Crypto-enabled hawala transactions: Legal and regulatory implications

Thursday, Oct. 11: markets have taken a steep downturn, even as onlookers had lately been pointing to a period of stable price action in the crypto sphere. Virtually all of the top 100 cryptocurrencies are in the red, with several top-market altcoins losing double-digits in percentage value.Market visualization by Coin360Bitcoin (BTC) has shed 4 percent…

Israel’s largest cargo shipping company Zim has opened its blockchain platform for electronic bills of lading (eB/Ls) to all clients in selected trades. Global shipping news outlet TradeWinds reported the news today, Jan. 14.Following a successful pilot of its blockchain-powered eB/Ls platform that lasted for over a year, the shipping firm has claimed that blockchain…

Gemini’s complaint filed in July alleged DCG and Barry Silbert had made "false, misleading, and incomplete representations and omissions" related to Genesis and the Earn program. 29 Total views 2 Total shares Venture capital firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by cryptocurrency exchange Gemini which alleged fraud…

Are you bored sitting at home in quarantine while the COVID-19 pandemic is raging outside? Feeling depressed from the latest crypto market crash? Afraid that the world might be ending?Don’t worry! Cointelegraph Youtube hosts, Jackson and Giovanni, collected the best memes on coronavirus and Bitcoin to lift up your mood.Any moment of global crisis is…

"The lack of real-world applications for blockchain has led to low demand for non-USD stablecoins," e-Money wrote. 156 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAccording to a post on January 9, e-Money — a stablecoin project in the Cosmos ecosystem — said it would discontinue the…

The Ethereum mainnet briefly stopped finalizing transactions but recovered after 25 minutes. 235 Total views 2 Total shares An unidentified issue on Ethereum’s Beacon Chain led to a halt in transactions for nearly half an hour on May 11. Around 8:15pm on Thursday May 11, a number of Ethereum core developers announced that the Beacon Chain…

Jean-Marie Mognetti, the CEO of CoinShares, wrote that the FTX bankruptcy “had a significant impact” on the firm’s capacity to deploy its algorithmic trading platform HAL in Europe. 318 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTWhile other hedge funds decided to close operations after being hit…

With the class-action lawsuit against Tezos likely to soon end in a $25 million settlement, ICO participants are encouraged to submit claims by Oct. 16, 2020. 3227 Total views 45 Total shares Investors who participated in Tezos’ (XTZ) initial coin offering (ICO) between July 1, 2017, and July 13, 2017, have been notified that they…