Adoption
Analysis
Analysis of UAE and Saudi Arabia’s Government Cross-Border Payments Cryptocurrency
The United Arab Emirates and its neighbor Saudi Arabia launched a government-backed cryptocurrency to facilitate cross-border payments. The launch was part of a seven-point co-operation…
Hacks
IOTA Community Assists in Cataching Hacker Who Stole $11 Million MIOTA
The IOTA community was able to help gather enough evidence to allow authorities to catch an alleged hacker who stole over $11 million MIOTA tokens…
Exchanges
CBOE Resubmits Van Eck SolidX Bitcoin ETF After Week-Long Withdrawal
CBOE, on Jan. 31, has resubmitted their Van Eck SolidX Bitcoin ETF application, with a proposed rule change, to the SEC after withdrawing it…
Partnerships
Brave Browser Teams Up with Cheddar to Engage “Crypto Crazed” Users
Cheddar, a popular live-streaming financial news network, announced a partnership with Brave Software—the privacy browser behind Basic Attention Token. The move leverages Cheddar's viewers who…
Adoption
Van Eck: Crypto Investors Return to Gold as SolidX BTC ETF Withdrawn
Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Associates, told CNBC’s ETF Edge that he believes many investors who sold gold for bitcoin during its…
Regulation
UK Takes Steps Towards Legal Clarity for Cryptos—Does Not See Utility Token As Securities
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a ‘consultation paper’ on Jan. 23rd as part of its next step on working with crypto…
Scams
Icelandic Bitcoin Mining Thief Jailed for Stealing $2 Million in Equipment and Fleeing Custody
Icelandic Bitcoin mining equipment thief, Sindri Þór Stefánsson, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Jan. 17th. He was re-apprehended…
Regulation
South African Reserve Bank: Crypto Asset Friendly, but Bitcoin Is Not Money
South Africa’s reserve bank released a consultation paper that includes favorable recommendations and guidelines for the crypto asset industry in the country. However, the agency…
Rumors
Is the KYC Data Hack for Leading Cryptocurrency Exchanges Fake News?
Within the last 48 hours, news (re)surfaced suggesting that know-your-customer (KYC) information from some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges was made available for sale.…
Exchanges
Binance Opens Fiat-to-Crypto Outpost to Target the UK and Europe
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by adjusted trading volume, has taken another big step in its growth by launching a new fiat-to-crypto exchange.…
Taxes
Denmark Gains Access to Sensitive User Data on Domestic Cryptocurrency Exchanges for Taxation
The battle between tax authorities and cryptocurrency users took a turn in favor of the tax collectors. This month, Denmark's tax authority won permission…