Enjin Coin Becomes First Gaming Cryptocurrency Whitelisted for Use in Japan
ENJ has been given the official nod by the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association, a self-regulatory body.
ENJ has been given the official nod by the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association, a self-regulatory body.
Following an alleged December breach, the trading platform now says it will close and repay users any remaining funds.
The trader operating a registered digital currency exchange, says he is unable to continue operating without banking services.
The mostly ASIC devices used to mine bitcoin are said to have been consuming 95 megawatts per hour of electricity at a reduced rate.
Bitcoin's rising price reflects declining faith in the existing financial system. Will central bankers like Christine Lagarde take notice?
"Shreeki" allegedly hacked government portals, bitcoin exchanges and poker sites.
Placed under provisional liquidation last month, Mirror Trading had claimed to be able to offer returns of 10% a month using bots to trade clients' bitcoin.
The petition asks the EU to take a tiny fee on crypto transactions to be pooled into a fund for victims of fraud and hacks.
A ex-CFTC official on how Biden's rumored pick to head the SEC might treat crypto-related issues.
He estimated it will take “years rather than months” before the Fed releases a CBDC.
Critics of the rule said it would be technically impossible for some projects to comply because smart contracts and author-decentralized tools do not have name or address information to provide.
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks will be stepping down on Jan. 14, he confirmed Wednesday.
Proposals requiring crypto companies to report transactions amount to "mass surveillance" and flout the Fourth Amendment.
The crypto industry has its first federally chartered bank: Anchorage.
“Money might be controlled by a handful of elites,” the departing bank regulator said at a Wednesday event. “Crypto is about freedom.”
Hainan is one of the few provinces that have successfully incorporated blockchain technology into their public institutions’ online administrative platforms.
In a speech at a Reuters online event Wednesday, Lagarde said bitcoin was a "highly speculative" asset.
The 53-year-old Bulgarian national was convicted for laundering funds via cryptocurrency for a fake online auctions gang.
The DarkMarket site was thought to be the world's largest illegal online marketplace.
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the deal was off.
Three interpretative letters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lay the groundwork for banks to become crypto custodians, payment companies and miners in blockchain networks.
The former CFTC chairman has testified before Congress about cryptocurrency and blockchain on multiple occasions.
The Acting OCC head will reportedly end his brief tenure running the federal banking regulator by the end of the week.
Crypto companies complain about FinCEN's new "unhosted wallets" proposal. But the rules aren't unreasonable, says our columnist.
The warning comes a day after the regulator's U.K. counterpart, the Financial Conduct Authority, also raised similar concerns.
The firm exits the sandbox with what it claims is the first ISO 27001 certification for a crypto custody provider.
The Financial Conduct Authority said investors in cryptocurrency products offering high returns should be prepared to lose "all their money."
Twitter has banned Donald Trump's account (@realDonaldTrump) permanently just days after supporters broke into the Capitol Building, citing a review of recent tweets that the social media platform says could lead to further violence.
Kyrgyzstan's central bank wants to regulate cryptocurrency – licensing exchanges and barring its use in payments.
A 2020 report by Top10VPN found India to be the country that suffered the most economic damage from internet disruptions.
