UBS Building Virtual Coin For Mainstream Banking
September 7th, 2015
Swiss bank UBS is working on a prototype virtual currency that it hopes will be used by banks and financial institutions as a basis to settle mainstream financial markets transactions. But unlike the bitcoin digital currency, the Swiss bank’s ...
Introducing itBit’s Global OTC Agency Trading Desk
July 22nd, 2015
itBit has issued a press releasse to introduce tBit Global OTC Agency Trading Desk Access itBit’s Regulated OTC and Exchange Markets with One Account There has been a vibrant OTC bitcoin trading market operating in parallel to the existing ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Danish Firm Set to Revolutionize Cryptocurrency Industry
June 17th, 2015
CCEDK.com, a leading Danish cryptocurrency exchange, has just demolished the final barriers to mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies. “We have combined the strengths of digital currencies pioneered by Bitcoin with the universal acceptance of major credit cards,” said CEO Ronny Boesing. “In the ...
ECUREX Becomes the First Digital Currency Exchange Platform to Be Fully Compliant with the Swiss Banking Act
June 5th, 2015
ECUREX GmbH announced today that it has become the first digital currency exchange platform to be fully compliant with the Swiss Banking Act. After sixteen months of investigation, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) released on 19 May 2015 ...
Dogecoin Founder Exits Crypto Community Citing ‘Toxic’ Culture
April 24th, 2015
Dogecoin founder and Adobe senior manager Jackson Palmer has announced he is taking an “extended leave of absence” from the cryptocurrency community. Calling the ecosystem “toxic”, Palmer used the occasion to blast aspects of the industry, while encouraging users ...
Top Global Law Firm: Virtual Currency is Here to Stay
March 17th, 2015
“Virtual currency is here to stay”, according to a partner at one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the US. Judith Alison Lee, partner in the Washington, DC, office of global law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, was ...
Mt. Gox Creditors’ Meeting Delivers Few Answers and One Apology
July 23rd, 2014
Today’s long-anticipated meeting between Mt. Gox bankruptcy trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi and creditors from the defunct exchange provided several revelations, but left many more questions unanswered. At the Tokyo meeting Kobayashi disclosed he would consider distributing the exchange’s remaining funds ...
