October 12, 2019 @ 9:08 am By Cali Haan  |  

Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace is hosting a Travel Rule Compliance Conference and Hackathon in San Francisco November 5th and 6th. The event has been organized, “to develop open solutions that cryptocurrency exchanges, hedge funds, blockchains and banks urgently need to comply with both the FATF and… Read More

October 11, 2019 @ 4:21 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Following in the footsteps of PayPal, which walked away from the Libra Association last Friday, eBay and Stripe have now departed the alliance. In an update, Law360 has confirmed that Mastercard and Visa have exited the Libra Association as well. “We highly respect the vision… Read More

October 11, 2019 @ 2:00 am By Cali Haan  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), popularly known as the “central bank of central banks,” will be engaging in two projects at the BIS’s newly-established Innovation Hub in Switzerland, one of which involves, “examin(ing) the integration of digital central bank money into a distributed ledger technology… Read More

October 11, 2019 @ 1:53 am By Cali Haan  |  

Following a confirmation from CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) on Twitter yesterday that the Binance cryptocurrency exchange will soon allow customers to their trading accounts using Alipay and WeChat, Alipay has tweeted to deny Zhao’s announcement, stating: “NO, you cannot…There’re several reports about @Alipay being used for… Read More

October 10, 2019 @ 7:50 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Besides injections of Tethers and high-profile proclamations of imminent six-figure Bitcoin valuations, rumours of institutional money shortly avalanching into crypto also fuelled Bitcoin’s parabolic bull run in late 2017. Similar claims of institutional crypto thirst were in the media made this summer, and a price… Read More

October 10, 2019 @ 2:52 pm By Cali Haan  |  

In a 112-page order, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected NYSE Arca’s request for a rule change to allow the company to sell a “Bitwise” Bitcoin ETF to retail traders. The proposal is believed to be the last remaining request for a… Read More

October 10, 2019 @ 1:29 am By Cali Haan  |  

The European Union’s finance commissioner-designate, Valdis Dombrovskis, has told fellow members of Europe’s governing body that he plans to propose laws for the regulation of cryptocurrencies, Reuters reports. “Europe needs a common approach on crypto-assets such as Libra…I intend to propose new legislation on this,” Dombrovskis… Read More

October 9, 2019 @ 9:35 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Changing Zhao (CZ), CEO of Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platforms, has confirmed on Twitter that the platform will begin accepting money transfers via Chinese payment giants WeChat and Alipay. The news is very significant because China has been pursuing a progressively… Read More

October 9, 2019 @ 6:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Simon Morris, Head of Product at Facebook’s Libra coin project, departed his position in August. According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr Morris was appointed as Head of Product at Libra in April of this year. Libra (Calibra) lead David Marcus’ LinkedIn profile says he began… Read More

October 9, 2019 @ 1:42 am By Cali Haan  |  

An advocacy group representing mainstream stock exchanges and clearinghouses from around the globe, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), has asked the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) not to ban cryptocurrency derivatives products aimed at retail investors. In a consultation paper issued by the FCA… Read More

October 8, 2019 @ 8:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Jennifer Robertson, widow of deceased QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten, has disclosed that she will be turning over the “vast majority” of her assets to the Quadriga estate so they may be used to partially compensate users who lost funds when Quadriga collapsed. In a letter… Read More

October 8, 2019 @ 1:36 am By Cali Haan  |  

Aidan Curry, 23, and Connor Brooke, 25, have pleaded guilty in California to one count of Money Laundering Conspiracy for running an unlicensed money transmitting business (MTB) in which they traded cash “with complete strangers,” no questioned asked, for bitcoins and vice versa. The defendants… Read More

October 7, 2019 @ 8:35 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Lawyers at Roche Freedman LLP filed a class action suit on October 6th against Bitfinex, Tether, and associated parties and firms. The suit alleges plaintiffs collectively suffered over $1.4 trillion USD in damages due to defendants alleged violation of Commodities Exchange and federal RICO statutes, as well… Read More

October 5, 2019 @ 5:31 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Embattled crypto exchange Bitfinex has announced that it, “has completed a chainswap to convert US$5 million tethers onto the EOS protocol via sister exchange EOSfinex. Tethers are cryptographic proxies of USD designed to maintain a stable value equivalent to one USD. They are used to… Read More

October 5, 2019 @ 10:50 am By Cali Haan  |  

Chainalysis, producer of KYT (know your transaction) and AML-compliance software that currently supports monitoring of 10 cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, Binance Coin, Gemini Dollar, TetherUSD, Paxos Standard, and TrueUSD), has issued a “multi-currency release” that the company says will allow users to track transactions on… Read More

October 5, 2019 @ 10:31 am By Cali Haan  |  

Coinbase is increasing fees at Coinbase Pro, the company’s platform for professionals trading crypto. The increases will go into effect on Monday, October 7, 2019. The company announced the fee changes in a blog post, and says the changes are, “designed to increase the depth… Read More

October 4, 2019 @ 2:38 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Tether, a cryptographic proxy of USD created in 2014 to give liquidity in crypto markets, has now solidly surpassed Bitcoin as the most traded cryptocurrency in the world. According to the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), Tether first surpassed Bitcoin in daily trading volumes back in… Read More

October 4, 2019 @ 2:00 am By Cali Haan  |  

Liechtenstein’s parliament has passed the Blockchain Act, “(a) new law (that) aims to strengthen the legal certainty for users and service providers…to further promote the positive development of the ‘token economy’ in Liechtenstein…(and) protect the reputation of the country,” according to lawyer Dr. Günther Dobrauz, The law was… Read More

October 3, 2019 @ 9:08 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the body responsible for regulating securities in New York, is hiring another Deputy Superintendent for Virtual Currency to help helm department’s newly created Research and Innovation Division for fintech, cryptocurrencies and DLT. The Deputy Superintendent will maintain,… Read More

October 3, 2019 @ 7:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Missouri Securities Division under Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has issued cease and desist orders against an entity called Mavixbtc, which allegedly, “offers (cryptocurrency) brokerage and investment advisory services when it is not registered…” According to a release from the Secretary of State’s Office:… Read More