GMO Internet, the Japanese conglomerate that offers a wide array of services, including forex trading, a cryptocurrency exchange and a cryptocurrency (Z.com coin), announced more specific plans about its foray into cloud mining of cryptocurrencies. According to the ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) have published a joint pan-European warning of the risks of buying and/or holding cryptocurrencies. The regulators note ...

Iceland, whose electricity is almost entirely produced from renewable sources (hydro and geothermal), might tax the profits of the cryptocurrency miners in the country, as per a comment of Smari McCarthy, an MP from the Pirate Party, quoted ...

Between GBP 3 and 4 billion of criminal money in Europe is laundered though cryptocurrencies, the head of Europol Rob Wainright told BBC. According to the estimates of Europol, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, about ...

Russian nuclear engineers have been arrested for trying to mine cryptocurrencies in a top-secret nuclear facility in Sarov, Western Russia, reports BBC. At the same time, the state-controlled bank Sberbank informs that it frequently catches employees trying to ...

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market  is reviewing and considering a robust and risk-appropriate regulatory and oversight regime for cryptocurrency exchanges and intermediaries, the regulator said in a publication on its site. The ...

CoinText, a fintech startup is beta testing an SMS Bitcoin Cash Wallet that will let people who have no internet access and a smartphone to send and receive Bitcoin Cash via a simple text message. According to the ...

BitGrail, an Italian cryptocurrency exchange that offers trading in crypto-to-Nano coins (XRB) (formerly known as RaiBlocks), announced it has been robbed of Nano tokens worth $170 million. According to a notice on its site, BitGrail has conducted internal ...

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) is drafting regulatory requirements for the initial coin offerings (ICOs) with dedicated rules for the cryptocurrency sector, to become the first watchdog to do so, reports Reuters. The regulation will establish disclosure ...