Martin Shkreli must give up copies of one-off Wu-Tang album, says judge

Splits in the US House and Senate coupled with many expected tight elections could allow crypto interest groups to potentially "tip control of Congress one way or the other."

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued ICOBox and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov for conducting an illegal securities offering and for acting as unregistered brokers.SEC says ICOBox’s digital tokens are worthlessIn a press release on Sept. 18, the SEC claimed that ICOBox and Evdokimov sold the firm’s ICO tokens to more than…

The SEC’s case against Ripple for selling XRP as an unlicensed security will begin with a pretrial in February 2021. 2604 Total views 11 Total shares The United States District Court of the Southern District of New York has fixed Feb. 22, 2021 as the date for the pretrial of the lawsuit filed by the…

Bitcoin price hits a new record high in seven national currencies of 500 million people. 1173 Total views 1 Total shares Compiled by entrepreneur and market commentator Alistair Milne, exchange rate figures show that at this week’s highs, Bitcoin was worth more in seven currencies than ever before.Countries where #Bitcoin has hit a new ATH…

BitMEX’s parent company is accepting applications for grant funding from developers contributing to open source technologies. Major Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives exchange BitMEX has started accepting grant applications from open source developers.The initiative follows $650,000 in developer grants that the exchange has issued to Bitcoin Core contributor Michael Ford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.BitMEX expands…

More than a quarter of younger Germans is ready to buy cryptocurrencies, according to a recent poll by the German Consumer Centers of Hesse and Saxony published Monday, Nov. 5.Consumer Centers are non-profit, government-backed agencies organized at state level unions. They focus on consumer protection in addition to providing advisory services.The centers of two German…

Two executives at blockchain consortium R3 are reportedly planning to depart from the company amid a larger internal reorganization, sources familiar with the situation reported on Jan. 26.R3 is an enterprise software firm that focuses on distributed database technology. It leads a consortium of over 200 members, such as financial institutions, banks, trade associations and…

Some commentators note that Based Rollups align incentives between Ethereum layer 2 and its base layer validators, which could result in deflationary issuance again.

The Korea Customs Service has signed an agreement with Samsung SDS to deploy blockchain technology for its customs clearance system, according to a press release published September 14.Samsung SDS, the IT arm of electronics giant Samsung, will develop a blockchain-powered platform based on Nexledger, which will be used for export customs logistics services. Nexledger is…