The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is trying to broaden the definition of who is qualified to be considered as an accredited investor. At the moment, the regulatory body defines accredited investors as...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced that the government will be handing out 0.5 petro (worth $30) the countrys oil-backed cryptocurrency. Civilians, military, retirees, pensioners, and public workers...

The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission has released a testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Published on Tuesday, Dec. 10, Clayton outlined the regulatory agencys...

A new survey of US asset managers and asset owners conducted by State Street forecasts the continued prevalence of digital assets in the industry. According to survey results, only 6% of survey respondents said that...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has released its 2019 Risk Monitor report that outlined the dangers that the crypto industry brings to the financial market. Money laundering and terrorist financing...

There has been a significant surge in reporting related to convertible virtual currencies (CVCs), director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Kenneth Blanco said recently. In May, FinCEN issued its...

The Bank of Lithuania has published a comprehensive paper on its take on the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Titled CBDC: in a whirlpool of discussion, the paper highlights Lithuanias views on the...

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin could rise to their full potential and eventually replace cash over the next decade, Deutsche Bank said in a new report. The bank has published the Imagine 2030 report in which it has...

The central bank of India is against the development of private digital currencies. This is the statement released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday, Dec. 5. Das argues that currency...

The infamous North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to be on the move again, this time targeting macOS. Bleeping Computer reports that the group may be behind the new macOS malware that was found lurking beneath a fake...