Chinese Blockchain Funding Center Plan Scrapped Over Regulatory Issues A Chinese investment association has scrapped a previously reported plan to launch a funding center to boost blockchain development in the country.… Read More
US Futures Self-Regulator Reminds Members to Report Crypto Activities A U.S. futures self-regulator is reminding its members the obligation of reporting any involvement in bitcoin or bitcoin derivatives transactions.… Read More
Bank of England to Test DLT Use in New Settlement System The Bank of England has launched a proof of concept that will explore DLT-compatibility with its real time gross settlement service. … Read More
AMD Bolsters Crypto Mining in Latest GPU Software Update The latest version of AMD’s Adrenalin Edition driver for its Radeon processors fixes an issue impacting blockchain processes.… Read More
Massachusetts Halts 5 ICOs on ‘Unregistered Securities’ Grounds The U.S. state of Massachusetts halted five token sales, alleging all involved the sale of unregistered securities. … Read More
Reddit Drops Bitcoin Payment Option For ‘Gold’ Membership Reddit no longer allows users to pay in bitcoin for subscriptions to its premium membership program, Reddit Gold. … Read More
Ford Patent Envisions Car-to-Car Crypto Transactions A patent awarded to Ford suggests the U.S. automaker is considering cryptocurrency as a way to help cars on the road communicate and reduce traffic.… Read More
Russian Official: Venezuela Won’t Be Paying Its Debt in State Crypto A Russian Finance Ministry official has stated that Venezuela will not pay off its $3.5 billion debt using the petro.… Read More
Central Banks Say Blockchain Could Shake Up Securities Settlement The second report from the project ‘Stella’ initiative explores applications of distributed ledger technology to securities settlement mechanisms. … Read More
Bitcoin: Safe Haven Asset or Lead Indicator for the S&P? Bitcoin is yet to find acceptance as “digital gold,” an S&P 500 and bitcoin price comparison suggests.… Read More