US SEC charges two ICOs backed by real estate and diamonds
Oct 02, 2017 10:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a businessman and two companies for defrauding investors in Initial Coin Offering (ICO) schemes. The complaint has been filed in federal district court in...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD trades higher, jump till 4500 likely
Oct 02, 2017 09:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD is trading higher on Monday as it broke above Ichimoku Cloud. It is trading at 2219 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). Ichimoku analysis of daily chart: Tenkan Sen: 4018.36 Kijun Sen: 3825.99 On...
Japan FSA approves 11 firms as cryptocurrency exchange operators
Oct 02, 2017 07:18 am UTC| Digital Currency Law
Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) has announced the names of 11 companies that have been approved as operators of cryptocurrency exchanges. These companies include Zaif Exchange, QUOINE, bitFlyer, Bit Bank, Tech...
ShapeShift partners with blockchain startup Civic to enhance Prism's security
Oct 02, 2017 06:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain asset exchange platform ShapeShift has partnered with Civic, a blockchain-based identity verification startup headquartered in California. The partnership is aimed at providing added security features to...
Propy announces real estate purchase transaction on Ethereum blockchain
Oct 02, 2017 05:48 am UTC| Digital Currency
Propy, a California-based blockchain startup, has announced a real estate transaction on the distributed public blockchain network Ethereum. According to the details, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington remotely...
US State Department to hold one-day blockchain forum on October 10
Oct 02, 2017 05:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
The US State Department and interagency partners are going to hold a blockchain workshop on October 10, 2017. The one-day discovery workshop will focus on exploring both the policy implications and potential...
Crypto experts weigh on recent regulatory crackdown on ICOs
Oct 02, 2017 04:22 am UTC| Digital Currency
Global financial regulators have diverted their focus on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), to bring this new and increasingly popular way of raising funds under regulatory legislation. Some countries like China and South...
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