The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease and desist order and a $200,000 fine to Crypto Asset Management (CAM) and its founder Timothy Enneking,...
Controversial Blockchain Project Tezos to Be Audited by ‘Big Four’ PwC
The Tezos Foundation has announced that the international professional services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland (PwC) will conduct an external audit of its finances and...
Bitcoin King Novogratz Leads Investment Round in Crypto Lending Service
Billionaire Investor and President of Fortress Investment Group, Mike Novogratz, is leading a $52.5 million fundraising round for a cryptocurrency lending service called BlockFi. The investment is...
Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Upholds BTC $20K, ETH $1.5K 2018 Forecasts
Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of both Reddit and VC firm Initialized Capital, upheld his $20,000 Bitcoin (BTC) and $1,500 Ethereum (ETH) forecasts for 2018 in...
Catalonian Government to Develop Plan for Blockchain Technology Integration
The Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) has revealed a plan for blockchain tech implementation in its public...
Ex-Programmer of Russian Payments Firm Qiwi Used Company Equipment to Mine 500K Bitcoins, CEO Claims
The CEO of Russian payment services provider Qiwi Sergey Solonin has claimed that an ex-employee of the company used its payment terminals to mine bitcoins in 2011. The...
Swiss “Crypto Valley” to Create Digital Identities for Its Citizens on the Ethereum Blockchain
As of September 2017, the Swiss town of Zug will offer all of its citizens a digital identity on the Ethereum blockchain.
Zug, a Swiss town with the population of nearly 30,000 citizens, has been...
Marijuana Cryptocurrency May Sponsor Dennis Rodman’s Trip to US-North Korea Summit
PotCoin is reportedly in discussions with representatives of Dennis Rodman to sponsor his trip to the US-North Korea summit...
Alipay’s Parent Company Secures $14 Bln for Blockchain Development
Alipay’s operator Ant International has entered into “definitive agreements” with investors to secure $14 bln in a Series C equity financing round. The money will be spent to...
Cryptocurrency Not Yet Usable as Money, Russian Rating Agency Concludes
A report from Russian Analytic Credit Rating Agency (ARCA) released Thursday, June 7, states that cryptocurrency is not yet usable as a means of payment.
According to ARCA,...