Taiwan police have arrested four men over a bitcoin robbery worth NT$5 million (US$170,000) in what they said was the first case of its kind on the island. Bitcoin is a virtual currency crea... Read more
After successfully launching the ‘petro,’ Venezuela is now on its way to becoming the world’s first country with two national cryptocurrencies, reports TV news network Globovision. The chann... Read more
The Finnish government has released a new set of guidelines on how to handle seized cryptocurrency. On Tuesday, the Finnish government released a new set of guidelines regulating what law en... Read more
ZUG, GENEVA, Switzerland – February 21, 2018 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (WISeKey) (SIX:WIHN), a leading Swiss cybersecurity and IoT solutions company, today announced th... Read more
Japan’s two primary cryptocurrency industry groups are merging to form a new self-regulatory entity following the recent $530 million hack of Tokyo-based exchange Coincheck. The unnamed new... Read more
Dozens of entrepreneurs, made newly wealthy by virtual currencies, have moved to the island to avoid taxes on their fortunes — and to build a society that runs on blockchain. SAN JUAN, P.R.... Read more
SYDNEY: Malaysia-based firm HelloGold has received a Shariah-compliant certification for its gold-backed cryptocurrency and plans to launch its online gold platform in Thailand later this ye... Read more
SETL’s exploitation of permissioned blockchain technology makes sense, preserving the ‘banking purview’ of how blockchain should enhance what exists (banking’s highly... Read more
Some analysts see the ‘petro’ as a desperate move to secure cash amid an economic meltdown brought about by President Nicolás Maduro’s policies Is Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency an ingenious... Read more
Yet Poland was one of the first to support Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency. The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) and the Polish central bank, Narodowy Bank Polski (NBP) repo... Read more
