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Bitmex Restricts Ontario Residents as Mandated by Canadian Regulator
24.8.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitmex will be restricting access to users from Ontario, Canada, starting the beginning of next month. The company says the restrictions are mandated by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). Bitmex Stops Servicing Users in Ontario Bitmex, a cryptocurrency...
Canadian Software Startup Puts 40% of Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin
24.8.2020
Graphic-design software firm Snappa described Bitcoin as "a far superior savings technology."
Canadian Restaurant Chain Tahini’s Converts All Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin
23.8.2020
Canada-based Middle Eastern restaurant chain Tahini’s has converted all of its cash reserves into bitcoin. The company says bitcoin offers a much better alternative to cash savings. From Cash Savings to Bitcoin Middle Eastern restaurant chain Tahini’s has announced via Twitter that...
Miner Hut 8 Reports Q2 Revenue Plunged 67% to $6.9 Million Due to Bitcoin Halving
15.8.2020
Canadian miner Hut 8 Mining Corp has reported that second quarter revenue tumbled 67% to $6.9 million from $21.2 million a year ago, as Bitcoin’s supply cut in May forced production to decline. The Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company extracted just 795 bitcoin (BTC) in the April to June...
Canadian Weatherman Frankie MacDonald Is Bullish on Bitcoin
10.8.2020
Frankie MacDonald is the latest internet personality to use his platform to push adoption of Bitcoin to a seemingly new audience
3iq Files IPO for Ether Fund to Trade on Canadian Stock Exchange
27.7.2020
3iq has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of its Ether Fund in Canada. The Canadian fund manager’s Bitcoin Fund is already trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Ether Fund has been preliminarily green-lighted by a Canadian regulator. Ether Fund’s IPO Canadian investment...
Canadian Regulator Accuses Coinsquare of Wash Trading
19.7.2020
Canada’s Ontario Securities Commission officially accuses Coinsquare of market manipulation
Canadian Regulator Accuses Coinsquare of Market Manipulation With Wash Trades Worth 590K BTC
18.7.2020
The Ontario Securities Commission has started a proceeding against cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare and its executives. The Canadian regulator has accused the company of market manipulation, with 840,000 wash trades worth approximately 590,000 bitcoins, representing 90% of the exchange’s...
Canadian Government Paid Justin Trudeau Family Member to Talk at Blockchain Event
14.7.2020
Canadian politicians are seeking answers after the half-brother of the prime minister was paid by the federal government to speak at a blockchain conference
Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 to Add 275 PH/s of Mining Capacity With $8.3M Capital Raise
1.7.2020
Hut 8 Mining Corp. has raised $8.3 million from the sale of 6% of its shares to investors. The Canadian bitcoin miner originally intended to raise $7.5 million from the sale, but it was oversubscribed. Totonto Stock Exchange-listed Hut 8 issued about 5.8 million “units” at a price...
COVID-19 Ransomware Plagues Canadian Android Users
25.6.2020
CryCyptor ransomware poses as a government-backed COVID-19 Android tracing app to deploy its attack
Consumer Watchdog Moves to Block Canadian Bitcoin Miner From US Power Grid
25.6.2020
Public Citizen warned the U.S. Dept. of Energy that DMG Blockchain's bid to export electricity could set a dangerous precedent
Canadian Bitcoin Scam Expands to British Columbia
24.6.2020
Police in Burnaby have noted a surge in Bitcoin-related scams across Vancouver
Canadian Regulator Unveils the Truth Behind Collapsed Crypto Exchange Quadrigacx
12.6.2020
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has completed its investigation of what happened to the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Quadrigacx which owes over 76,000 clients a combined $215 million in assets. Supposedly deceased, its founder Gerald Cotten was found to have committed a series of fraud...
Canadian University Adds Two Blockchain Programs to Meet Job Demands
29.5.2020
Canada-based York University will start two new blockchain education programs in September 2020 in order to meet rising demand for professionals in the field
Canadian Exchange Bitbuy to Offer 1:1 Bitcoin Deposit Insurance
27.5.2020
Toronto-based cryptocurrency exchange teams up with a local security firm to offer full security against “the unthinkable”
Galaxy Digital Secures Listing on Top Canadian Stock Exchange via Sandbox
15.5.2020
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital has been accepted into the Toronto Stock Exchange’s sandbox, with hopes of graduating onto its senior platform after 12 months
17,000 Quadrigacx Users Seek $307M from the Failed Canadian Crypto Exchange
13.5.2020
About 17,000 people have filed claims for refunds from the collapsed Canadian digital asset exchange Quadrigacx. Altogether, the claims, denominated in both cryptocurrency and fiat, amount to nearly $307 million. According to a document released Tuesday by Ernst & Young, the court-appointed...
Canadian Firm Hut 8 Reports Bitcoin Mined in Q1 Declined 54% Due to Price Volatility
13.5.2020
On Monday, Hut 8 Mining reported that first-quarter revenue rose 5% to $9 million from $8.59 million a year ago after the amount of bitcoin (BTC) extracted plunged sharply. Quarter-on-quarter, revenue fell 14%. For the three months to March 31, 2020, the Canadian bitcoin firm said it mined 1,116...
Canadian Exchange VirgoCX Taps Ledger Vault for Custody, Insurance Support
11.5.2020
Canada-based crypto exchange VirgoCX has turned to enterprise infrastructure technology platform Ledger Vault to provide custody solutions for retail and institutional clients