FBI and ASIC partner up in new cryptocurrency probe
Australian and American authorities are undertaking a joint international criminal investigation into cryptocurrencies.
Andreessen Horowitz leads $12m investment in Ethereum data startup Nansen
Nansen, a DeFi-native crypto tracer, has raised $12m in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
Coinbase-backed crypto trading firm Amber Group hits unicorn status after fresh funding
Cryptocurrency trading firm Amber Group has entered unicorn status with $100m Series B round led by China Renaissance.
The Japanese Financial Services Agency has proposed a massive cryptocurrency regulation update
From: RegTech Analyst
Japan’s financial regulator has suggested that the country should limit the margin trade in cryptocurrencies by reducing the leverage to a maximum of...
23 FinTech rounds raised in the last week
Last week proved a huge win for challenger banks and the Latin American FinTech sector. Check out these funding rounds to find out why.
Thailand bans cryptocurrency use for payments
Thailand’s Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed it will introduce a ban on crypto as a method of payment from April 1 this year.
Kik shuts down its messaging app amidst a SEC cryptocurrency lawsuit
Canadian messaging app Kik is closing so that the company can focus on its cryptocurrency Kin, which is front and centre of a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit.
City watchdog warns against cryptoasset investments
Bitcoin's value may have skyrocketed in the past year, but the UK's top financial regulator warns that investment in the market is far from certain.
French finance minister warns that Facebook’s Libra project would put an end to states’...
Bruno Le Marie, France’s finance minister, said on Thursday that Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra should be stopped as it put “the monetary sovereignty of states [in] jeopardy.”
BitMEX might add customer due diligence procedures and people are not happy
One of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges might be about to introduce know your customer (KYC) procedures and people are not happy about it.