Ukraine’s Proposal for Steps to Regulate Crypto Revealed as Popularity Grows
The Ukraine National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSMCS) has indicated that the Financial Stability Council (FSC) is considering further crypto regulation in that country. The FSC is the Ukrainian body responsible for assessing and minimizing risk in the country’s national financial sector. The council comprises of the Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, […]
Surrey Police, First in the UK to Confiscate and Sell BTC
UK Surrey Police is reported to have completed its own Bitcoin transaction earlier this year after trading the proceeds of confiscated 296 BTCs, according to Forbes. The sale, reportedly the first by a local police force in the UK, took place after Latvian Seregjs Teresko was arrested and deported for money laundering. Teresko has been […]
Fortune ’40 Under 40′ List Names 5 Crypto Leading Lights in Innovation
Cryptocurrency innovators have broken new ground with five now joining the list of 40 young global business disruptors represented on this year’s Fortune under 40’s rankings. The list was introduced in 1999 and ran every year until 2003. It was reintroduced after the global economic crisis of 2008 to celebrate notable innovation by the under […]
VanEck’s Gabor Gurbacs Considers Bitcoin Digital Gold
Director of digital asset strategies at VanEck, Gabor Gurbacs, considers Bitcoin to be a safe haven investment like gold and calls Bitcoin, digital gold. He suggests that investors who typically buy gold might diversify and buy Bitcoin, and perhaps 5-10% of the USD 7 trillion invested in the gold market may transfer over to the […]
Hydro-Québec Sets Out Clear Vision for Crypto Mining Future
Quebec, now becoming fast becoming North America’s mining hub due to its cheap energy prices, is under pressure to clarify exactly what Hydro-Quebec has planned for the province’s future; a recent interview with the public utility reveals some of the misconceptions and truths behind recent public criticism. Much of the criticism has come from the […]
CoinMarketCap Changing Policies and Design to Reduce Trading Volume Fraud
CoinMarketCap, a leading site for cryptocurrency market cap data and crypto exchange ranks, has announced that an update of policies and website design to reduce the impact of trading volume fraud on crypto exchange ranks, in a post titled ‘CoinMarketCap stands for data transparency and clarity‘. The most recent trend which has been inflating crypto […]
UK Law Commission Begins Smart Contract Research for Legal Reform
The UK Law Commission has begun research into blockchain technology, specifically smart contracts, in order to reform current laws to reflect their legal viability and use cases. The commission published a working paper on Thursday detailing the extent of the agency’s research thus far. Initial research has already begun, according to the paper, with the […]
