Czech president signs ‘landmark’ crypto bill: CKMA

The open-source Baseline Protocol code allowing private systems to be built on the Ethereum public blockchain has now been published to GitHub, as of March 19. This means that the EY, Microsoft and ConsenSys-developed protocol is available to the public.With transactions on the Ethereum blockchain being public and available for all to see, businesses requiring…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two Chinese nationals accused of laundering cryptocurrency that was stolen in a 2018 crypto exchange hack. At the same time, the Department of Justice announced an indictment for money laundering against the same two individuals.Their activity is linked to Lazarus Group, a…

Bitcoin price (BTC) has continued to fend off support in the $7,800 region for what will be the fifth week running at the end of today. With the BTC price currently back up over $8,200, several indicators suggest that a potential reversal may be in the cards. Weekly Crypto Market Performance. Source: Coin360.com1. Bitcoin price support holds…

There’s no denying that the Indian government shares a contentious relationship with cryptocurrencies, as was made clear recently when the government indicated that it plans on banning all private cryptocurrencies — a list that could potentially include just about every digital asset in the market today — after it had previously lifted all such restrictions…

Since Slim Jim began furiously promoting Dogecoin on Twitter in February, the number of followers on its account has quintupled. 905 Total views 11 Total shares United States-based meat snack Slim Jim is the latest food brand to jump into the crypto space by promoting the meme-centric cryptocurrency Dogecoin.In a tweet today, Slim Jim announced…

Sina Finance, a finance-focused website owned by China’s major tech company Sina Corp, has added crypto index into its mobile app, China-focused online Twitter resource Cnledger reported on July 3.The new index on China’s major financial news channel provides data on prices and performance of major cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH), litecoin…

Sturdy Finance founder Sam Forman said the company will not pursue the issue any further if the hacker accepts the offer and returns the remaining funds. 64 Total views 2 Total shares Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Sturdy Finance has offered a $100,000 bounty to the hacker that exploited the protocol. The lending platform said that…

Boston Security Token Exchange (BSTX), a platform jointly owned by BOX Digital Markets and Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO, has filed an application with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve the launch of a market for publicly traded registered security tokens.In the rule change proposal released by the SEC on Oct. 11,…

Industry watchers are closely monitoring the case for signs of how Nigerian authorities will handle similar cases, which could impact the country’s growing cryptocurrency sector.