Tiberius Delays Sale of Commodity-Backed Crypto
Tiberius Group AG delayed the sale of its commodity-backed cryptocurrency until December, blaming the move on credit-card companies. While the Switzerland-based asset manager and commodities trader received orders worth...
Blockchain Startup Raises $12 Million in New Funding
Clearmatics Technologies LTD announced a 12m+ USD Series A funding round to help build the next generation of financial market infrastructure. Led by Route 66 Ventures, the round includes...
Coinbase Calls Japan’s Cryptocurrency Crackdown ‘good for us’
Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said Japan's tighter scrutiny of the industry will give it an advantage, signaling the company's confidence in securing regulatory approval to enter a market...
Singapore Will Help Crypto Company Set Up Local Bank Accounts
Singapore’s financial regulator is willing to lend a hand to cryptocurrency firms having problems setting up local bank accounts, but doesn’t plan to loosen its rules to lure more...
New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in U.S. Telecom
A major U.S. telecommunications company discovered manipulated hardware from Super Micro Computer Inc. in its network and removed it in August, fresh evidence of tampering in China of critical...
Operator of Crypto Scam That Duped Bollywood Celebrities Apprehended
Asif Ashraf Malkani, the accused mastermind behind a multi-million-dollar scam that targeted scores of prospective Indian cryptocurrency investors, has been arrested by police in New Delhi. According to local...
United Arab Emirates Plans ICOs to Boost Capital Markets
The United Arab Emirates plans to introduce initial coin offerings (ICOs) next year to provide companies with a fresh way to raise money, the head of the securities regulator...
‘Smart Money’ Trial Explores Potential for Blockchain
CSIRO’s Data61 and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) have developed an app as part of a trial to explore the potential for blockchain technology to create ’smart money’, through using the...
IBM and Azerbaijan in Digital Transformation of Economy
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) will cooperate with IBM in the blockchain technology, Director of the Information Technology Department of the CBA Farid Osmanov said at the Azerbaijan-Germany...
Bitcoin Core and Credit Card
Bitcoin Core developers are expected to advocate the use of the cryptocurrency protocol they help to maintain. Jimmy Song’s invocation to use credit cards, where possible, has thus been...