Cryptocurrency News

It has been an ongoing battle of whether or not cryptocurrencies should be exempted from securities law. While many believe otherwise, two lawmakers from the U.S. state of Colorado have introduced legislation which seeks to exempt digital currencies – including some digital tokens – from securities laws.

In the latest cryptocurrency news, a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur was recently accused of exploiting investors in a digital currency mining hardware investment scheme. The second current largest party in the legislative Council of Hong Kong called the Democratic Party is said to have obtained at least 20 complaints since October 28 pertaining to the said scheme.

According to a Tweet posted by Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange has received almost three times as many inquiries from government agencies last year that it did in 2017.

LockTrip, which is a Europe-based firm, reportedly wants to bring the accommodation industry on the blockchain. The company believes that this can be done by developing “the first functional blockchain-based travel service.”

In the latest cryptocurrency news, the founder of the CoinFlux digital currency exchange will reportedly be extradited to the United States following the decision from the Romanian Supreme Court. Vlad Nistor is accused by authorities in America of charges pertaining to fraud, money laundering, and organized crime.

In the latest cryptocurrency news, both and ConsenSys have decided to partner up and come up with some interesting changes in the blockchain world.…

It seems Stablecoins may have what it takes to qualify as “money” under Texas law. This interesting turn of events is detailed via the updated guidance courtesy of the state Department of Banking. Now, it is interesting to just how much significant this would bring.

United States retailer Overstock.com has decided to pay part of its business taxes in the state of Ohio through the use of the world’s leading cryptocurrency called Bitcoin. The decision to do so was made official via an announcement posted on the firm’s website.

According to a press release issued by ConsenSys on January 04, the Blockchain software company is teaming up with investment management company based out of Abu Dhabi, Halo Holdings, and the semiconductor manufacturing major Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), to develop a Blockchain-based infrastructure for cloud computing.

Circle, the OTC (over-the-counter) trading desk, saw $24 billion worth of trading volumes in 2018. According to its official Medium blog post, the company saw 10,000 over-the-counter trades involving 600 different counter parties and spanning 36 assets.