Here’s what happened in crypto today

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has finished enforcement proceedings against crypto mining firm Envion AG, the authority announced on March 27.As a result of the investigation launched in July 2018, FINMA concluded that Envion’s initial coin offering (ICO), which closed in early January 2018, was unlawful.Envion, a blockchain firm that claims to provide…

The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported that common investment scams’ losses — including those crypto-related — amounted in total to over £197 million ($255 million) in 2018. The agency reported the losses in an official press release published on Feb. 6.According to data from the FCA call center, the most common reported…

Steven Walbroehl, a former bounty hunter, said that companies would sometimes downplay bug discoveries and not pay bounties, claiming that the bugs were not critical. 66 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTHacks remain common in the crypto space, with over $320 million in digital assets…

The United States equities markets rallied sharply last week, ending a three-week losing streak. The S&P 500 rose 3.65% last week while the Nasdaq Composite soared 4.14%. Continuing its close correlation with the U.S. equities markets, Bitcoin (BTC) also made a strong comeback and is trying to end the week with gains of more than…

Eftpos has joined Hedera’s governing council after the two entities completed a successful micropayments pilot last year. 589 Total views 12 Total shares Australia’s top national debit infrastructure operator, Efptos, has been announced as the newest member of Hedera’s Governing Council. Alongside becoming the 17th council member, Eftpos will also become Hedera’s first network node operator…

Either the treasury made a typo, or Russian hackers are so good, their wallets don't even have to exist. Earlier today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury updated its Specially Designated Nationals List, adding several individuals and a number of cryptocurrency addresses. One of the individuals added was Artem Mikhaylovich Lifshits — a Russian national, accused…

Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy and stablecoin issuer Tether have become the latest two firms to publicly deny any meaningful exposure to Silvergate Bank.The news comes after Silvergate announced on March 1 that it would postpone the filing of its annual 10-K financial report, which has many fearing the cryptocurrency bank may be on the brink…

The world’s largest crypto exchange wants to resolve outstanding investigations with U.S. regulators. 524 Total views 5 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe world’s largest digital asset exchange, Binance, is preparing to face fines and penalties in order to settle outstanding regulatory and law-enforcement investigations in the United…

Under pressure from regulators around the world, major exchange Binance is looking to establish a headquarters in Ireland. Until now it has operated globally for years under what its chief executive, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has described as a “decentralized” structure.An Oct. 6 report from Irish media outlet Independant noted that Binance had established three subsidiaries…