Listing out the serious challenges posed by digital currencies, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard opined blochain technology, the underlying technology that powers them, could be harnessed for facilitating and easing bank-to-bank transactions, as well as for payments in financial markets. In what is likely to be one of the Federal Reserve’s most detailed critiques of…
Investors and operators of digital currencies who want to do transactions with digital currencies will have to register with Thailand’s SEC, the sole authority for regulating digital assets, within 90 days. On Tuesday, Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission’s chief stated it expects to issue regulations on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICO) by the end…
Investors who lost out due to the $530 million heist, will now be reimbursed. On Thursday, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc, stated from next week, it plans on reimbursing lost digital monies to investors who were affected by the $530 million heist. Coincheck also stated, it plans on resuming services for some cryptocurrencies starting from…
While Coincheck wants to resume trading once it can guarantee the secure resumption of its operations, investors want to withdraw their holdings so that they can continue trading on other cryptocurrency exchanges. On Thursday, cryptocurrency investors in Japan launched a lawsuit against Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc in efforts aimed at forcing it to allow…
Coincheck’s statement comes in the wake of a cyber attack in which it lost $425 million of NEM coins, marking it as one of the biggest heists in the digital currency’s history. Coincheck Inc, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange stated it would return neqarly $425 million (46.3 billion yen) of virtual money it lost to a…
South Korea’s regulators are pushing cryptocurrency traders and exchanges to follow Know-Your-Customer (KYC) procedures to curtail money laundering and other crimes. In a significant development surrounding bitcoins and such cryptocurrencies, from January 30, South Korea will ban the use of anonymous bank accounts for trading in cryptocurrencies. The move is designed to bring to bring…
With tightening sanctions, China’s ally, North Korea, is increasingly banking on cryptocurrencies to infuse cash into its economy. In a development that marks the latest signs of North Korea’s search for ways to infuse its economy with cash, a California-based cybersecurity firm disclosed that it has come across software code that appears to install code…
With this move Belarus aims to further consolidate its booming IT sector and attract more foreign investors by allowing ICOs which are increasingly being frowned by regulators in other countries. In yet another instance of a cryptocurrency gaining legal foothold in the financial work, in efforts aimed at attracting foreign investment and boosting the growth…
With much of its exports to China being blocked by U.N sanction, an impoverished and increasingly cornered North Korea has taken the cyber route to enriching itself. With the recent surge in the price of bitcoins, cyber security experts opine the net worth of its stolen tokens amount to $82 million. With more international sanctions…
Graphics chip makers, including AMD and Nvidia, are well placed to cater to the growing demand for smart devices, including fully automated cars. On Thursday, Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia Corp said it sees artificial intelligence enabling fully automated cars to hit the consumer market within the next four years. A prominent brand in…
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