The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) recently published a new guide with regards to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the matter of crypto payments. Referring to crypto coins as “digital payment tokens,”…
Ponzi schemes are nothing new in the crypto world and recently, four people in India have been arrested for allegedly perpetrating the act. The suspects that were apprehended were Vijay Prajapati, Dhiraj Patel, Kamrud…
In a recent round of funding, the Singapore-based smart city venture fund called GBCI Venture raised $10 million for Cailu. This is meant to help the Chinese blockchain media platform grow via R&D, expansions, and mor…
Although the US is better at engaging in blockchain technology than most countries, the regulations that will allow companies going into this space to thrive have yet to be fully formed. This might soon change with th…
Unlike countries that have declared their support for or against cryptocurrencies, the Philippines remains unwilling to fully commit to either side. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BPS) Governor Benjamin Diokno recently …
Emurgo is a Japanese tech company that is focused on blockchain and it would appear that it sees great potential for expansion in India. It was recently revealed that it was setting up an academy in Bengaluru along wi…
With regards to the implementation of blockchain technology, Cyprus has been showing enormous interest in pursuing the nascent sector to its fullest degree. Finance Minister Harris Georgiades has been particularly ent…
Becoming only the second U.S. state to do so, Utah has decided to create a regulatory sandbox with focus on fintech and blockchain sectors. The only other state to do this is Arizona and in both cases, the intent is t…
In a true case of using blockchain for the greater good, Binance recently announced that it is forming a charity stable coin called “Pink Care Token” (PCAT). It will be doing so through the Binance Charity Foundation …
G20 lends official support to FATF's cryptocurrency regulation guidelines The governments of the Group of Twenty (G20) countries have officially lent support for the guidelines on cryptocurrency regulations detailed b…
China is usually quite unrestrained in being completely against cryptocurrency and everything related to it. However, it would appear that dissociating itself from the cryptocurrency buzz is easier said than done for …
It would appear that Kakao’s expansion ambitions simply can’t be stopped with the South Korean tech giant's investment arm reportedly considering the acquisition of FitsMe, a beauty dApp owned by blockchain startup Co…
Well-known American economist and blockchain critic Nouriel Roubini has called out BitMEX co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes to release the footage of a debate in which the professor claimed that he “destroyed” him.
The Craig Wright saga continues as the self-proclaimed bitcoin founder reportedly provided fabricated court documents to prove a trust deed with his plaintiffs, according to a tweet by trial lawyer Stephen Palley.
Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) has issued an advisory warning to the public cautioning them against any new initial coin offering (ICO) or digital assets exchange (DAX). Pending the release of the new guideline…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered Banco de Venezuela, the nation’s biggest bank, to open desk for Petro (PTC), the famous oil-backed cryptocurrency in the country, according to a tweet posted by its loca…
With multiple customer relationship management (CRM) solutions spread across business units, companies today find it difficult to extract customer insights. This is where the startup Cere Network comes in.
The United States is leading the world in the number of tweets that talk about bitcoin and Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra, according to new research by crypto trading platform The TIE.
BTG Pactual, the biggest standalone investment bank in Latin America, will partner with Dubai-based asset manager Dalma Capital to use the Tezos blockchain for security token offerings (STOs).
South Korea’ Gram Asia is selling its rights to Gram holdings beginning July 10 at $4 per token, up three times from its original price, according to Bloomberg.
Oracle, an American multinational computer technology corporation, and the World Bee Project have partnered to use blockchain technology to track the origin of honey.
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has developed what it calls “a digital identity exchange technology” that will enable individual users and service businesses involved in online transactions to confirm the identity of other …
eToroX, the blockchain division of global investment company eToro, has announced that it adding support for 120 ERC-20 tokens to its multi-crypto, on-chain wallet.
Amid the political oppositions received by Facebook since revealing its Libra cryptocurrency project, the social media giant’s top executive David Marcus reiterated that the company will have no control of it.
Cuba is currently experiencing an economic crisis after sanctions were placed on the island nation by the United States. New reports indicate that it is now considering using cryptocurrency as a means of getting aroun…
Tech giant IBM in partnership with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), Commonwealth Bank, real estate operator Scentre Group, and Australia’s first bank Westpac has launched a live pilot for a new blockchai…
Ripple’s ecosystem initiative Xpring has spent $500 million in more than 20 firms in the blockchain space, with the ultimate goal of building an XRP-focused ecosystem.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently proposed a ban on the sale of crypto-derivatives in a bid to protect investors from sudden losses resulting from extreme volatility in the prices of cryptoassets.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently granted Prime Factor Capital the license to manage crypto assets in the country. For those looking to diversify their portfolios with crypto assets, there is a new pla…