A vast majority of wealth in the digital economy is highly concentrated in the United States and China, accounting for 75% of all patents related to blockchain technologies, according to the first-ever Digital Economy...

A new report by the Software Policy and Research Institute, which is affiliated with the South Korean government-backed National IT Industry Promotion Agency, found that only 22.2% of blockchain businesses have recorded...

Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) has revealed a sharp decline in the enquiries related to cryptocurrencies, underscoring a trend that persisted over the past several quarters, according to the latest data figures...

The Financial Integrity Network (FIN), a Washington D.C.-based strategic advisory firm, has urged the United States Congress to bring firms engaged in cryptocurrency sector under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)...

North Korea has outrightly refuted recent accusations of stealing $2 billion from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. The United Nations recently published a report in which it estimated that North Korea, officially the...

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a press monitoring and analysis organization headquartered in Washington, has said that terrorist groups such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hamas are increasingly using social...

The Peoples Bank of Chinas (PBoC) has reportedly refuted recent reports that it was launching a government-backed cryptocurrency in coming months, The Global Times said in a tweet. Refuting media reports of...

Leading universities and colleges around the world are increasingly offering cryptocurrency and blockchain courses to meet the growing demand from students to learn about this emerging new asset class and innovative...

The National Liberal Party (NLP) of the United Kingdom has become the first political party to introduce a coherent forward-looking policy on cryptocurrency, criticizing the government for its failure to introduce a...

Brave New Coin (BNC), a cryptocurrency market data provider, has announced that its digital currency market news and insights are now being hosted on Dow Jones Factiva, a business information and research tool. Factiva...

Nearly all cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea are on the verge of bankruptcy, according to Business Korea. As per the report, many local crypto exchanges are facing bankruptcy because of low transaction volumes,...

The United Kingdom pension and welfare agency said blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) are potential disruptors of the payments industry. In a blog post, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)s deputy...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) debunked earlier reports that 15 countries have purportedly collaborated to establish a new system that would collect and share personal information. The [FATF is] not developing...

The Congressional Research Service has recently released a report that examines the pros and cons of using blockchain in the energy sector. Entitled Bitcoin, Blockchain, and the Energy Sector, the report noted that...

Cryptocurrency intelligence firm CipherTrace has estimated that cryptocurrency-related thefts, scams and fraud could exceed $4.3 billion for the year. The firm has released its Q2 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money...