Banking Giant State Street Is Waiting on Client Demand for Crypto Custody
State Street bank says there's no sense of urgency yet from clients for it to move into safeguarding crypto assets.
State Street bank says there's no sense of urgency yet from clients for it to move into safeguarding crypto assets.
VanEck, SolidX and Cboe met with SEC staff on Monday to demonstrate how the bitcoin market is ready for an ETF.
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Check Point say a relatively new form of crypto mining malware, dubbed KingMiner, is “evolving.”
A US District Judge ruled that the SEC has not yet provided sufficient evidence that Blockvest broke securities laws.
New sanctions from the US government are driving Iranian bitcoin users to pursue more secure and private wallet solutions.
The FBI has arrested the CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank after he was indicted over an alleged multi-million dollar scam.
Following SEC Chairman Jay Clayton's fireside chat at Consensus: Invest, we invited three crypto law experts to unpack what was said.
Clayton spoke Tuesday at the CoinDesk-organized event. Here's the full video of his fireside chat.
For the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department is adding crypto addresses to its list of Specially Designated Nationals.
South Korea's National Election Commission says it is building a blockchain-based voting platform to be trialed in December.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission says smart contracts are covered under financial rules in its new primer on the technology.
Ten crypto and financial startups are forming a new association to create standards of conduct for the blockchain space.
Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain is facing a class action lawsuit for over $5 million that alleges unauthorized crypto mining by the firm.
Ohio has become the first U.S. state to allow taxes to be paid in bitcoin, starting with businesses.
The SEC's focus on crypto exchanges may disrupt some business models, add compliance and paperwork costs, and perhaps trigger a sector concentration.
The blockchain subsidiary of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange now has official approval from the island's financial regulator.
The Norwegian government has scrapped a subsidy on electricity tax for cryptocurrency miners in its state budget, a report says.
The European Commission, the EU's executive body, is launching a blockchain app association next year and already has major banks on board.
Swiss Federal Railways has trialed a blockchain-based credentials management system for construction workers.
The SEC would like to establish jurisdiction over crypto assets but this is only appropriate where there are legally enforceable contracts between legal entities, argues Edan Yago.
Plaintiffs have explained how they believe Coinbase allowed insiders to unfairly profit from its rollout of bitcoin cash last December.
Colorado's securities watchdog has issued four more cease-and-desist orders against suspect ICOs, taking its total since May to 18.
There is less than $5 billion of global capacity to insure crypto wallets held in custody. Coinbase has secured a significant chunk of that.
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority is considering a ban on some cryptocurrency-based derivatives, a senior executive has said.
The U.S. DOJ is reportedly probing Tether and Bitfinex over whether they artificially boosted bitcoin's price using the USDT stablecoin.
North Dakota has issued a cease-and-desist against a Russia-based ICO for copying a bank's website to promote "potentially fraudulent securities."
SGX has clarified the rules for publicly listed companies planning to conduct token sales.
Alabama's securities agency has led the way on enforcement against ICO fraudsters, using investigation techniques pioneered chasing gun runners.
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called for a multinational approach to regulating cryptocurrencies Sunday.
The FEC is open to allowing mining pools to donate to political campaigns, but such donations would qualify as "contributions."
