Indias Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned central banks two-year-old ban on cryptocurrency trading in the country in what many said was a historic verdict. The Reserve Bank of India had imposed a ban on cryptocurrency trading in April 2018 that barred ban…
The South Korean National Assembly passed new legislation today that will provide a framework for the regulation and legalization of cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. In a unanimous vote during a special session of the legislature convened amidst the co…
The barrage of COVID-19 information is overwhelming and we all want to stay updated, but you should avoid downloading coronavirus tracker dashboards. According to an investigation by Reason Security, some of these coronavirus maps contain serious malware know…
CoolBitX, a blockchain security startup based in Taiwan, announced today it has raised $16.75 million in Series B funding, led by returning investor SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial group. Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bitsonic, Monex Group, another Japan…
Facebooks Libra cryptocurrency project has been heading full steam at a global financial regulatory system-sized iceberg for a while now. But it might be trying to change course after finally realizing that the iceberg will win. Per a Tuesday report in the I…
Some Libra Association members like Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase are double-dipping, backing a competing cryptocurrency developer platform. Launching today with over 50 partners, non-profit The Celo Foundation’s ‘Alliance For Prosperity’ offers a way for …
Over the last year or so, much-to-most of the cryptocurrency world has pivoted from the failure of “fat tokens” and ICOs, and the faltering growth of “Layer 2” payments like Lightning and the late Plasma Network, to the new hotness known as “DeFi,” which this…
If youve been following cryptocurrency news for the past few months, theres one word that keeps coming back DeFi, also known as decentralized finance. As the name suggests, DeFi aims to bridge the gap between decentralized blockchains and financial services. …
After launching two cryptocurrency-oriented smartphones, the HTC Exodus 1 and the Exodus 1s, the company is expanding the lineup with an entirely new device: a 5G router that can function as a full Bitcoin node. Called the HTC Exodus 5G hub, the Android-bas…
