The Japanese government has proposed a new set of guidelines for the legalization of initial coin offerings (ICO).
The guidelines, which were drafted by a government-backed study group, include rules for identifying investors, preventing money laundering, tracking progress of projects, and protecting existing equity and debt holders.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has revealed that US regulators are working with their counterparts abroad to fight cryptocurrency fraud.
Speaking during a US House of Representatives committee hearing on CFTC’s forthcoming budget, Giancarlo said he had talks about cryptocurrency recently with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO),
Cryptocurrency platform Uphold has acquired mobile commerce and authentication firm Cortex MCP to strengthen its digital money platform with secure payment applications, leveraging Cortex’s mobile wallet technology.
Uphold, formerly Bitreserve, is a cloud-based financial services platform enabling users to convert deposits to their account via bank account,
The South Korean financial authorities are planning to impose penalties against local cryptocurrency traders who refuse to convert their virtual accounts into real-name ones.
Cryptocurrency investors are currently able to trade anonymously by using virtual accounts. The government, however, will implement new measures to crack down on cryptocurrency trading on or around January 20.
South Korean exchange Korbit has inked a stock-trading agreement with gaming giant Nexon that will see its management rights merged into the larger company.
Nexon specializes in PC and mobile gaming, publishing such titles as Dungeon&Fighter and MapleStory. The company’s massive multiplayer online role-playing games and quizzes use micro-transactions for in-game purchases.
Rivetz has teamed with Telefonica USA to improve mobile device security. The partnership will allow Rivetz to immediately integrate Telefonica’s CyberThreats Detection & Response Service.
Rivetz is a provider of mobile, decentralized security solutions for business customers worldwide. The company offers a number of applications and a developer tool kit to enable a broad range of services,
Publicly traded bitcoin miner BTCS Inc, formerly known as Bitcoin Shop, has signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to merge with Australia’s Blockchain Global Limited (BCG).
BTCS is an early entrant in the digital asset market and one of the first U.S.
Swiss cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has acquired digital asset hardware wallet provider KeepKey. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Founded in 2014, KeepKey claims to provide thousands of users with an easy-to-use hardware wallet available for storing bitcoins and other digital assets.
