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SEC Settles Charges With Crypto Token Issuers Accused of Fraud
29.8.2019
The SEC settled charges with two individuals accused of selling unregistered securities with the Bitqy and BitqyM token sales
Crypto Salaries Gain Regulatory Recognition Around the World
29.8.2019
Salaries paid in decentralized digital coins have become a norm across the crypto industry, but there’s really no reason why cryptocurrencies can’t be used for remuneration by businesses in other sectors as well. In many jurisdictions that should be legal even in the absence...
Political Group Launches ‘ICO’ to Support US House Candidate
28.8.2019
BitPAC is conducting a "politicoin" ICO as part of its efforts to support candidates like North Carolina's Dan Bishop
4 Agencies Are Investigating Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX
27.8.2019
A report from QuadrigaCX bankruptcy trustee Ernst & Young published Monday outlines which agencies are investigating the failed exchange
Judge Recommends Ruling in Favor of Kleiman in Craig Wright Case
26.8.2019
A magistrate judge has recommended that Craig Wright turn over 50% of his bitcoin and intellectual property from before 2014 to Ira Kleiman
Swiss Regulator Licenses Two New Blockchain Companies As It Shores Up Legal Requirements
26.8.2019
Two Swiss startups received broker dealer licenses as FINMA hardens its AML requirements
UK Central Bank Governor Sees Digital Currency Displacing US Dollar as Global Reserve
23.8.2019
BOE governor Mark Carney called on Friday for the creation of a wholly digital alternative to the U.S. dollar
SEC Approves Blockchain Tech Startup Securitize to Record Stock Transfers
21.8.2019
Token issuance tech provider Securitize has registered as a transfer agent with the SEC, a move it says will boost blockchain adoption
Blockchain Firm Veritaseum Calls for Assets to Be Unfrozen in SEC Response
20.8.2019
Veritaseum has officially responded to the SEC's claims it sold illegal securities and called for its funds to be unfrozen to protect investors
Dark Web Drug Dealer to Forfeit Millions of Dollars in Illicit Crypto Earnings
20.8.2019
A man has been sentenced in San Diego, California, for conspiring to sell opioids and other drugs over dark web markets for cryptocurrencies.
Judge Blasts Craig Wright’s Evidence, ‘Inconsistent’ Testimony in Kleiman Trial
15.8.2019
The judge overseeing the ongoing lawsuit against Craig Wright, who claims to have invented bitcoin, shot down a motion challenging the court's jurisdiction over the suit
PR: Australian Bitcoin Cash Conference Brings Cryptocurrency Leaders to Townsville
15.8.2019
Global leaders from the Bitcoin Cash community will gather at the first Bitcoin Cash City Conference in Australia, being held in Townsville on September 4 & 5.
Townsville has really embraced Bitcoin Cash, so hosting this conference in the cozy, coastal suburb was a natural next step....
New IRS Warning Letters Target Crypto Investors Who Misreported Trades
14.8.2019
The IRS is sending another round of warning letters to crypto users, this time to taxpayers who it thinks misreported income on exchange transactions
Blockchain Firm Settles With SEC Over Unregistered $6.3 Million SAFT
14.8.2019
A healthcare-focused blockchain firm has settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its 2017-2018 SAFT offering
UK Advertising Watchdog Upholds Complaints Against BitMEX Bitcoin Promotion
14.8.2019
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints over a bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX
SEC Guidance Gives Ammo to Lawsuit Claiming XRP Is Unregistered Security
13.8.2019
Investors suing Ripple have started citing the SEC’s token guidance to back their claim that XRP is an unregistered security
Legal Expert Katharina Pistor Weighs in on Facebook’s Libra
13.8.2019
Is Facebook's Libra a "concentration of power... unmatched by any meaningful accountability to anyone?" Legal expert Katharina Pistor thinks so
ICO Issuer PlexCorps Reaches Settlement With US Securities Regulator
13.8.2019
Lacroix and Paradis-Royer each agreed to pay $1 million apiece as a civil penalty. PlexCorps must disgorge $4.56 million in addition to some $350,000 in interest
New Zealand Honors Bitcoin with Legal Status But Falls Within Tax Purview
13.8.2019
A cryptocurrency (Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin, etc.) has stirred controversy worldwide. Countries around the globe have variant perspectives, notions, and most importantly are skeptical about the evolving concept, Cryptocurrency. It would be righteous to state what the Financial Markets Authority’s...
WATCH: Ted Livingston Discusses Kik’s Response to the SEC
12.8.2019
Kik CEO Ted Livingston discussed his company's legal fight with the SEC on CoinDesk Live last week