The U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has blacklisted several digital currency addresses that allegedly belonged to three Chinese nationals suspected money laundering and drug...

The White House has issued two advisories to warn that major cryptocurrencies are being used to buy fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. The advisories, addressed to financial institutions and digital private sector...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Russian-based analytical agency ICORating for failing to disclose payments for positive reviews of various cryptocurrency events. As per a press release, the...

Indias Supreme Court has criticized the countrys central bank and ordered it to respond to complaints on the ban of banking services to crypto-related businesses. The news came following the latest session of several...

European Unions antitrust regulatory authority has reportedly launched a probe into Libra, Facebooks much-hyped cryptocurrency project announced in June this year, Bloomberg reported. As per the report, the European...

The Capital Market Authority of Israel is seeking to fast track the licensing procedures for domestic fintech companies in order to encourage competition in the local market, Calcalist reported. Currently, around 2,000...

The New York State Supreme Court ruled that it has jurisdiction to adjudicate the case between the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) and iFinex, the owner of Bitfinex and Tether. In the latest ruling dated...

The Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore (ACCESS) has established a new Code of Practice together with multinational law firm Linklaters, targeting cryptocurrency entities operating in...

Facebooks Libra cryptocurrency will be discussed as a delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives will pay a visit to Switzerland in the coming days. According to local media outlet Soontag, six members of the House...

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has issued 18,000 warning letters to investors of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) for concentrating the majority of their retirement savings in cryptocurrencies, according to local news...

The Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) Payments System Board discussed Facebooks cryptocurrency launch plans during its recent meeting. In an update posted on the RBA website, the board discussed a number of issues...

The U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) is sending out another round of letters to cryptocurrency holders, but unlike the 10,000 notices sent out last month, the new ones will include the specific amounts owed by...

The Attorney General of Maryland has announced that the state is participating in the Operation Cryptosweep initiative. The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) launched Operation Cryptosweep in...

The United Kingdoms Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) claimed that a bitcoin ad placed by crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has misled investors by using a log chart to inexplicably highlight the growth of...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has further delayed its decision on three bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals, CoinDesk reported. Asset managers Bitwise Asset Management,...