Austrian Regulator Freezes Crypto Mining Firm Amid Investigation The Austrian Financial Market Authority has suspended the operations of cryptocurrency mining firm INVIA GmbH for offering illegal investments. … Read More
Korean National Assembly Makes Official Proposal to Lift ICO Ban South Korea’s legislative arm of government is pushing for the removal of the country’s ban on domestic initial coin offerings.… Read More
Chinese Blockchain Event Draws Backlash Over Chairman Mao Stunt Chinese crypto media firms are boycotting a blockchain event after the organizer used a Chairman Mao imitator to fire up the audience.… Read More
Chinese City to Use Blockchain In Fight Against Tax Evasion Tencent is working with a local tax authority on fintech solutions to tax issues, and already has a blockchain product for invoicing.… Read More
Alabama Securities Watchdog Hits 3 ICOs with Cease-and-Desists The U.S. state of Alabama has issued cease-and-desist orders to three ICOs that were allegedly soliciting residents with unregistered securities.… Read More
Norfolk Southern the Latest Railway to Join Blockchain Transport Group Norfolk Southern is the latest railway to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.… Read More
ShipChain Pushes Back Against Securities Violations Claims In a statement, ShipChain said it did not violate securities laws or offer its token for sale in South Carolina. … Read More
Singapore Warns 8 Exchanges Over Unregistered Securities Trading Singapore’s central bank has warned eight digital token exchanges and an ICO issuer to stop trading tokens deemed unauthorized securities.… Read More
Russian Institutions to Trial Central Bank ICO Platform Two financial institutions are set to test a regulatory platform set up by the Bank of Russia that aims to make ICOs more transparent and secure.… Read More
US Department of Justice, CFTC Probe Crypto Market Manipulation: Report The U.S. Department of Justice is reportedly investigating cryptocurrency traders who may have manipulated the markets using old-school tricks.… Read More