Russian Court Overturns 2016 Cryptocurrency Media Ban A city-level court in Russia has revoked a ban issued in 2016 that blocked cryptocurrency media site bitcoininfo.ru, among others.… Read More
Vermont Regulators Hit ICO With Cease-and-Desist Notice A company behind an ongoing initial coin offering (ICO) has been issued a cease-and-desist notice from the U.S. state of Vermont.… Read More
Indonesian Regulator Gives Green Light for Crypto Futures Trading Indonesia’s futures watchdog has reportedly ruled that cryptos are commodities that can be traded on the country’s futures exchange. … Read More
Public or Private? Blockchain Distinctions Are Falling Out of Fashion “Convergence” means different things to different people in the blockchain space. But it’s a word that’s cropping up again and again.… Read More
Taking Back Power: An Upstart Government Plans to Tokenize Energy The plan is to incentivize solar power generation by circumventing rules inhibiting its adoption made by Madrid.… Read More
Op Ed: Five Things Blockchain Firms Need to Know About the GDPR This guest post by Laura E. Jehl was co-written by Robert A. Musiala Jr. and Stephanie Malaska of BakerHostetler. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of BakerHostetler or…… Read More
Chinese Stock Trading App Removes Crypto Price Tracking Soon After Debut A new service for tracking cryptocurrency prices on a popular stock trading app has become unavailable, possibly due to regulatory rumblings. … Read More
Korea Seizes Bitcoin Worth $1.4 Million Following Supreme Court Ruling South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that cryptocurrencies can be forfeited in criminal cases, allowing the seizure.… Read More
Indian Telecoms Watchdog to Combat Nuisance Calls with Blockchain India’s telecoms regulator plans to leverage blockchain technology to combat unsolicited phone calls and SMS messages.… Read More
No Disney, No PayPal? SEC Charges ICO Founder Over False Statements The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the company behind an initial coin offering (ICO) and its president with securities fraud.… Read More