FinCEN Says It Now Receives 1,500 Crypto Complaints a Month

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon is to remain in Montenegro custody for six months while the country's courts consider an extradition request from South Korea, local news outlet RFE reported on Thursday.The report, later confirmed by DL News, followed a high court announcement on the approval of bail for a case involving document forgery. Kwon's…

“Grayscale Aave Trust gives investors exposure to a protocol with the potential to revolutionize traditional finance,” Grayscale’s head of product and research, Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, said in a statement. Grayscale is the issuer of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and the Grayscale Mini Bitcoin Trust (BTC) as well as the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), which all

What is the metaverse? The word conjures up the idea of a single space in which users can log onto and experience its robust virtual worlds. In practice, so far at least, it is multiple spaces, centralized or decentralized, where users can access multiple different metaverse experiences, each siloed away from the other without interoperability.The…

Tough requirements and high costs for applicants could weed out smaller companies.Platforms are able to serve retail customers, which may give institutional investors more confidence to enter crypto markets.Crypto exchanges may have to shell out as much as $20 million for an operating license in Hong Kong under the city's new regulatory regime, which came…

feature With the long-awaited Libra white paper, Facebook is showing off its blockchain smarts, and making a bid for crypto credibility. Released Tuesday morning, the 29-page paper describes a protocol designed to evolve as it powers a new global currency. More than a year in the making, the document opens by trumpeting the new blockchain’s ambitious…

Tomi's aim is to "kick off a clean slate for the internet," using its DAO governance model to promote freedom of speech and access to uncensored information, in contrast to the "government and corporate surveillance and censorship" of the world wide web, it said on Tuesday.

Jun 12, 2020 at 09:47 UTCLeft: Wences Casares, Xapo founder (Credit: Wikipeda/Christopher Michel)Crypto wallet and bitcoin custodian, Xapo is discontinuing support for credit card payments for digital asset purchases. In an emailed announcement on Friday, Xapo said its users would not be able to add funds to their account through credit cards beginning June 11.…

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Aug 17, 2020 at 12:12 UTCMouseBelt CTO Galen Danziger giving a workshop at UW Madison. (Photo courtesy of MouseBelt Labs)Banking giant ING Bank and luxury car and aerospace firm Rolls Royce are two of the household names joining an initiative to better promote blockchain education and research. Blockchain accelerator MouseBelt said Monday both Rolls Royce…