Crypto Payments Provider BitPay Adds Apple Pay Support

news Jennifer Robertson, widow of QuadrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotten, has asked a judge to put a restructuring specialist in charge at the failed crypto exchange, saying her management role has brought unwanted public attention. In an affidavit filed with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Canada, Robertson asked for Peter Wedlake, a retired partner…

Two Canadian men have been arrested and charged with fraud for allegedly swindling investors out of $40 million CAD – approximately $30 million USD –i n a crypto and foreign exchange investment scheme.Self-proclaimed “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski, 25, was charged with fraud and money laundering for his role in the alleged Ponzi scheme. His associate

news China’s central bank has denied recent reports that it will launch its national digital currency in November. News sources including Forbes made the suggestion in late August, however the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said on Saturday that the November date was “inaccurate speculation,” as were details of institutions said to be participating in…

Exchange platform Coinbase remains accessible in Nigeria despite reports to the contrary, as renewed calls for a crypto ban in the country have intensified, a spokesperson for the exchange confirmed to CoinDesk on Thursday.Multiple local outlets and the Financial Times have reported local telecommunications companies have been asked by the government to block several platforms

Mar 10, 2020 at 10:00 UTCUpdated Mar 10, 2020 at 10:07 UTCGateway of India, Mumbai, Credit: Shutterstock/Saiko3pDigital assets spot and derivatives exchange Kraken has made a pledge to rebuild services in India, after the country's supreme court overturned a two-year banking ban for cryptocurrency firms a week ago.In a somewhat vague blog post Monday, the…

news The team behind the privacy-obsessed bitcoin app, Samourai Wallet, has gotten its first round of venture funding. Founded by two former developers at Blockchain.info, Keonne Rodriguez and William Hill, the wallet’s maintainer, Katana Cryptographic, has received a $100,000 investment from Cypherpunk Holdings. Samourai Wallet has been built for Android users, specifically designed to enhance…

The only Canadian hub to make it into our final ranking, Vancouver had a strong showing in per-capita opportunity measures including crypto jobs, companies and events, as well as a particularly high score for quality of life, in our enabler category. But like its neighboring U.S., Canada’s crypto regulatory structure score was just middling, sitting…

Jul 28, 2020 at 18:00 UTCUpdated Jul 28, 2020 at 18:37 UTCTerra co-founders Daniel Shin and Do Kwon (Terra)Proof-of-Stake Chains Team Up to Prove DeFi Is Bigger Than EthereumLiquidity mining is coming to proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains. Anchor, the new decentralized finance (DeFi) platform from Terra, Cosmos, Web3 Foundation and Solana, is being designed to launch…

news A Korean start-up will be fractionally selling two works by David Hockney in September. Gangnam, Seoul-based Artbloc this month acquired Focus Moving, 2018 and Pictured Gathering with Mirror, 2018. It will be issuing 8,500 tokens for the former and 5,000 for the latter and offering the tokens during an event to be held at…