Former Indian Lawmaker Declared ‘Offender’ in Bitcoin Extortion Case A former Indian politician allegedly involved in a $1.3 million bitcoin extortion case has been declared a “proclaimed offender” by a local court.… Read More
Major Crypto Exchanges Face Action Over Money-Laundering Fears Japan’s Financial Service Agency is further cracking down on what it considers lax compliance with AML rules at larger, licensed exchanges.… Read More
Internet Cafes Hacked to Mine $800,000 Worth in Siacoin Crypto A group of hackers have allegedly colluded with computer maintenance firms in China to hack into computers owned by internet cafes to mine cryptos.… Read More
US Ethics Office: Government Officials Must Disclose Crypto Holdings Those working for the executive branch of the U.S. government must disclose their cryptocurrency holdings, ethics officials said Monday.… Read More
Ukraine Arrests Suspects Tied to Fraudulent Crypto Exchanges Ukrainian authorities have arrested four individuals suspected of operating fake cryptocurrency exchanges.… Read More
Payments Firm Square Receives BitLicense from New York Digital payments startup Square has received a BitLicense through the NY Department of Financial Services.… Read More
Bank of International Settlements to Publish New Crypto Research The Bank of International Settlements intends to publish two cryptocurrency-focused chapters of its annual report this weekend.… Read More
Chinese City Causes Confusion with Digital Asset Exchange Proposal A city government in China is mulling the creation of a “blockchain digital asset exchange,” but no one is quite sure what it means.… Read More
SEC Official Pushes Back on Claims Ether Is a Security SEC official William Hinman said the regulatory agency is not classifying ethereum as a security.… Read More
Coinbase, Ripple Blast Company Creating Tokens in Their Name Coinbase and Ripple are pushing back against the equity tokens the Swarm fund announced Wednesday. … Read More