Despite being a response to a specific inquiry by an unnamed company, the letter could be read as broadly applicable to startups seeking to both custody physical assets and issue a digital as....
Last updated: 14th August Established by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), and now in effect, the BitLicense is a custom-made regulatory framework for bitcoin an....
Akihiro Shiba is an attorney-at-law qualified in Japan, working at Nishimura & Asahi's Tokyo office, with expertise in financial regulations and transactions and provides advice on virtual....
Last week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said the bill, which would prohibit virtual currency businesses from operating unless licensed to do so by the Department of Business Oversight ....
Jared Marx is an attorney at Washington, DC law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis. He advises companies about bitcoin-related regulatory law and represents companies and individuals in civil an....
With the formal unveiling, the New York-based bitcoin exchange has joined the number of blockchain firms seeking to compete for the attention of banks that want to utilize the efficiencies of dist....
The organization's Global Complex for Innovation (GCI) developed the cryptocurrency to use for modelling use cases related to cybercrime. At the time, GCI suggested that it would come to be us....
Although the reasons behind startups' reluctance to apply for a license are varied, cost has played a significant part. Of those who did apply – and fronted the $5,000 non-r....
The announcement, made exclusively to CoinDesk, follows the 8th August filing deadline for businesses previously offering such services to the New York market, and does not include firms that have....
With the announcement, Ed Giorgio joins a board of advisors that includes Josh Rosner, managing director at research firm Graham Fisher & Co; Kang Global Investors managing partner Richard Kan....
According to the police, the first attacks took place in May, when the perpetrator placed explosive devices in three different Jumbo supermarkets – a chain of stores belonging to the Van Eer....
In a blog post released yesterday, the cloud mining firm – which claims to serve over 50,000 customers – said it had no choice but to block anyone with a New York IP address from ....
A new blockchain startup has claimed its software could help track down criminals faster and cheaper than ever. Sabr.io, one of 42 companies unveiled at 500 Startups' demo day in San Franci....
Originally conceived as a way to keep sensitive wallet data offline and make bitcoin addresses easier to remember, the brainwallet was partly undone due to how it interacts with the bitcoin blockc....
With the move, the Denmark-based company has expanded its merchant base to an estimated 10,000 actively monthly customers, up from 8,000 before the acquisition. Further, it has grown its....
According to a company statement, investors included VC firms Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co – one of Japan's largest investors – Venture Labo Investment Co and Mitsui Sumitomo In....
Jack C. Liu is head of international at OKCoin and OKLink. He is based in Beijing and previously held roles at Barclays Capital and bitcoin exchange Kraken. In this article, he explores whether th....
Speaking to LiveMint, the online division of India's second-largest newspaper, Visa executive vice president of technology Rajat Taneja indicated that the research will take place in the compa....
Tavares used his forum at the conference to discuss his organization's focus on developing standards for promoting card-linking, a process by which the consumer data managed by payment compani....
In a new blog post, the company said it was shutting down its service and its SMS-based wallet. However, users have until 30th December to withdraw their balances. More information about the withd....
The 17-page primer, released by the firm's Financial Services Institute this month, says it is no longer a question of if cryptocurrencies will transform financial services, but when and ....
The report, titled Blockchain Technology: The Ultimate Disruption in the Financial System notes that the application of blockchain technology would first be useful in the payments space, wher....
According to Bloomberg, Anthony Murgio's bail was set at $100,000 by US Magistrate Judge James Frances. Murgio's bail terms also state he must not communicate with anyone associated wit....
On Friday, Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito sought to distance his organization from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Copia Institute, which are opposing the law, AB-132....
Months after calling digital currencies "potentially revolutionary", OCC Comptroller Thomas Curry highlighted bitcoin during a recent speech as he called for regulato....
Entitled "Blockchain – attack is probably the best form of defence", the post discusses bitcoin and blockchain and its implications for major banks broadly, calling the technology ....
The release of the Senate Economics References Committee Report on Digital Currencies marks the start of the next phase for bitcoin in Australia. The 74-page report, which is the result of 10 m....
The five-time Emmy award winner, whose real name is Louis Székely, is accepting payments in the digital currency through bitcoin payment processor BitPay. Although all of Sz&ea....
The development is the latest in the ongoing debate over the BitLicense, New York's state-specific regulation for bitcoin businesses, which continues to be a lightning rod for criticism from b....
He is also a former Cabinet minister in Luxembourg. In this article, he examines whether it is possible for one place to emerge as the world's bitcoin hub and whether regulation will....
This has included more time and investment dollars devoted to applications in fields such as identity and security that, while not explicitly financial, play an equally prominent role in the globa....
The Kyoto man lost 458 bitcoins worth around 31 million yen (£160,000) following the collapse of the MtGox exchange last year. But the Tokyo District Court said the currency was "not....
One of the more curious observations included in documents recently released by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) was a submission from Deutsche Bank. The letter, a response ....
The arrest of Mark Karpeles – CEO of defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox – late last week all but ensured negative bitcoin coverage was broadcast far and wide. The global medi....
The Spanish multinational banking group's global fintech startup competition is split into three regional finals. The European final will be held in Barcelona – where E....
Vitalik Buterin is a programmer and writer. He founded Ethereum, a decentralized web 3.0 publishing platform, for which he won the World Technology Award in 2014. In this article, he explores the ....
The deadline, set for 8th August, marks the end of a 45-day grace period following the publication of the BitLicense in the New York State register. Formulated by the New York State Department ....
The unveiling of tØ, covered by news outlets including Wired and The Wall Street Journal, was broadly focused on appealing to attendees with expansive rhetoric and a sweeping visi....
The Utah company, which is valued north of $1bn following a $150m Series B in 2014, boasts more than 700 employees and investors including Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. The offering was made....
A global organization comprised of the heads of state from some of the world's largest economies including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, the G7 met in Bavaria ....
