South Korean blockchain startup Blocko attracts $8.9M in Series B funding
Jun 11, 2018 06:31 am UTC| Digital Currency
South Korean blockchain startup Blocko has secured $8.9 million in its latest round Series B, drawing support from new and existing investors. SparkLabs Ventures, POSCO, and Premier Partners joined existing investors...
Canada drafts new AML/ATF regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges
Jun 11, 2018 05:59 am UTC| Digital Currency
The government of Canada has published an official draft on amendments to strengthen the countrys Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML/ATF) Regime to include cryptocurrencies and prepaid cards among...
CFTC commissioner indicates and highlights the sustenance of cryptocurrencies in long-run
Jun 11, 2018 05:17 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views Commentary
The Chairman of the CFTC, J. Christopher Giancarlo, in the recent past, announced that Bitcoin is a little bit of everything. The Chairman had said: Bitcoin and a lot of its other virtual currency counterparts really have...
The Moscow Exchange to build infrastructure to conduct ICOs
Jun 11, 2018 05:16 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) is building infrastructure to allow companies to conduct initial coin offering (ICO), Reuters reported. The companys head Alexander Afanasyev told the media giant that MOEX plans to launch the...
Fidelity seeks fund manager for internal crypto fund
Jun 11, 2018 04:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
Following recent reports on Fidelitys foray into cryptocurrency space, Business Insider has now reported that the financial services giant launched an internal cryptocurrency fund in fall of 2017 and is seeking a new fund...
Swiss city of Zug to conduct blockchain-based voting this month
Jun 11, 2018 03:27 am UTC| Digital Currency Technology
The city of Zug, Switzerland, is going to run the first blockchain-based municipal voting this month. According to the official announcement (loosely translated): At 10:00 am on June 25th, the city of Zug is offering...
SEC regulations on ICOs/Cryptocurrency - More intricacies of inventive method of fundraising
Jun 08, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views Fintech
The initial coin offering avenue continues to attract a lot of attention. Especially regulators and legislators eye this business model with weary eyes. It now seems France is preparing to introduce a Pact on the Initial...