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What do the FBI and Canada’s Binary Options Task Force have in common? When it comes to recent activity at Google, the duo might be responsible for causing an in-house backlash against cryptocurrency advertising.
During a defining five-minute period on January 27, 2018, the nominal market cap of Tether rose by more than $600 million. Today, close to 40 percent of USDT trade occurs on OKEx and Binance.
On Friday, a tiny, virtually unknown cryptocurrency went to the moon for a few minutes. It appeared that in a straight-line trajectory, PACcoin suddenly began trading for more than 1000 times its historical price.
In recent remarks on cryptocurrencies, US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin questioned whether bitcoin should be considered a currency at all. He also expressed concerns over the use of virtual currencies to finance terrorist groups, but appeared enthusiastic about distributed ledger technology as a whole.
After the Wall Street Journal reported that the SEC has issued “dozens of subpoenas and information requests” to executives of and advisors to various cryptocurrency projects, investors were left wondering which companies are being examined. ETHNews reached out to some of the largest projects to learn whether they are under investigation. Here is what we found.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands reportedly plans to issue its own cryptocurrency, the Sovereign (SOV), which would be treated as legal tender alongside the US dollar. This has the potential to impact the country’s relationship with the United States, which has long provided defense for the small nation.
With the state’s blessing, CNET Antigua is planning to launch an Ethereum-based ICO to fund public-private development projects in Antigua and Barbuda.
According to a Commodity Futures Trading Commission memo dated February 5, 2018, ethics rules and regulations that apply to CFTC employee transactions in commodities similarly apply to their holdings and transactions in cryptocurrencies.
The US SEC’s Office of the Ethics Counsel recently issued a memo regarding staff investment in cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings.
Shortly before an official product launch, and for the second time, a hacker has returned stolen Ether to blockchain startup CoinDash.
The Iranian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) minister recently revealed that a bank in the country has been developing a cryptocurrency. That same day, local media reported that the central bank is pledging a virtual currency clampdown.
On Tuesday, BaFin issued an advisory letter regarding the regulatory classification of tokens that are distributed to investors through initial coin offerings (ICOs).
A day after the presale of Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency began, the president announced another digital asset: the gold-backed petro oro.
On Thursday, the Tezos Foundation announced the resignation of president Johann Gevers. The Swiss-based organization simultaneously declared the appointment of two new board members.
Some are left with more questions than answers following an announcement about Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency, the petro.
Starting in March, scheduled Monero forks will feature minor changes to the blockchain’s CryptoNight hash algorithm in order to keep the network ASIC-resistant.
On Thursday, cryptocurrency trader Joseph Kim was charged with one count of wire fraud after allegedly stealing millions of dollars of bitcoin and Litecoin from his employer.
An act before the Committee on Economic Development in the Big Apple would examine the potential for economic zones to empower cryptocurrency mining.
Salon has introduced an ad-suppressing beta program. Site visitors who normally use ad blocker extensions can opt to mine cryptocurrency for Salon rather than disable their beloved ad blockers.
Just days after calling cryptocurrency regulation “inevitable,” the IMF’s managing director questioned whether cryptocurrency could be the root of the next financial crisis.
