Japanese exchange Liquid is not closed to the idea of relisting Zcash, an asset the outfit recently delisted due to regulatory precaution. After delisting privacy-focused asset Zcash (ZEC) in pursuit of regulatory compliance, Japanese exchange Liquid is not against a future relisting, pending regulatory clarity. “Regarding ZEC and our decision to temporarily stop providing trading […]
Continue Reading
Japanese exchange Liquid officially announced the delisting of 27 assets, citing regulatory precautions. Japanese exchange Liquid recently unveiled a mass asset removal from its platform, which COO Seth Melamed claimed necessary for legal compliance. “Liquid works closely with regulators in Japan and Singapore,” Melamed told Cointelegraph on July 25. Referring to Anti-Money Laundering, or AML, […]
Continue Reading
Ukraine’s Ministry for Digital Transformation will be tracking illicit crypto transactions with a crypto analytics startup backed by Bitfury. The Ministry for Digital Transformation of Ukraine, a major government authority behind local crypto regulation, will be implementing Bitfury’s crypto analytics tool to track crypto transactions. As officially announced on July 23, the Ministry has signed […]
Continue Reading
Major breakthroughs the U.S., Russia and China lead this week’s cryptocurrency policy news as it looks like everyone is trying to bring the industry in from the cold. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note Without breaking out the fanfare prematurely, […]
Continue Reading
As data becomes the main commodity for social media giants, can you trust crypto apps with your personal info? Over the past few weeks, TikTok has found itself in hot water over security issues. First, it was axed in India along with 58 Chinese apps for “stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized […]
Continue Reading
The world’s most famous chess player, Garry Kasparov, supports BTC as a means to fight human rights violations. Garry Kasparov, the Russian chessmaster who faced off against IBM’s “Deep Blue” supercomputer, says Bitcoin, crypto and blockchain technologies, are the solution to the demand for privacy in financial markets. In a July 23 interview with Forbes […]
Continue Reading
Blockchain interoperability has a big goal: to empower developers to choose what’s right for their application, not what is right for the platform they’re locked into. For years, tribalism has plagued the blockchain industry. Developers align to specific consensus protocols and defend technologies that use them, regardless of their limitations. These deeply rooted divisions are […]
Continue Reading
Liquid exchange plans to delist major privacy coin Zcash in an effort to play nice with Singaporean regulators. Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid is reportedly delisting privacy-focused coin Zcash (ZEC) in order to apply for a license to operate in Singapore. The Electric Coin Company, which develops the Zcash cryptocurrency, announced the news in a July […]
Continue Reading
The creator of the software company behind anti-virus program McAfee alleges Intel is suing him over the use of his own name. John McAfee, the crypto enthusiast who once said he would ‘eat his own dick’ if Bitcoin did not surge to $1 million, claims that Intel is suing him over his privacy project Ghost. […]
Continue Reading
Cryptocurrency businesses are facing increasing challenges as new regulations are introduced globally, which is changing the face of the industry and forcing companies to search for effective solutions. Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism regulations demand that financial companies follow strict guidelines in order to curb and track illicit activity. Staying in compliance […]
Continue Reading