Monthly Archives: October, 2017

Blockchain and Crypto Policies Worldwide

Rapid Rise of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology Over the past few years, inventions in the fintech space have been rapidly transforming into innovations thanks to early commercialization,...

Catalonia Considers Separate Digital Currency and E-Residency Program

Catalonia, which is fighting for independence from Spain, is considering an e-residency program similar to the one in Estonia. Catalonia is also considering adopting its own...

Law Firms Are Opening Bitcoin Wallets to Prepare for Data Breaches

Rather than waiting until it’s too late, law firms are opening up bitcoin wallets to pay ransoms in case their data is stolen, according...

Interview: Bitcoin Exchange Binance on China’s ICO Ban, Burning $1.5 Million in Tokens & More

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which launched with 0% trading fees in an attempt to heat up competition among exchanges, recently announces its Q1 results and revealed that, as planned...

Japanese Conglomerate SBI Group Launches Eight Cryptocurrency-Based Businesses

Japan-based financial services firm SBI Group has announced its plans to establish several new businesses based on digital currency. The group is simultaneously developing...

Vietnamese Central Bank Bans Cryptocurrencies

Vietnam’s central bank, State Bank of Vietnam has declared the use of digital currencies in the country as illegal. The central bank also announced that it...

Speculators Jump On New Gold Rush Called Ethereum Name Service

Ethereum Name Service (ENS) launched on mainnet on May 4, 2017. At launch, ENS featured an automated registrar process allowing anyone to easily and cheaply...

Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Disses Bitcoin at Digital Currency Launch

The bank that prints the money used today in Lebanon plans to launch its own digital currency. Announced Thursday by Riad Salameh, the governor of the Banque...

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