ECB’s Benoit Coeure to Lead Central Banking Digital Currency Initiative
Coeure is to lead the new BIS Innovation Hub in researching and perhaps developing fintech with benefits, such as digital currencies.
Coeure is to lead the new BIS Innovation Hub in researching and perhaps developing fintech with benefits, such as digital currencies.
Working with JPMorgan and Temasek, Singapore's central bank has developed a prototype blockchain-based cross border payments system.
Christoper Wray said crypto is becoming a "bigger and bigger" issue for the agency in a Senate hearing with Mitt Romney.
Brian Haney, a former narcotics trafficker, pled guilty to charges that he laundered $19 million in bitcoin on Silk Road.
The CFTC has granted Tassat a swap execution facility registration, bringing it one step closer to offering US customers bitcoin derivatives products.
Wilshire Phoenix believes balancing funds between BTC and T-bills may convince the SEC that its bitcoin ETF proposal is better than the rest.
Russian regulators will begin developing proposals for legislation allowing confiscation of crypto assets seized in crime investigations.
Can an altcoin outgrow its founders? A new agreement between Electric Coin Company and the Zcash Foundation could be a good first step.
The People's Bank has said blockchain is a solution to trade finance asymmetries in the latest promotion of the tech in China.
Hong Kong’s securities regulator says the world needs a united response to stablecoins like Libra to avoid firms setting up in laxer jurisdictions.
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance has agreed to help Ukraine prepare rules for cryptocurrencies.
The Securities and Futures Commission will license crypto trading platforms like traditional brokers if they offer security tokens.
North Korea set up a Hong Kong blockchain firm in a bid to to launder stolen cryptocurrency and avoid sanctions, the UN has reportedly said.
Only one financial fund has passed Hong Kong's framework for digital asset investments.
CipherTrace is now providing AML compliance on Binance Chain, which supports both the exchange's BNB token and DEX.
A U.S. court fined the team and firms behind ATM Coin for fraud and misappropriation of client funds in a case brought by the CFTC.
Ripple's argument that an XRP holder waited too long to file suit has no precedent, a new legal filing claims.
The central bank is expanding the role of its Retail Payments Manager to include digital currencies, stablecoins and distributed ledger technologies as part of a new hire.
After clarifying how individual taxpayers should deal with cryptos last year, the U.K.'s HMRC has now issued guidance for enterprises.
The Financial Action Task Force wants financial institutions to prepare for the global expansion of digital identification systems.
Ripple has strong defenses against a lawsuit alleging it violated securities laws by selling XRP, but the road ahead is long, legal experts said.
Gregg Bennett had never heard of SIM swapping before. Then, one night in April, he learned in the worst way one can.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a $9.5 million settlement stemming from the Veritaseum initial coin offering.
Security token startup Harbor has been granted a transfer agent license by the SEC, a month after getting the green light from the CFTC.
The SEC and CFTC have settled charges with XBT Corp. after alleging the company sold unregistered security-based swaps for bitcoin.
Crypto startup Knabu is launching a 30-day pilot today to put regulatory reporting on the blockchain.
There's as much as $10 billion in stolen crypto out there. A joint venture from Coinfirm and Kroll looks to help people get their funds back.
Canadian investment fund manager 3iQ received initial approval on its long road to launch a closed-end bitcoin fund in Ontario later this quarter.
China’s central bank will certify a list of fintech product types that are widely used for digital payment and blockchain services with its verification system.
Kik wants to depose top SEC officials, and expose that they were making it up as they went. But the SEC is having none of it.
