Less than a year since launching, the State of Ohio has suspended its online portal that allows businesses to pay their taxes using bitcoin. Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague announced the immediate suspension of the...

Leading crypto spot and futures exchange OKEx is establishing a global Self-Regulated Organization (SRO) in order to standardize exchange practices and policies. The initiative was announced during day one of the DELTA...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Marudo confirmed reports that his country is planning to develop a bitcoin-based payment method and stockpiling cryptocurrencies as part of its international reserves. In a televised...

U.K. authorities have raised 240,000 pounds (~$294,000) after auctioning off the crypto-assets of a convicted hacker. The cryptocurrency haul, which included bitcoin, ripple, and ether, was sold off by the U.K.s Eastern...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued Jon Barry Thompson for fraud, alleging that he knowingly or recklessly [made] false representations to customers in connection with the purported purchase of...

Cryptocurrency firm Longfin Corp. has been ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) nearly $6.8 million in penalties related to its...

Six major Japanese security companies have teamed up to establish an organization that will establish rules for security token offerings (STOs). Called the Japan Security Token Offering Association, the organization...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to settle charges against EOS maker Block.One for carrying out an unregistered securities sale. As per a press release, the blockchain builder has reportedly...

The Iranian government has reportedly been cracking down local cryptocurrency miners in the past three months, following a new pending regulation that will regulate crypto mining via licensing. With no official...

The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan has increased electricity tariffs for cryptocurrency miners by 3 times. According to an announcement dated September 27, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of...