Bitcoin Futures have faced unusual hurdles from the US authorities. There are ways around this but these ways are often limited and high risk. However, Vaneck Securities and Solidx seem to have found the solution. Due to the many regulatory hurdles that the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed on the implementation...Read More
VC firm Andreessen Horowitz Co-Founder Marc Andreessen reportedly delivered the opening remarks to a cadre of Washington regulators. | Source: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson By CCN Markets: Angel investment and venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has taken an “unusual” measure in the fight against Washington’s clampdown on cryptocurrency. To secure its stake within the emerging crypto industry,...Read More
Despite promising market momentum, the current conditions remain problematic for Bitcoin service providers. In Thailand, one of the biggest services will shut down in a few weeks. Bitcoin Co. Ltd, also known as Bx.in.th, will not seek a renewal of its Digital Asset Exchange license. It is unclear why this decision was made all of...Read More
Venture capital stalwart Andreessen Horowitz has been upping the ante in the crypto combat with US regulators. The firm aims to temper Washington’s somewhat harsh stance on the digital asset industry that could be holding the US back.Andreessen Horowitz Battles For CryptoThe primary aim from the investment firm is to advance its latest bet on...Read More
Crypto traders and investors in Thailand woke up to an unpleasant surprise this morning as the Kingdom’s leading digital asset exchange announced that it was closing down. Limited Options For Thai Crypto Traders In an official announcement today, Thai SEC regulated BX crypto exchange stated that it would be discontinuing digital asset trading services at...Read More
Popularly known for investing in innovative companies, Andreessen Horowitz hosted a private event in May assembling the financial watchdogs of Washington in order to persuade them to be more considerate toward cryptocurrencies. Andreessen Horowitz has invested in a number of projects including several blockchain and cryptocurrency-related projects. According to the Wall Street Journal, officials from...Read More
Numerous ICO projects have been flagged as illegal securities. A lot of those companies are now under investigation by the SEC. The company behind BitQyck, which allegedly defrauded investors, had its founders agree to pay $8.4m in damages. This is a key development for current and future investigations. The BitQyck Scheme While many people assumed...Read More
Coinbase adds WalletLink functionality enabling its users to use dApps within the company’s wallet app. One of the most interesting dApps is IDEX – currently the world’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX). San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase added WalletLink functionality to enable its users to use dApps within the company’s wallet app. One of the most...Read More
Securitize, a company that converts assets to tokens and manages digital securities on the blockchain, has been registered as a transfer agent with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. While this will give them the freedom to maintain records for the transfer of securities, the company also claims that being SEC-compliant will help boost...Read More
A group of hardcore bitcoin maximalists have heroically overcome their hatred for Ethereum after receiving ERC20 shares in crypto exchange INX worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The staunch BTC loyalists, led by Blockstream CTO Samson Mow, have agreed to support a project built on Ethereum, despite all the mean things they’ve said about it....Read More
Here’s a riddle for you: what does Monero’s Fluffypony have in common with former Capital One Vice President Alan Silbert, as well as Charlie Lee? Besides an oversized presence on crypto Twitter, all three are listed on the paperwork for crypto’s latest three-letter fad: an IPO. Crypto trading platform INX has applied to the U.S....Read More
Markets have taken a turn for the worse as North American investors reacted to the SEC’s latest pronouncements for future token sales. Based on the new guidance, regulators will continue to treat all token sales as likely securities for the foreseeable future. Markets fell more than $17bn since Wednesday morning. Digital assets across the board...Read More
SEC claimed that ICO Rating violated the anti-touting provisions of Section 17(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 by failing to disclose payments it received from initial coin offering (ICO) issuers it rated and published on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Russian entity ICO Rating agreed to pay $268,998 in...Read More
Earlier this month Kik released a 130-page filing that accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of “twist[ing] facts” in its lawsuit against the company’s 2017 Kin token sale. The company disputes claims that the 2017 sale of KIN tokens, which raised more than $100M, was a desperate attempt to save the company from ruin, and...Read More
The Veritaseum blockchain platform and its founder Reggie Middleton have filed a response to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the regulator’s claim that its ICO was fraudulent and illegal, and that Middleton had later manipulated the VERI token’s value. As a result, the SEC managed to get a New York court last week to temporarily...Read More
As many as 70,000 people could be facing financial ruin as a massive crackdown sweeps across Ghana’s banking system. It serves as yet another stark warning that governments and banks are in full control of people’s money. Only decentralized assets such as bitcoin would be immune from such monetary madness. State ‘Cleanup’ Wipes Out Billions...Read More
Photo: INX / Twitter INX Limited is a cryptocurrency exchange startup which plans to do an IPO as their token sale. The main difference is that this time the whole party wants to be properly regulated. While it is known that the 2017 ICO craze was completely unregulated and everybody could get away with it,...Read More
There are many reasons why the Philippines is becoming increasingly crypto-friendly. Not only has its central bank registered more crypto exchanges recently, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has also been actively finalizing crypto guidelines. The country has an active crypto community, and one of its largest banks has engaged in multiple crypto projects. Also...Read More
Photo: Silvergate Bank Silvergate Capital Corporation, the corporation standing behind Silvergate Bank, recently filed an S1/A form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where they note that they have found the niche of crypto loans attractive for them. They noted: “We believe there may be attractive opportunities to provide digital currency borrowing...Read More
This week, US President, Donald J Trump, decided that he would like to buy Greenland, thereby completely surrounding the USA’s northern neighbor Canada. Denmark semi-politely told him to… that it wasn’t for sale. Perhaps he would have more luck buying Bitcoin? Bitcoin Price: Down But Not Out Well, when it comes to bitcoin price, arguably...Read More
There are many reasons why the Philippines is becoming increasingly crypto-friendly. Not only has its central bank registered more crypto exchanges recently, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has also been actively finalizing crypto guidelines. The country has an active crypto community, and one of its largest banks has engaged in multiple crypto projects. Also...Read More
Bakkt has announced that it will be launching its bitcoin futures trading platform in September 2019. In a blog post published on August 16, 2019, the cryptocurrency trading company announced that its long-anticipated futures product will be going live on September 23, 2019, following approval to create a qualified custodian trust company from the New...Read More
