CFTC Technology Advisory Committee Discusses Crypto Regulation and DLT Adoption

The Technology Advisory Committee of the CFTC discussed reports on crypto regulation and distributed ledger technology in a recent meeting. The Technology Advisory Committee of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) discussed crypto regulation and distributed ledger technology (DLT) adoption during a meeting on Wednesday, March 27. The committee discussed various reports on […]

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Swiss Regulator FINMA Concludes That Mining Firm Envion’s ICO Was Unlawful

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has concluded that crypto firm Envion’s $90 million ICO in January 2018 was unlawful. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has finished enforcement proceedings against crypto mining firm Envion AG, the authority announced on March 27. As a result of the investigation launched in July 2018, FINMA concluded […]

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The Lightning Torch: How the Community United to Teach Jack Dorsey About Feeless, Rapid Off-Chain Transactions

Over the last few weeks, the Lightning Network — Bitcoin’s off-chain scaling protocol — has made waves. Over the last few weeks, Bitcoin’s (BTC) second-layer scaling protocol, called the Lightning Network (LN), has gained a lot of traction, steadily proving to become a viable solution to BTC’s infamous scalability problem and even potential competitor to […]

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Makes 2FA Mandatory and Forms New Security Lab

United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that two-factor authentication is now mandatory for the exchange’s users. Nick Percoco, chief security officer at United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, announced that two-factor authentication (2FA) is now mandatory for the exchange’s users in a post on the company’s official blog published on March 26. 2FA, in this case, […]

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Börse Stuttgart, Axel Springer to Jointly Launch Crypto Trading Venue

Germany’s second largest stock exchange, Börse Stuttgart, is partnering with European digital publishing titan Axel Springer to launch a blockchain-powered crypto trading venue. Germany’s second largest stock exchange Börse Stuttgart is partnering with European digital publishing titan Axel Springer and its subsidiary Finanzen.net to jointly launch a blockchain-powered trading venue. The development was announced in […]

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Crypto Exchange CoinBene Assures Users That Prolonged Maintenance Not Due to Hack

Cryptocurrency exchange CoinBene has officially reassured users that its prolonged maintenance downtime is not due to a hack, as some had feared. Top-ranked cryptocurrency exchange CoinBene has reassured users that its prolonged maintenance downtime is not due to a hack, as some community members had feared. The exchange made its official announcement in an official […]

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