LVC Corporation is allegedly close to obtaining an FSA-issued crypto exchange operating license. LVC Corporation, the digital asset- and blockchain-focused arm of Japanese messaging giant Line, is allegedly close to obtaining a crypto exchange operating license from Japan’s financial regulator. The news was reported by Cointelegraph Japan on June 20. According to the report, Japan’s […]
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sponsored What if you could copy what other crypto traders are doing? A trading platform notes that, when it comes to investing, many heads are better than one. An internationally focused trading platform says it is offering a social element to finance that has never been seen before — bringing together a strong community who […]
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A senior executive at the online giant says that the landscape right now means Libra is “fresh and speculative.” Amazon would only consider discussing the creation of its own cryptocurrency like Facebook’s Libra in several years’ time, a senior executive said at a conference on June 10. Speaking at Fortune’s Brainstorm Finance 2019 event, Patrick […]
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Ubisoft is exploring the possibility of integrating blockchain into its games — is this the future of gaming? The gaming industry has grown dramatically in recent years, partially because the world of video games is keeping up with the latest technological advances and even tries to get ahead of them. As such, it couldn’t bypass […]
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The exchange’s deceased owner was transferring user funds off the exchange and using them in his own margin trading on other platforms. The deceased owner of the now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX was allegedly transferring user funds off the exchange and using them as a security for his own margin trading on other platforms. The […]
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The Royal Bank of Scotland has hired a CEO for its digital banking service Mettle, Marieke Flament — a former managing director at the crypto firm Circle. The Roybal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired a former executive from cryptocurrency finance firm Circle, according to a report by the Financial Times on June 18. Marieke […]
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Open interest in Bitcoin futures contracts on CME hit a new all-time high of over 5,300 contracts, purportedly due to increased institutional interest. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group has released data showing that open interest in Bitcoin futures is rising, as per an official Twitter post on June 18. Interest in BTC futures over […]
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The U.S. DoJ unveiled a complaint against an alleged bitcoin-funded investment scam, saying the perpetrator and company are charged with fraud and money laundering. The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has unsealed a fraud complaint against Swedish citizen Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson and associated firm Eastern Metal Securities (EMS), according to a press release on […]
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Brazil’s federal revenue agency has released new rules requiring that crypto trading platforms report on all crypto transactions carried out within their system. The Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB) has released new rules requiring that cryptocurrency exchanges inform the regulator about users’ transactions in order to identify tax fraud, Cointelegraph Brazil reported on […]
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The U.S. Senate will hear views and analysis on Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra. The Banking Committee of the United States Senate will hear testimony on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project on July 16, economic news site MarketWatch reports on June 19. The social media giant released the white paper for its Libra token yesterday. The stablecoin, […]
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