EBA chair speaks on extent of cryptocurrency regulation
Mar 12, 2018 08:33 am UTC| Digital Currency
The chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA) has said that he is yet to be convinced that cryptocurrencies should be brought under full scope of regulation. Speaking at an event last week on Designing a...

FxWirePro: BTC/USD consolidates inside Ichimoku cloud, break below confirms bearishness
Mar 12, 2018 06:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/USD is consolidating inside the cloud on Monday and is trading at 9631 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). On the topside, resistance is likely to be found at 9922 (50-DMA) and a break above would see the pair...
Indian state of Maharashtra to trial blockchain technology in land deals
Mar 12, 2018 06:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
The government of Indian state of Maharashtra is going to launch blockchain pilot projects in Pune and Konkan division in a bid to make land transaction data more secure, The Times of India reported. Recent reports...
Swiss Coffee Alliance partners with blockchain startup Ambrosus
Mar 12, 2018 05:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ambrosus, a blockchain-IoT platform for food and pharmaceutical enterprises, has announced its partnership with the Swiss Coffee Alliance (SCA), a trade group that empowers coffee producers with scientific and...
EU Fintech Action Plan: European Commission says working on comprehensive blockchain strategy
Mar 12, 2018 04:08 am UTC| Digital Currency
The European Commission (EC) has unveiled its Action Plan on how to harness the opportunities presented by technology-enabled innovation in financial services (FinTech). Part of the ECs efforts to build a Capital...
US Congress to focus on cryptocurrencies and ICOs on March 14
Mar 12, 2018 03:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee is going to hold a hearing on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) this week, CoinDesk reported. According to a notice...
Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – March 9th, 2018
Mar 09, 2018 11:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cryptocurrencies are failing: BoE Governor Mark Carney Cryptocurrencies are failing to fulfil their role as money, believes Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. Speaking at the inaugural Scottish Economics Conference,...