700 French Savers Targeted By Bogus Exchanges in $35 Million Hype
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the French independent stock market regulator in that country, has told French newspaper La Parisienne that 700 savers have fallen foul of a current bout of phone scams in this year alone. The amount of money lost to the scams is estimated to be around EUR 31 million ($35 […]
HODL Waves Show Bitcoin’s History
By graphing the age of unspent bitcoins versus time, HODL waves are revealed. There is the Genesis HODL of 2009-2011, the HODL of 2011-2013, the Great HODL of 2013-2017, and the newest HODL wave starting in 2018, names given by the Co-Founder of Unchained Capital, Dhruv Bansal, who discovered HODL waves. The history of HODL […]
United States Congressional Bill Bans Venezuela’s Petro, Calls for Global Investigation of Crypto
Just days after Venezuela announced that they are initiating a public sale of the Petro on 5 November 2018, and have completely re-designed it to be an X11 crypto like Dash, the United States Congress has put forth a bill which will completely ban the Petro. In addition, the bill calls for an international investigation […]
HM Land Registry Looks to Blockchain With 25 Million Potential Use Cases
The UK’s HM Land Registry, which contains 25 million land titles, is planning to utilize blockchain technology for future businesses. The HM Land Registry is world renowned and has currently £4 trillions worth of land on its books, representing 85% of the entire landmass of England and Wales. The Registry was first established in 1842 […]
Will There Be Lambos at the WBF, Crypto’s Big Event of 2018?
The 4th World Blockchain Forum is coming to New York City in November and will be televised on mainstream TV networks including NASDAQ, NETFLIX, and APPLE TV. The WBF is the second mammoth crypto event to come to New York this year after the Consensus event in the summer. The latest of the new wave […]
Norway Introduces New Rules for Crypto Service Providers
Norway’s financial regulator has announced new regulations specifically aimed at cryptocurrency providers which will take effect on October 15. The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) is enforcing the regulations as part of a government push to ensure that Norwegian cryptocurrency exchanges and those overseas operating in the country observe domestic money laundering rules. The laws […]
Major Bank in Russia Announces Partnership with Energy Giant to Propagate Blockchain
The largest majority state-owned bank in Russia, Sberbank, revealed details of a partnership with major state-run power company Rosseti, which includes the promotion of emerging technologies such as blockchain. Together, the pair plan to collaborate on a number of projects with the joint aims of advancing blockchain in Russia, and developing their own internal expertise. A press release detailing the partnerships […]
Lithuania Probe: Some Euro Banks Cited for Trading Big in Crypto
A government probe in Lithuania into the activities of private individuals and cooperate bodies has revealed that major European banks have been facilitating large crypto-fiat deals. The country’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) has been investigating activities which are reported to have happened over a period of two years. This investigation mainly concerns large trading […]
Institutional Investors Have High Hopes for Bitcoin During Economic Crisis
Market research company Fundstrat has produced details of a survey that indicates institutional cryptocurrency investors have a bullish attitude towards Bitcoin’s performance in circumstances of an economic crisis such as a recession. Key findings of the survey: 72% of institutional investors believe the price of cryptocurrencies will rise if there is a recession; 44% of […]
