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From ICOs to digital currency exchanges, the FSB provided an overview of its work and that of related organizations studying the crypto-asset phenomenon. Don’t worry though – for now, it says crypto-assets won’t cause a meltdown of the conventional markets. Advertisements On July 16, 2018, the Financial Stability Board (an organization that studies and makes […]

OKCoin launches U.S. fiat-to-crypto exchange, U.S. House committee hears “the Future of Money: Digital Currency,” Binance Backs Decentralized Bank Advertisements OKCoin Launches U.S. Dollar-to-Crypto Deposits and Withdrawals in California Following a similar launch by Huobi last month, OKCoin today enabled U.S. dollar deposits and withdrawals on their website. According to an article at Coindesk, the […]

Australian company Fuel Games adds its hand to the blockchain gaming pot. ETHNews spoke with chief operating officer and co-founder Robbie Ferguson to learn more about the studio’s new game, Gods Unchained. Advertisements Blockchain-based games can be fun, but they often come with a price tag. Want to adopt an adorable kitten through CryptoKitties or […]

“In an effort to conceal their connections to Russia, the defendants used a network of computers located around the world, and paid for it using cryptocurrency,” said deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Advertisements On July 13, 2018, in its indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers linked to hacking offenses in the 2016 election, the US […]

The credit card giant’s newly published blockchain patent application proposes a different way to obtain proof of payment. Advertisements On Thursday, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a blockchain-related patent application that was filed in January 2017 by American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc., which is a travel-based subsidiary of the American […]

As cryptocurrency investment gains popularity, many exchanges are looking into expanding their operations. In fact, this week, two of the world’s largest announced plans to branch out. Advertisements Announced July 10, Canada’s Coinsquare has partnered with blockchain investment bank DLTa21 to launch a Japanese crypto exchange market. The new platform will be dubbed DLTa21X and […]

The newly hired Leonardo Real previously worked for BMO Financial Group. But what happened to Tether’s former CCO? Advertisements UPDATED | July 13, 2018: On Friday morning, Kasper Rasmussen, head of marketing and communications for Bitfinex, reached out to ETHNews to explain what happened to Tether’s previous chief compliance officer. “Matt Tremblay is still working […]

At the famous conference in Yalta, where that photograph was taken of Franklin Roosevelt, Stalin, and Winston Churchill all sitting on a bench deciding the fate of Europe after World War II, Churchill remarked to Stalin that the forced collectivization must have cost millions of lives. = Advertisements The British Prime Minister later reported that […]

From hooligans to elites, the World Cup attracts billions of people. Illegal betting rings have been making big profits off some of them. Advertisements According to a July 12 announcement made by the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, the police in the province have launched an extensive enforcement action against illegal gambling organizations. This operation […]

“Proof-of-stake is solved.” Advertisements Even in an industry that’s seen no shortage of grand proclamations, those words, issued by entrepreneur Charles Hoskinson in April, grabbed attention. The CEO of blockchain firm IOHK (and one-time CEO of Ethereum), Hoskinson was seeking to send a message about a new research paper, one he believes proved that the […]