In a surprising move, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 6 approved a cryptocurrency fund based in California - the Arca US Treasury Fund. Managed by Los-Angeles…
The US has made multiple attempts to crackdown on the digital assets industry, even going as far as policing individual cryptocurrency holders in declaring the total amount of crypto assets…
Brazil is taking a firm stance against derivatives trading as the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission banned Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform by trading volume, from offering its…
The moniker central bank digital currency (CBDC) was coined to introduce the concept of a digitized version of physical fiat currency as we know it and as the name implies,…
At the annual Digital Finance Outreach conference which took place last week, the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis announced in his closing speech that it is time for…
Encrypted chat messaging features found in apps such as WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram have been a hit with users in an age when increasing privacy concerns plague large swathes of…
Telegram’s legal woes continue as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a disgorgement order with the New York Southern District Court proposing that Telegram pay $1.2 billion on…
According to The Business Times, a twenty-three year old woman was recently arrested for illegally facilitating the purchase of Bitcoin (BTC) using ill-gotten gains. Under Singapore’s new Payment Services Act…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained some victories in its 2017-2018 Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and crypto-related scam crackdowns of late, most of which involved accused individuals…
As discussions on the need of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) escalate between the government, financial institutions and the private sector, an important question remains: who should pilot the…