November 15, 2018 @ 1:45 am By Cali Haan  |  

“Change is the only constant,” began IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde as she addressed a crowd at the Singapore Fintech Festival earlier today (November 14th). “A new wind is blowing, that of digitalization. In this new world, we meet anywhere, any time…A world in which… Read More

November 14, 2018 @ 11:42 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Researchers at McAfee Labs have discovered a new type of Russian malware quietly mining Zcash and Monero on exploited computers around the world. The malware “arrives via PUP installers” that drop and install either the Cryptonight Monero miner or Claymore’s Zcash miner onto a system, “depending… Read More

November 14, 2018 @ 6:30 pm By Cali Haan  |  

After “throw(ing) its arms wide open” to the burgeoning crypto sector last year, the Isle of Man is now imposing stricter requirements on “convertible virtual currency” (CVC) businesses registered there. Namely, crypto businesses on the island will now be obliged to have two local “resident directors”… Read More

November 14, 2018 @ 10:32 am By Cali Haan  |  

The prolonged bear market of 2018 appears to have affected two cryptocurrency mining operations in the county of Norbotten,Sweden, Sverige Radio reports. Power officials in the town of Älvsbyn are suing Miami-based company NGDC for millions in unpaid electricity bills, and the municipality of Kalix is looking… Read More

November 14, 2018 @ 9:56 am By Cali Haan  |  

Power outages in the Guizhou and Xinjiang regions of China have reportedly triggered “strict” inspections at local cryptocurrency mines, Cong Express reports. Mine owners say their facilities have been closed since November 5th, when a process of “rectification” was initiated by local authorities. Xinjiang is… Read More

November 13, 2018 @ 8:41 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A fake halal cryptocurrency pyramid scheme targeting Muslim investors in India has fallen apart in the Bitcoin bear market, in part due to scrutiny from regulators, Deccan Chronicle (DC) reports. Father-and-son team Syed Fareed and Syed Afaq Ahmed reportedly tapped a network of “ulemas” (Muslim… Read More

November 13, 2018 @ 5:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Because cryptocurrencies are volatile, are not accepted as legal tender anywhere in the world, are not handled by banks and can be transmitted anonymously, without new legislation, the State of Michigan will not be allowing candidates there to accept cryptocurrency campaign donations. These points were… Read More

November 13, 2018 @ 3:06 pm By Cali Haan  |  

An increasingly “techno-savvy” ruling elite in North Korea is using a “full range” of computerized devices and tactics, including the issuing of fraudulent ICOs (initial coin offerings), to evade global sanctions and, “…generate revenue for the Kim regime,” Insikt Group reports. Insikt’s cybersecurity researchers have… Read More

November 13, 2018 @ 8:52 am By Cali Haan  |  

The CEO of Informatics Services Corporation (ISC), a private Fintech company in Iran, says the country’s Central Bank has given his company permission to start trailing the cryptocurrency it designed for the Iranian state, Ibena reports. Seyyed Abotaleb Najafi, the London-trained CEO of ISC, reportedly emphasized… Read More

November 12, 2018 @ 4:04 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The CEO of London-based digital only banking platform Revolut has denied popular claims that Wall Street is poised to avalanche into cryptocurrency investing. Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky, told an audience at the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, last week, that, as far as he is concerned: “There is… Read More

November 12, 2018 @ 10:31 am By Cali Haan  |  

The Korean cryptocurrency exchange Zeniex is shutting down and has “abolished” it’s cryptocurrency fund and related token, ZXG. According to a November 9th notice from the company: “(A)ll services of Zeniex will be terminated on November 23, 2018.” The exchange launched in May 2018 with the reported backing of Chinese internet… Read More

November 11, 2018 @ 1:30 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A Swedish man has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for sending a “viable” mail bomb to the Lond0n-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopay after an exchange employee refused to change the man’s password. Jermu Michael Salonen, 43, received an additional six months detention for mailing… Read More

November 11, 2018 @ 11:29 am By Cali Haan  |  

Venezuela’s Minister of Petroleum says he has been invited by the Secretary-General of OPEC to propose that Venezuela’s new state-issued cryptocurrency, El Petro, become the standard unit of account in global oil markets, XinhuaNet reports. Minister Manuel Quevedo, who is also President of the Venezuelan… Read More

November 10, 2018 @ 3:52 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has ordered four more issuers of initial coin offerings to stop selling unregistered securities in the Western American state. The latest round of cease and desist orders brings the total number of ICOs now sanctioned by Colorado to 12. Bitcoin… Read More

November 9, 2018 @ 1:08 am By Cali Haan  |  

A principal and vice-principal at a middle school in Hunan, China have been caught and punished for using school rooms and school electricity to mine the cryptocurrency Ethereum, HK01 reports. The story reportedly began when a cousin of Principal Lei Hua of the Puman Middle… Read More

November 8, 2018 @ 3:10 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Venezuelan government has initiated a savings plan based on the country’s controversial new cryptocurrency, El Petro, and is somehow promising that investors will see their money appreciate or at least stay stable, Telesur reports. The scheme, however, will require interested parties to obtain one… Read More

November 8, 2018 @ 10:23 am By Cali Haan  |  

On November 3rd, hackers successfully sandwiched crypto-stealing code into the middle of a popular web traffic-measuring plugin from StatCounter, which is now used on more than two million websites, including government sites, WeLiveSecurity reports. Because the infected software creates a new bitcoin address for every site… Read More

November 8, 2018 @ 3:45 am By Cali Haan  |  

Researchers at Krebs on Security have shed new light on the nature of SIM-swap hacks, which have recently allowed thieves to steal millions in cryptocurrencies. Previously, it was thought that most SIM-swap attacks were being executed by hackers calling up mobile phone companies and impersonating… Read More

November 8, 2018 @ 2:55 am By Cali Haan  |  

A dedicated team established by the Central Bank of Isreal to consider whether the country should establish a state digital currency has determined that risks, complexities, a lack of need and a lack of globally-established standards means that Isreal will not be issuing a central bank… Read More

November 7, 2018 @ 7:35 pm By Cali Haan  |  

St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada had to shut down its entire network for four days last week to fend off a crypto-mining malware attack, Global News reports. Campus email, Wi-Fi, debit transactions, online course selection, cloud storage, and drives on the… Read More