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Breaking: Coinbase Cleared to List Crypto Securities, Act as an Investment Advisor and Operate as Broker-Dealer

Update: Coinbase has revised its original statements regarding regulatory approval to list tokenized securities. Apparently, the SEC was not part…

July 16, 2018

US Congress Calls Digital Currencies ‘The Future of Money’ Ahead of Key Hearing

Update: You can watch the hearing live here. The US House of Representatives is giving Bitcoin and cryptocurrency a big…

July 13, 2018

Trump Revises Obama, Hones in on Crypto Crime in New Executive Order

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to create a new unit tasked with protecting consumers. The Task Force…

July 12, 2018

Central Bank Regulator Pleads With Bitcoin and Crypto Community to Stop Challenging Status Quo

In a show of transparency, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published the translation of an interview with its General…

July 6, 2018

Breakthrough: South Korea Will Officially Legalize Cryptocurrency and Blockchain-Based Industries

South Korea plans to categorize cryptocurrency exchanges as legal entities in a move that will lay a solid and formal…

July 5, 2018

Florida Agency First to Accept Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Amid Push for Cryptocurrency Czar to Stop Scams

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis issued an official release that outlines a plan to prevent fraudulent cryptocurrency offerings from taking advantage…

July 2, 2018

Congress Tackles Bitcoin, Privacy Coins, Virtual Currencies and Money Laundering

The US Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism held a congressional hearing entitled, "Protecting Our Elections: Examining Shell Companies and Virtual…

June 26, 2018

US Secret Service Official Asks Congress to Consider Regulating Privacy Coins

A leader at the US Secret Service is asking Congress to consider ways to prevent cryptocurrencies like Monero and Zcash…

June 21, 2018

US Supreme Court Justice Alludes to Future Where Workers Are Paid in Bitcoin

The US Supreme Court today issued a ruling on Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States. In a spirited debate, justices argued…

June 21, 2018

Members of US Congress Will Soon Have to Reveal Their Crypto Assets

We will soon find out which members of the US House of Representatives have decided to join the crypto craze.…

June 20, 2018