Nikolai Mushegian, a former technical partner at MakerDAO and Carnegie Mellon alumnus, has announced a donation of 10,000 MKR tokens (approximately $4.3million) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to support decentral…
Publicly listed crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain has announced the appointment of Peter Wall, its vice president of operations, as chief executive officer with immediate effect.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), an independent regulatory authority for the country’s telecommunications industry, has invested 2 million nairas (approximately $5,500) in blockchain firm Wicrypt, The Blo…
Wirex, a UK FCA-regulated digital money platform, has partnered with i2c, a provider of digital banking and payments processing technology, to launch a multicurrency travel card for the Asia Pacific region.
Turkey's Istanbul Clearing, Settlement and Custody Bank (Takasbank) has announced the launch of its blockchain-based transfer platform for digital gold, Cointelegraph reported.
South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) has announced that it will withhold tax from cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb’s foreign customers, Korea JoongAng Daily reported.
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has made a strategic investment in crypto derivatives exchange FTX. The details of the investment have not been disclosed.
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has forced a password reset for all of its customers after someone leaked a list of email addresses and passwords on Twitter. This was first reported by Cointelegraph.
Italian tech company SIA has announced that a trial of the national project aimed at digitizing the management of sureties using blockchain technology will kick off in Jan. 2020.
The National Power Training Institute (NPTI), a national apex body for training in the power sector under India’s Ministry of Power, has started offering blockchain training in multiple cities across the country, Bitc…
Shenzhen-based asset management firm Penghua Fund has filed an application for listing a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), CoinDesk reported citing a report …
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced it might soon remove decentralized application (DApp) browser functionality from Coinbase Wallet, its mobile crypto wallet, in a bid to comply with App Store policy.
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), an organization focused on combating corporate fraud, will be issuing guidance for supply chain management and financial services companies …
Following the recent blockchain push in China spurred by President Xi Jinping, the country’s securities regulator is suspecting “serious violations” of the "Announcement on Preventing the Financing Risk of Tokens" mad…
Huobi Indonesia, a digital asset exchange based in Jakarta, has launched a local fiat gateway to enable a direct fiat-to-crypto trading facility between the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) and Tether (USDT).
8 U.S. Congress members sent a letter to the IRS asking for clearer guidelines about crypto tax Members of the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to provide more c…
The Bank of Korea (BoK), the central bank of South Korea, has announced its plans to form a task force focused on central bank digital currency (CBDC) research.
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcoin (XZC) has launched its own crowdfunding system as part of its efforts to further decentralize funding and decision making of the project.
The Central Bank of The Bahamas has announced that it will be launching the pilot phase of the “Project Sand Dollar” today, Dec. 27. The pilot will be launched in Exuma with plans to extend to Abaco in the first half …
France’s Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) (or Financial Markets Authority) has published new rules regarding the licensing of digital asset service providers (DASPs) and the cybersecurity requirements to be met b…
The B2B decentralized cloud pioneer Beowulf Blockchain announced that they have filed a US patent for their decentralized cloud network. Beowulf Blockchain was built by combining global computing resources into a supe…
The Bank of Russia has started testing stablecoins – cryptocurrencies pegged to real assets – in its regulatory sandbox, central bank head Elvira Nabiullina told Interfax.
Japanese financial services firm Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings has announced its plans to invest around 500 million yen ($4.6 million) in Huobi Japan, a Japanese subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange operator Huobi G…