The United States Securities and Exchange Commission have argued in a Jan. 10 filing that Blockvest founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III falsified and, in one case, forged signatures in documents critical to the case. The commission had previously charged...
Singaporean Mark Cheng was recently kidnapped in Thailand and tortured for a $740,000 ransom in Bitcoin (BTC), the South China Morning Post and others report on Jan. 14.
After transferring all his available funds of $46,000,...
Payments behemoth Visa acquired financial technology firm Plaid for $5.3 billion, according to a press release published on Jan. 13.
Per the release, Plaid has developed a network that allows users to easily connect their financial...
Asset manager WisdomTree intends to launch a regulated stablecoin in the United States, financial news outlet FNLondon reported on Jan. 13.
Per the report, WisdomTree is looking to deploy a digital currency backed to a basket...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is once again requesting that Telegram provide bank records on its Gram initial coin offering (ICO).
The timing of the request, filed on Jan. 10, coincides with new evidence...
Crypto traders see potential for other market platforms to exit after crypto derivatives exchange Deribit announced a move to Panama from its EU base in the Netherlands.
"This is something they had hinted at...
Canadian tech company DMG Blockchain Solutions has installed 1,000 new Bitcoin (BTC) mining machines at its Christina Lake mining-as-a-service facility in British Columbia.
Per a Jan. 6 press release, DMG has purchased the new miners...
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance added support for Australian dollars (AUD) and Thai baht.
Binance announced support for the national currencies in separate releases on Jan. 7. Thai digital asset exchange Satang Corporation will process Thai baht transfers, while...
Ant Financial, the financial affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is reportedly launching its enterprise-focused “Ant Blockchain Open Alliance” platform this month.
Local news agency Bihai123 reported on Jan. 8 that Ant Financial Group vice president Jiang Guofei, who...
Facebook’s Calibra is on the hunt for two marketing specialists as the company continues development of its Libra stablecoin project.
The company is looking for a head of media, digital marketing and community and a head of...
Levy Hudes, has been covering a few digital news papers, as well as running hes blog on Steemit. Hes loves writing about the digital world, and especially Bitcoin.
