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Russian-based research firm ICORating has agreed to pay fines of $268,998 to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SEC Charges ICO Research and Rating Provider With Failing to Disclose It Was Paid to Tout Digital Assets https://t.co/G9SMJfddvk— SEC_News (@SEC_News) August 20, 2019...

Michael Pompeo, US Secretary of State said that cryptocurrencies should be monitored like other economic institutions. While giving an interview to CNBC, Pompeo was asked which is the best method to regulate Libra or Bitcoin. US Secretary answered that he thinks that framework which should be...

For becoming more open and productive, Vodafone, a telecom titan, started a collaboration with IBM. Involving blockchain technology, IBM began its path to supplier compliance improvement and simplification. The project is named Trust Your Supplier and it involves numerous leader...

The notorious Twitter account @Bitcoin, to the surprise of many members of the community, again “changed its orientation” and instead of the project supported by Roger Ver, Bitcoin Cash now again points to bitcoin.org. Earlier, the description of @Bitcoin for a long time contained a link to...

Jeff Garzik, a Bitcoin pioneer, had a correspondence with a Satoshi Nakamoto, before the founder of Bitcoin disappeared years ago. Garzik doubts Satoshi has appeared again. When an internet posting Sunday claimed to come from Satoshi and promised to reveal his or her true identity on Tuesday,...

Mark Mobius, a veteran investor, gave a blanket endorsement to purchasing gold, mentioning that accumulating bullion will collect rewards over the long term as leading central banks loosen monetary policy and the rise of cryptocurrencies serves only to reinforce the demand for genuinely hard...

The developers of the non-custodian crypto wallet ZenGo have implemented support for the digital currency Libra test network. At the moment users will be able to send and receive tokens of the Libra test network, however, developers warn that so far these funds have no real value. You can...

Binance, оne of the world's largest crypto exchanges, has announced a new project, which is connected with the blockchain industry. The new project Venus will produce stablecoins tied to local fiat currencies. This was reported by TechCrunch. Binance indicated that Venus's goal is to enable...

French cryptographer Pierreck Godry hacked the Internet voting system developed by the Moscow Department of Information Technology (DIT), which put some of its components in the public domain, inviting everyone to find vulnerabilities, Meduza reports. So, the developers of DIT published encrypted...

The leading cryptocurrency platform Coinbase reported a potential vulnerability, as a result of which the personal information of 3420 users, including passwords, was stored in clear text in the server’s internal log. According to the exchange, third parties did not receive unauthorized access to...

The parent corporation of the NYSE, Intercontinental Exchange Inc. got permission which has opened the gate to its Bakkt system and lets its investors obtain derivatives that are being paid out with BTC. This is happening for the first time. On July 16 The New York State Department of Financial...

This week was the most damaging in 2019 for Bitcoin. Actually, it’s not the best period for the rest of the coins too. The world’s leading cryptocurrency lost about 15% this week and now the price of BTC is around $10,145. This's the greatest 5-day slide of the coin since November 2018. Matt...

A federal court in the Southern District of Florida rejected the petition of Craig Wright (man who claims he is the creator of first cryptocurrency) to terminate the proceedings against him regarding the appropriation of 1.1 million BTC allegedly belonging to his former business partner Dave...

The Chinese darknet markets sell the personal data of users of the Huobi cryptocurrency exchange: at least, sellers themselves say so. Huobi also emphasizes that in reality, only an insignificant part of the information relates to the exchange, and its security systems were not hacked. So, we are...

Internal Revenue Service is addressing a fresh cycle of letters to numerous crypto investors. These letters are informing them that their federal taxes incomes don’t equal the info collected from crypto exchanges. These warnings declare that the error must have occurred because of the exchanges...

The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation from the party "Servant of the People" Alexander Dubinsky intends to ensure the resumption of the criminal case on the fact of mining on the servers of the judicial administration of Ukraine. The politician wrote about this on his...

Primitive Ventures managing partner Dovey Wan said the Chinese police managed to apprehend key suspects in the alleged PlusToken pyramid, the damage from which was tentatively estimated at $3 billion. JUST IN as per sir @loomdart ‘s request, this thread is abt the on-going sells off made by PLUS...

In recent weeks Bitcoin got refuge designation, but it started losing it rapidly as the largest crypto joins the global slide in riskier assets. After rallying while U.S. investments fell earlier in the month, Bitcoin has followed stocks lower, with the digital asset plunging about 14% this week...