Europe: Crypto and Blockchain News Roundup, 7th to 13th September 2018
Europe Welcome to our weekly roundup of all important blockchain and cryptocurrency news from around the world. Follow the latest developments in the cryptocurrency space continent by continent, country by country. European Union EU Commission believes crypto has a future: The Vice President of the European Commission has said that cryptocurrencies will definitely have a […]
Asia and Australia: Crypto and Blockchain News Roundup, 7th to 13th September 2018
Asia and Australia Welcome to our weekly roundup of all important blockchain and cryptocurrency news from around the world. Follow the latest developments in the cryptocurrency space continent by continent, country by country. Japan Financial regulator adds more experts for crypto license applications: The Japanese financial regulator Financial Services Agency (FSA) has announced that more […]
Binance CEO Predicts 1,000 Times Swell in Crypto Market
As the crypto community discussed the future of the market this week, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has disagreed with recent remarks by Vitalik Buterin, suggesting that the Ethereum founder’s comments about a squeeze on cryptocurrency growth are completely wrong. Buterin has denied that he made exactly those comments, Tweeting, “I never said that there is […]
New French ICO Framework Attracts Innovation, Boosts Macron’s Business Plan
France is continuing to follow President Macron’s plan raise its business profile in the world by establishing a legal framework for ICOs. A recent Autorité des Marchés Financier (AMF) annual report indicated that ICOs are most definitely on the agenda for further regulatory framework as Robert Ophèle, President of the AMF, indicated that the government […]
Bitcoin News Daily Podcast, 13th September 2018
Listen to the 13 September 2018 Bitcoin News Radio Show below. [su_audio url=”https://anchor.fm/s/58aba88/podcast/play/1333083/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2018-8-14%2F4573652-44100-2-f132fde2224e6.mp3″] On this edition of the Bitcoin News daily radio show, we discuss how TokenLot has become the first ICO trading firm shuttered by the SEC, and another story about how the CEO of GAW Miners has been sentenced to 21 months in prison […]
It’s 2-0 as Brazilian and French Football Teams Go Crypto
With an increase in football teams and individual players taking up crypto-related products, two more clubs have picked up this current trend. Two teams, Brazilian Avaí Futebol and top French club Paris Saint-Germain have both recently announced their own crypto token sales. Avai Futebol Clube, currently languishing in Brazils Series B second tier, has announced […]
SEC Shuts down TokenLot for Unlicensed ICO Trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States has cracked its whip and shut down TokenLot LLC, a platform that offered 200 cryptocurrencies, many of which were initial coin offering (ICO) tokens that could be considered securities. This sends out the message that the SEC is serious about stopping ICO traders who do […]
Brave Pursues Legal Action Against Google for User Privacy Breach
Brave, a first of its kind internet browser powered by blockchain technology, is taking international legal action against Google for systematically breaching user privacy on a large scale. Google’s actions are probably in violation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law, so Brave’s actions against Google could lead to an investigation and […]
Bitcoin an Exotic New Asset Class
Bitcoin represents a difficult categorization effort by traditional financial organizations, resulting in some seeing this exotic new asset class as much as a hybrid of a currency as it is an investment. The Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC) has declared Bitcoin a commodity, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has declared Bitcoin to be property, the […]
Gaw Miners CEO Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison
Josh Garza, the former CEO of GAW Miners, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison in addition to six months of house arrest and three years of supervised release. He has been found guilty of wire fraud for a string of disasters centering around GAW Miners’ cloud mining operation and Paycoin. GAW Miners was […]
