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Crypto and forex scams more than tripled in 2018/19 financial year, FCA finds

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that the reported number of crypto and foreign exchange scams more than tripled in the last financial year, the Financial Times reported. The data from the national...

Tue, 21 May 2019, 05:09 am UTC
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Crypto-assets pose no immediate threat but need monitoring: ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) said that crypto-assets currently do not have any risks or threat to Europes economy, according to its May report. Even at their peak in early 2018 the outstanding value of crypto-assets...

Mon, 20 May 2019, 03:38 am UTC
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One-third of the world’s Ether is owned by only 376 people: Chainalysis

One-third of the ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, in the world is owned by only 376 people, a study conducted by Chainalysis found. The research released on Wednesday revealed that these...

Fri, 17 May 2019, 02:19 am UTC
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Cryptocurrency-related scam enquiries jump 14000% since 2016, says French regulator AMF

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the French stock markets regulator, has seen more than 14,000% spike in enquiries related to cryptocurrency scams in 2018 as compared to 2016, Cointelegraph...

Wed, 08 May 2019, 10:15 am UTC
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Cryptocurrency thefts, scams, and fraud could tally over $1.2B in Q1 2019: CipherTrace

Criminals stole more than $356 million from cryptocurrency exchanges and infrastructure in the first quarter of 2019, blockchain security firm CipherTrace said in its new report. The company has published its Q1 2019...

Wed, 01 May 2019, 13:46 pm UTC
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A sneak peek into the key features and growing ecosystems of Ripple and Stellar

Ripple offers frictionless experience to send money globally and its token XRP is currenty ranked third with a market cap of around $14 billion. Stellar is an open source, decentralized platform which allows cross-border...

Thu, 11 Apr 2019, 11:11 am UTC
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Tax, finance execs keen on automating routine tasks, but unsure about blockchain: KPMG Poll

A recent poll from KPMG has revealed that while a high majority of tax and finance executives are interested in automating routine tasks, many of them are not considering adopting blockchain technology. The KPMG...

Wed, 10 Apr 2019, 06:28 am UTC
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FxWirePro Poll: Ethereum’s fortune to get better in 2019, hit $500 by end of the year

Ethereum will regain ground over the coming year and erase some of its losses made last year and hit the $500 rate by end-2019 on hopes of demand recovery, an FxWirePro poll showed, but regulatory challenges and a global...

Mon, 08 Apr 2019, 09:19 am UTC
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A look at the Steem ecosystem: Leveraging blockchain to tokenize online content

Steemit is a blockchain-based social media platform that aims to tokenize the content web. Users can not only create and curate content on Steemit but also monetize content and grow the community. The platform aims to...

Wed, 20 Mar 2019, 12:02 pm UTC
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American Bar Association publishes white paper on cryptocurrencies and digitized assets

The American Bar Association Business Law Section has published a white paper on digital assets and cryptocurrencies. The ABA is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students. With more than 400,000 members...

Mon, 18 Mar 2019, 10:06 am UTC
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