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On Wednesday, the NYDFS published guidance for virtual currency businesses, clearly explaining their responsibilities to monitor for fraudulent activity and market manipulation, and report findings in a timely fashion. Advertisements On February 7, 2018, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published guidance to remind virtual currency (VC) companies licensed by New York State […]

Japanese authorities continue to investigate cryptocurrency exchanges in a bid to assess security measures. Advertisements A report on February 7, 2018, said that Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) had begun conducting surprise inspections of cryptocurrency exchanges. In total, all 32 exchanges in Japan stand to receive visits from the FSA. Last Friday, February 2, FSA […]

Advertisements Ethereum News Update Blockchain has “the potential to enhance economic efficiency, mitigate centralized systemic risk, defend against fraudulent activity and improve data quality and governance.” (Source: “There’d Be No DLT Without Bitcoin, Says CFTC Chief,” CoinDesk, February 6, 2018.) This little quote sent Ethereum prices soaring on Monday. Advertisements Oddly, it came from CFTC […]

On Wednesday, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations released its 2018 examination priorities. The document included a section dedicated to cryptocurrency, initial coin offerings (ICOs), secondary market trading, and blockchain. Advertisements On February 7, 2018, one day after Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Jay Clayton testified before the Senate Banking Committee, the […]

February 7, 2018 12:48 AM Advertisements Questions from senators focused on consumer protection, investor education efforts, exchange regulation and market manipulation, and the potential value of distributed ledger technology. On the morning of February 6, 2018, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Jay Clayton and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo gave […]

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, which is the country’s central bank, has no plans to ban cryptocurrency trading at the moment, though MAS does intend to eventually regulate digital asset exchanges and other entities to ensure AML/CFT compliance. Advertisements Singapore’s deputy prime minister, who doubles as the minister in charge of the Monetary Authority of […]

credits:istock.com/allanswart Ethereum News Update It is no surprise that Ethereum prices fell 5.5% on Tuesday morning, given that U.S. senators will place cryptocurrencies under the microscope today. Advertisements More specifically, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hear testimony from two of the most important regulators on the planet: Jay Clayton […]

A vulnerability that affects every Ledger hardware wallet on the market would allow for malicious parties to show Ledger customers fraudulent receive addresses. If users request funds to these addresses, cryptocurrency intended for them would end up in an attacker’s wallet instead. Advertisements UPDATED | February 6, 2018: Ledger provided additional information on the measures […]

UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) has started a new kind of charity drive for Syrian children, asking PC gamers to use their computers to mine Ethereum and donate their earnings. Advertisements The two-month long charity campaign that began Feb. 2, dubbed Game Chaingers, is aimed at gamers that use high level graphics cards […]