Another US County Hits Pause on Crypto Mining Power Requests Franklin, Washington State, is the latest U.S. county to have suspended new utility applications from crypto mining farms over spiking power demands.… Read More
Dubai Plans to ‘Disrupt’ Its Own Legal System with Blockchain Dubai is planning to develop what it calls a “Court of the Blockchain” as part of a wider push for smart government operations. … Read More
Korean Government Seeks to Strip Tax Perks From Crypto Exchanges Cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea may soon lose eligibility for tax benefits currently granted to smaller companies and startups.… Read More
Winklevoss Brothers Bitcoin ETF Rejected By SEC for Second Time The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again rejected an effort by investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to list a bitcoin ETF.… Read More
South Carolina Ends Cease & Desist Orders Against Crypto Startups South Carolina’s securities regulator has ended cease-and-desist orders against two blockchain startups, public documents revealed Thursday.… Read More
Court Sentences Bitcoin Ransomware Creators to Community Service The developers behind the CoinVault and BitCryptor ransomware were sentenced to 240 hours of community service in a Dutch court on Thursday.… Read More
Swiss Markets Authority Investigates Troubled $100 Million ICO Swiss watchdog FINMA announced Thursday that it is investigating Envion AG for potentially breaking financial market rules with its ICO.… Read More
CFTC Chair Says Regulator Is ‘Behind’ on Blockchain The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is “falling behind” in understanding blockchain technology, chairman Christopher Giancarlo said. … Read More
Crypto Stock Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud Jon Montroll, who ran the now-defunct bitcoin investment platform BitFunder, has plead guilty to securities fraud and obstruction of justice charges.… Read More
Crypto Really (Really) Wants a Bitcoin ETF The crypto universe has spoken. They want an SEC-approved bitcoin ETF and they want it now. … Read More