New AML Rules for Australia’s Bitcoin Exchanges Kick In Today Australia’s cryptocurrency exchanges must now follow new rules aimed to counter money laundering and terrorism financing.… Read More
Messaging Giant Line to Launch South Korean Blockchain Subsidiary Japan-based social messaging platform Line is launching a blockchain-focused subsidiary in South Korea.… Read More
Report: 9 Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds Have Closed in 2018 Bloomberg reported Monday that nine cryptocurrency hedge funds have shut down in the first quarter of 2018.… Read More
SEC Halts Mayweather-Backed ICO Over Alleged Fraud The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the Floyd Mayweather-supported Centra Tech initial coin offering. … Read More
Amber Baldet Leaving JPMorgan Blockchain Team to Start New Venture Amber Baldet, who led development of JPMorgan’s permissioned blockchain platform Quorum, is leaving to start her own project.… Read More
Google Bans Crypto Mining Browser Extensions from Chrome Google said Monday it is banning cryptocurrency mining extensions from the Chrome Web Store after a flood of submissions that violated its policies. … Read More
Report: Russia’s Gazprombank to Test Cryptocurrency Service Russia’s state-owned Gazprombank is reportedly looking into facilitating cryptocurrency transactions through a Swiss subsidiary. … Read More
Bitpay Raises $40 Million in Series B Round Bitpay has raised $40 million in a traditional funding round led by Aquiline Technology Growth.… Read More
South Korea’s Capital Is Planning to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency The South Korean city of Seoul is developing the ‘S-Coin,’ a cryptocurrency that could be used in social benefits programs. … Read More
Vitalik: Ether Cap Is a ‘Joke’ Worth Taking Seriously Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin said he wrote a proposal to cap ether at 120 million tokens as an “April Fool’s meta-joke” to stimulate debate.… Read More