South Korean officials are now not allowed to trade cryptocurrency
The government of South Korea now recommends its officials to restrain from crypto trading - at least, that’s what the local media tells. Find out below the very probable reason of this semi-official ban
05 March 2018 21:00, UTC
BTC Global is a $50 mln scam
This fake enterprise has managed to get the funds of investors not only from South Africa, but also from America and Australia. See why some media outlets tell it could have easily been debunked long ago
05 March 2018 21:00, UTC
500 BTC ($5M) will be confiscated from identity forgers
The criminals whose business activities are not directly connected to the digital currency market were present on this market anyway, using bitcoins as means of payment. Five hundred of them will now be confiscated
04 March 2018 21:00, UTC
600 mining rigs stolen in Iceland
The country’s authorities are now searching for the criminals behind the theft of six hundred mining rigs, find out the opinion of the local police on the matter and see what’s making Iceland so attractive for miners
04 March 2018 21:00, UTC
Malaysia demands customer identification on crypto exchanges
See what new measures Kuala Lumpur has come up with, how serious the government is and what local market development scenarios may possibly occur due to the implementation of these cryptocurrency regulations
01 March 2018 21:00, UTC
SEC subpoenas multiple ICOs, $250 mln tZero under investigation
The massive outburst of activity of the United States Securities and Exchange Commissions. Read the details on what doesn’t please the regulator in the current initial coin offerings and how tZero is affected
01 March 2018 21:00, UTC
Russian Supreme Court to review legal status of cryptocurrency news websites
The case of a small Russian news website may become a turning point in the fate of similar websites in Russia. Find out how the court of St Petersburg views a little portal on digital coins and who’s indirectly defending it
01 March 2018 21:00, UTC
Germany decides payments with Bitcoin don’t require taxes
See in this new material how other major financial hubs of the world view Bitcoin payments and how it differs from the latest German measures recently imposed by the country’s Finance Ministry
28 February 2018 21:00, UTC
CFTC allows its employees to trade cryptocurrency
Find out below how exactly the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission is connected to the market of digital currencies and what else is still prohibited for the employees of this powerful regulator
28 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Thanatos, likely the first Bitcoin Cash ransom virus
Read this new material to find out about the critical feature of this ransomware connected with the encryption keys and see what to do if your computer or the device of your colleague is suddenly infected by it
28 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Suddenly, hackers return over $15 million in ETH to CoinDash
The CoinDash initial coin offering has been robbed last year, and now under mysterious circumstances a huge part of stolen money returns to rightful owners. Find out below how much CoinDash has yet to return
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Wozniak got Bitcoin-scammed for $70,000
One of the key founders of Apple, Steve Wozniak, did not manage to sell his bitcoins smoothly. Find out how exactly the scammer got away with the money in this new material by Bitnewstoday
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Bill Gates: cryptocurrency is killing people
The celebrated founder of Microsoft Corporation tells about his views on cryptocurrency. Find out below what he thinks on this economic bubble/new form of money/interesting geek toy
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Belarusian police: no, we can’t open a criminal case on Bitcoin theft
Initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency are legal in Belarus, but what about the legal practice towards Bitcoin-related crimes? See the unfortunate story of a local investor below
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
US Deputy Attorney General: Justice Dept developing strategy on cryptos and no, they are not anonymous
Rod Rosenstein believes that digital currencies are actually pseudonymous and not untraceable. See his reasoning and the details on the new Justice Department’s task force below
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Yang Chin-long, new Taiwan Central Bank leader: DLT worth implementing
While the policies of China and Taiwan diverge on cryptocurrency, they both support the use of the blockchain in the financial sphere, as witnessed by the speech of the new Taiwanese Central Bank leader
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
New mining viruses’ target: Microsoft Word
The popular text editing program for documents in offices across the world has a security breach. How to protect yourself? Find out in this new material by Bitnewstoday
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Europol: DASH, Monero and ZCash are hampering the work of law enforcement
The cybersecurity expert from Europol confirms the words of his boss and tells about the migration of criminal groups to cryptocurrencies which serve as an alternative for Bitcoin and have more privacy features
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Gold and derivatives’ regulations proposed to apply to crypto market in Austria
Find out below what exactly accelerated the decision of the Austrian governmental agencies to work on additional regulative measures in the cryptocurrency sphere and how rules established for gold could be applied
25 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Vladimir Putin to Herman Gref about blockchain: yes, cutting-edge technologies are good
Once again, the Russian President who can be very strict on security issues endorses the blockchain technologies, although, as the media notes, he never mentions them by name this time
25 February 2018 21:00, UTC