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Litecoin founder Charlie Lee has announced the release of the full schedule of the upcoming Litecoin Summit, which will see the Litecoin team, Lightning Labs, RSK Labs, and a range of industry experts and influencers meet in San Francisco to discuss the future of Litecoin. I'm excited for the first ever Litecoin Summit! We have […]

EOS, the most valuable initial coin offering (ICO) of all time that raised over $4 billion throughout its 1-year-long token sale, has recently received criticisms regarding its latest blockchain halt and controversial statements on its Termination of Agreement, or Article XV. Controversial Centralization Issue Earlier this week, one of the members of an online cryptocurrency […]

International financial authority Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to collaborate with Japan, the second largest cryptocurrency market behind the US, to introduce unified cryptocurrency regulations in the upcoming months. Japan Concerned With Anonymous Cryptocurrencies Last month, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) encouraged leading economies in the G20 to adopt unified policies regarding […]

In the midst of regulatory developments, the cryptocurrency markets continue to tread steadily – stabilizing near support at monthly lows. The total cryptocurrency market cap experienced a $7 billion jump within an hour from $274 billion to $281 billion a few hours ago. At press time, 41 out of 100 top cryptocurrencies are in the […]

The U.S. SEC and other government agencies are taking action to increase regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrencies. At MoneyConf 2018 in Dublin, anonymous COO and co-founder of ShapeShift shared thoughts on the changing regulatory landscape of cryptocurrencies in the U.S. ShapeShift Hacked for 315 Bitcoin in 2016 Popular digital asset exchange, ShapeShift launched in 2014 to […]

Big banks and traditional financial institutions who stand to lose out the most from the blockchain revolution remain opposed to the growth of decentralized currencies — but recently released data demonstrates that slow-moving centralized financial structures are slowly being eroded by distributed ledger based technology, hinting toward the inevitable overthrow of the global financial hegemonic […]

The President of CBOE Global Markets has commented on the SEC’s recent clarification on the regulatory status of Ethereum, stating that as ETH is not at risk of classification as a security it’s possible that the CBOE may be able to begin offering Ethereum futures in the near future. CBOE President Chris Concannon hinted toward […]

Taiwan’s capital city of Taipei will be rolling out IOTA’s Tangle-powdered blockchain-based digital identification system later this year, according to BiiLabs Co-Founder Jim Huang. The launch of the Digital Citizen Card will see IOTA’s unique Tangle consensus method and platform used to establish an entirely new digital identification system. The Digital Citizen Card emerged from […]

The EOS block producer voting process has drawn to a close, resulting in the official launch of the EOS blockchain at 6 PM UTC on June 14. The launch of the EOS mainnet is the culmination of a $4 billion dollar initial coin offering and months of development and allows development and implementation of the […]

Ranked the 16th largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume, Bittrex is rolling out phase two of their US Dollar (Fiat) trading platform – enabling retail and corporate investors to exchange USD for cryptocurrencies. Fiat Trading to Increase Adoption In an effort to target a mainstream audience of investors, Bittrex has expanded their […]