The chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority, Steven Maijoor, has supported new regulations for digital assets to help investors. The chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — the European Union-level financial markets supervisor — has said that he supports further regulations on digital assets, political news outlet Roll Call reported […]
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New York citizen Randall Crater has been charged with the development of an allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency “My Big Coins” and marketing it to investors. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a New York-based operator of a purported cryptocurrency payment services firm with a wire fraud and unlawful monetary transactions. The DoJ announced […]
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In-browser mining service Coinhive will discontinue its operations in March 2019, due to economic problems. Cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive is shutting down, as the project has reportedly become economically inviable. The team behind Coinhive the news in a blog post on Feb. 26. Per the announcement, the mining service will stop its operations on March […]
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Coinomi Wallet denied recent claims that its software sends wallet recovery seed phrases to Google’s remote spellchecker servers in unencrypted text. Coinomi Wallet denied recent claims that its software sends wallet recovery seed phrases to Google’s remote spell checker servers in plain (unencrypted) text. The company refuted the claims in an official statement published on […]
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More than 30 major crypto and finance companies, including R3 and Coinbase, have filed comments in response to the CFTC’s request on Ethereum. Several major crypto and traditional finance companies have replied to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) request on crypto asset mechanics as late as Feb. 25. The CFTC published its […]
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According to participants of the annual meeting of The Wall Street Journal CIO Network, blockchain technology adoption is still in its early stages. Experts and industry players have said that the adoption of blockchain technology is still in its early stages at the annual meeting of The Wall Street Journal CIO Network, The Wall Street […]
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Reid Hoffman inherited the Lightning Torch from Blockstream CEO Adam Back, with the next participant still a mystery. LinkedIn co-founder and former PayPal COO Reid Hoffman has become the latest participant in the Lightning Torch Bitcoin (BTC) transaction relay, Blockstream CEO Adam Back confirmed on social media on Feb. 26. Reid, whom Back appeared to […]
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Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, joined the BT Radianz Cloud broker community. Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, has joined the British Telecommunications (BT) Radianz Cloud broker community, a BT press release reports on Feb. 27. The Radianz Cloud is described in the press release as “one of […]
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While the crypto space has been in a ruthless bear market, banks and exchanges have started launching crypto services. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making […]
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The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has issued another deadline for the legislature to adopt digital asset regulation. Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued another deadline for the government to adopt regulations for the digital assets industry, according to instructions for the Federal Assembly. The document was published on the official website of the President of […]
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