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The twin issues of spotty security and lack of governmental regulation have plagued cryptocurrencies practically since their inception. Headlines of millions lost to hackers and scammy, get-rich-quick schemes that left investors bankrupt have made the public leery of cryptocurrencies. Intercontinental Exchange, which also owns the New York Stock Exchange, is striving to change all that […]

The Texas State Securities Board issued three emergency cease and desist orders Tuesday, Sept. 18, to shut down a Russian cryptocurrency scam, charge DigitalBank and two principals for threatening immediate and irreparable harm to the public, and charge a forex and Bitcoin trader of guaranteeing false ROIs, respectively. Russian Crypto Organization Faces Cyberfraud Charges According […]

The Office of the New York State Attorney General (NY AG) has published a report announcing the referral of three major cryptocurrency exchanges to the U.S. Department of Financial Services (DFS) for potential violations of state cryptocurrency regulations. Published Sept. 18, the Virtual Markets Integrity Report focuses on the outcome of the Virtual Markets Integrity […]

MixMarvel and Tenfold Protocol have joined forces to apply Tenfold’s layer-2 blockchain scalability solutions to “HyperDragons,” a strategy game built on the Ethereum network, in a move that will allow expanded gameplay and decreased transaction costs. “HyperDragons” Takes Flight “HyperDragons” allows users to build kingdoms, gather assets and fight on the blockchain through arena battles, […]

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said earlier this year that he hopes to have major banks using the company’s cryptocurrency XRP by the end of the calendar year, and “dozens” more using it in 2019. A big part of making that a reality will be Ripple’s xRapid product, which company executives hinted may launch within the next month. […]

According to research by Sam Doctor, a quantitative analyst at Fundstrat, Bitcoin mining costs have doubled since May. Increasing Hash Rate Late last week, Doctor released a cost analysis of the notoriously expensive Bitcoin mining process that supports the pioneer cryptocurrency. His research concluded that Bitcoin’s requisite hash power of 57 exahash per second, or energy required […]

Digital security marketing platform Issuance recently revealed the development of a new platform that will give the evergrowing supply of digital security offerings (DSOs) direct access to institutional and retail investors. Issuance is a marketing platform that connects digital securities issuers with verified investors. Its latest venture will offer a score of benefits to its investors–including […]

Welcome to the second week of our weekly series in blockchain venture capital fundraising. Seed CX Seed CX, a Chicago-based institutional crypto asset exchange startup, recently closed a $15 million Series B round. Previously raising Seed and Series A rounds from investors–including 500 Startups, iAngels, Divergence Digital Currency Fund and more–the Series B round was […]

In just under a week, the Winklevoss twins’ cryptocurrency platform Gemini has been listed for trade on Bibox, officially launching the GUSD market. The regulated stablecoin, built on Ethereum’s network, became available Sept. 14. It was revealed via Twitter that a deal was in the works, but a date wasn’t provided. Gemini Dollar gets its […]

As investigated by the World Economic Forum, the Blockchain ecosystem could be the digital kiss to a globally affecting environmental scrape. A Blueprint for Biodiversity: PwC Presents “Building Block(chains)s For A Better Planet” Combining efforts with the PwC, some unnerving terms were discussed in a report diagnosing the biggest environmental issues. “Artificial Intelligence” and the […]