South Korea Announces Ban on ICOs

October 11 2017

On Friday, the South Korean financial regulator announced that the country was banning Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), saying that “raising

The Japanese Government Grants Regulatory License to 11 Exchanges

October 11 2017

Eleven cryptocurrency exchanges were granted legal legitimacy yesterday as the Japanese government handed out regulatory licenses.  The licenses come as

Malicious Mining of Monero: Criminals Use Illegally-Obtained Computing Power to Mine their “Cryptocurrency of Choice”

October 10 2017

Recent Rise in Crypto-Mining Scripts in Website Code, Embedded in Fake Image Files Since summer of this year, a trend

E-Coin Scam Shut Down by Swiss Watchdog

October 10 2017

Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authorithy, or FINMA, is the latest European institution to take legal action against a cryptocurrency-based scam.

European Parliament Report Outlines Europe’s Tightening Crypto Regulations

October 8 2017

According to a report released last Thursday, the European Parliament is taking further steps to place tighter regulations on cryptocurrency.

Chinese Bitcoin Executives Not Allowed to Leave China, Local Sources Say

September 20 2017

It seems like every day there is news of additional regulations within the recent effort to effectively put an end

China Ban Likely to Extend to Over-the-Counter Trading

September 20 2017

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that China’s recent roll-out of cryptocurrency-related bans is likely to extend to over-the-counter (OTC)

Russia Announces Plans to Legitimize and Regulate Cryptocurrencies

September 13 2017

Russia has recently announced that it is drafting a set of laws that would regulate and legitimize the use of

More than Cash: Finland Gives Asylum Seekers Blockchain IDs

September 6 2017

Among the many challenges that refugees face, one that has been an obstacle across the board is recovering or proving

Russia Abruptly Announces Crypto Ban for So-Called “Ordinary People”

August 29 2017

In Soviet Russia, cryptocurrency mines you. It is “hard to argue cryptocurrency is not a pyramid scheme”, said Alexey Moiseev,