subpoenas to Coinbase, Kraken, itBit, and Bitstamp Regulators from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have requested comprehensive trading data from four cryptocurrency

A total of 118 Belgians have reported losses amounting to EUR 2.2 million from various cryptocurrency-related scams since the beginning of the year, according to data is published on the website of a new