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Charged: Securities Company Fined for Enticing Americans to Buy Bitcoin (BTC) Products

US regulators fined Switzerland-based XBT Corp. after the company allegedly offered unregistered security-based Bitcoin swaps and failed to register itself…

November 1, 2019

US Lawmaker Crafting Bill to Boost Crypto Companies, Prevent SEC Overreach

US Representative Tom Emmer says he's writing a bill designed to give crypto companies in the US regulatory certainty. The…

October 31, 2019

China’s ‘Xi Jinping App’ Reportedly Recommends Course on Blockchain, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Crypto

China's most popular app, Xuexi Qiangguo, is promoting a course on blockchain technology that contains lessons on Bitcoin, Ethereum and…

October 31, 2019

Cash Out: Central Banks Poised to Opt in on Digital Currencies Within 5 Years – New IBM Report

A new report conducted by tech giant IBM and the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, a London-based forum for…

October 30, 2019

China Announces Imminent Release of Digital Currency Targeting SWIFT and the US Dollar

Huang Qifan, vice chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), says he doesn’t think the Facebook-led Libra…

October 28, 2019

Bitcoin Bull Mike Novogratz: China Will ‘Eat Our Lunch’ If US Doesn’t Back Crypto and Blockchain Technology

Mike Novogratz, the CEO and chairman of Galaxy Digital, thinks China could be getting ahead of the United States in…

October 28, 2019

Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Are Real Crypto Assets – But Libra Is Not, Warns US Lawmaker

A US lawmaker is drawing a line between true cryptocurrencies and Facebook's digital asset Libra. At a hearing on the…

October 24, 2019

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Says Mark Zuckerberg Late to Crypto Party As ‘Trust Deficit’ Holds Social Media Giant Back

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who recently commented that he's worried regulators will impede the crypto space because of their challenges…

October 23, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg’s Planned Testimony on Controversial Crypto Project: ‘We’re Not the Ideal Messenger Right Now’

Mark Zuckerberg's upcoming statements before the House tomorrow have been released. The Facebook CEO will address the US House of…

October 22, 2019

Economic Inequality Triggers Chaos and Violence in Chile: Multiple Deaths, Trains Torched, Banks Closed, Buildings Burned

Protests in Chile have boiled over into violent clashes with 11 people killed at the hands of security forces, confirms…

October 21, 2019