Europe
Cyprus registers Binance as a cryptocurrency service provider.
Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, will be able to provide services for virtual currencies in Cyprus as a result of the platform's recent registration with the nation's securities regulator. The...
Cryptocurrency
More than 24,000 ATMs in Brazil will offer USDT through Tether and Smartpay.
Usdt, the largest dollar-pegged stablecoin on the market, was created by Tether, a company. Tether recently announced that...
Blockchain
To solve the blockchain modularity issue, Celestia raises $55 million.
The project Celestia, which seeks to address the alleged centralization issue in the current monolithic blockchains, has announced...
Asia
Hong Kong considers removing the “Professional Investor-Only Requirement” and allowing retail investors to trade cryptocurrency.
Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong's director of licensing and head of the fintech division both...
Banking
A Societe Generale subsidiary in France, the third-largest bank, has been registered as a provider of digital asset services.
The third-largest bank in France's subsidiary, Societe Generale-Forge, has been registered as a provider of digital asset services...
DHS Awards Grants to Develop Blockchain-based Solutions for Commercial Applications
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a grant of $750,000 each to two Blockchain startup companies: Digital Bazaar and Evernym. Under the terms of this award, both...
Ethereum, Bitcoin Prices Recover as China Bitcoin Ban Rumors Linger
Lingering reports of an impending China bitcoin ban caused the cryptocurrency markets to contract over the weekend, but Monday brought a slight recovery. The...
‘Revolutionary’: Finland Central Bank Paper Heaps Praise on Bitcoin
Researchers at Finland's central bank have dubbed bitcoin's economic system "revolutionary" in a new staff paper.
The paper, released on September 5, constitutes an investigation...
Fully Invested, Always Long? Big Money Might Be Changing the Crypto Market
As institutional investors pile into the cryptocurrency space, they may be altering the underlying dynamics of the market itself.
By virtue of buying in, institutional...
South Korean Court Declares Bitcoin Confiscation Illegal
After Police seized 216 Bitcoins from an individual that was suspected to be involved in illegal activities with the digital currency, it was ruled...
BTC-e’s Vinnik Rejects US Judgment, Offers to Help Putin with Expertise
Assumed BTC-e CEO Alexander Vinnik has publicly stated his innocence and even offered to help Vladimir Putin as a digital technology specialist.
Speaking to Russia Today in...