Prosecutors Charge ‘Discount Bitcoin Bandits’ With Robbery The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged the “Discount Bitcoin Bandits” with robbery, child abuse and grand theft counts.… Read More
SEC Official Defends ‘Balanced’ ICO Oversight in Congress A hearing at the House financial services committee saw hostility from some reps, sympathy from others, and a “balanced approach” from the SEC.… Read More
Australia’s Securities Watchdog Airs Concerns About Overseas ICOs ASIC is to extend its guidelines on initial coin offerings over concerns about overseas projects targeting local investors.… Read More
France Is Cutting the Tax Rate for Retail Crypto Traders France is about to offer relief to amateur cryptocurrency investors, after a ruling by the country’s Council of State.… Read More
Binance Exchange Denies Sequoia’s Allegation of Exclusivity Breach Crypto exchange Binance has denied an allegation that its founder breached an exclusivity agreement with VC firm Sequoia Capital.… Read More
US Congressman: ‘Race to Regulate’ Won’t Solve Crypto Fraud While fraud and ‘bad actors’ are a concern in the crypto industry, US Rep. Patrick McHenry says Congress should not rush to regulate.… Read More
Bitcoin Miners Arrested for Alleged Power Theft Allegations of electricity theft have reportedly led to the arrest of bitcoin miners and equipment seizures in two Chinese cities. … Read More
Chinese #Metoo Movement Turns to Ethereum to Evade Censorship Inspired by the #metoo movement, students in China are coding messages into the ethereum blockchain to escape Chinese internet censorship.… Read More
Sequoia Sues Crypto Exchange Binance After Investment Deal Collapses The founder of the Binance exchange is facing a lawsuit in Hong Kong over allegations he breached an exclusivity agreement with a big-name investor.… Read More
Arizona’s Crypto Tax Payments Bill Clears Hurdle Arizona’s revamped cryptocurrency tax bill was approved by a key committee on Monday.… Read More