Search Results for: virtual currency
Virtual assets-based money laundering and other crypto-enabled crimes
December 14th, 2021
The 5th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies on 7-8 December 2021, co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol, saw several thousand participants from the public and private sectors gathering to exchange knowledge on virtual ...
Japan prepares for digital currency, in line with China and others
December 30th, 2020
Japan is gearing up its preparation for the issuance of digital currency in both the public and private sectors following swift moves by China and other countries to do the same. Virtual money issued by central banks around the ...
What is ‘LBCOIN,’ the new Lithuanian state-backed cryptocurrency?
July 24th, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of digital currencies by central banks in a bid to encourage people to turn to cashless payments. One such project is being led by Lithuania’s Central Bank, which will open a ...
European Central Bank digital currency – a flight of fancy?
May 13th, 2020
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the Consensus 2020 virtual conference, 11 May 2020 11 May 2020 A recent survey among 66 central ...
Raid on Chinese-manned firm exposes cryptocurrency scam
September 17th, 2019
Philippines local authorities acting on a tip from the Chinese government have uncovered what could be a growing online investment scam hiding behind a fledgling industry based in one of the country’s special economic zones. This was after government ...
The tiny nation that is creating its own digital currency
September 12th, 2019
An isolated island nation in the Pacific Ocean with a population of about 75,000 continues to break ground in the cryptocurrency space. The Marshall Islands is proceeding with the creation of a blockchain-based national currency, the Marshallese sovereign or ...
Bitcoin climbs above $7,000 as cryptocurrency rally extends
May 13th, 2019
Bitcoin climbed to the highest since September, briefly surpassing $7,000, as a rally in cryptocurrencies gathered pace in trading over the weekend. Bitcoin advanced 11% from Friday to $6,957.73 as of 9:01 a.m. Tokyo time, having earlier hit $7,585, ...
Top Cryptocurrency stories in 2018
December 27th, 2018
Following an intense 2017 with cryptocurrency market spikes, year 2018 is the year with great majority of digital assets plunged well over 80 percent in value since their all-time highs. Year 2018 is also filled with many headlines about the ...
Lebanon prepares to launch digital currency
December 7th, 2018
Lebanon’s Banque du Liban governor, Riad Salameh, said that preparations were underway to issue a digital currency in the Lebanese pound, to be used locally only. In comments made at the opening of the Anti-Cybercrime Forum in Beirut, Salameh ...
Cryptocurrency ATM growth spikes exponentially to 4,000 machines worldwide
November 13th, 2018
According to global statistics provided by Coinatmradar.com, there are now close to 4,000 cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs). Moreover, there’s been a huge influx of bitcoin cash ATMs over the past year as there are now 1,200 BCH dispensing ...
