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Belgium’s FSMA warns “cryptocurrency trading platforms” may be fraud

By Henry Hughes

March 6, 2018

Belgium’s financial services and markets regulator FSMA, has published a document warning the public of the risks of trading in cryptocurrencies. “In recent weeks, a large number of ...

Turkish politician proposes “Turkcoin”, regulation, state-controlled exchange

By Henry Hughes

February 23, 2018

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Turkey should develop a blockchain infrastructure, launch its own “national bitcoin” – Turkcoin, regulate and set up a state-controlled cryptocurrency exchange, said former industry minister Ahmet Kenan Tanrikulu ...

France’s AMF extends advertising ban to crypto derivatives

By Henry Hughes

February 22, 2018

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France’s financial markets regulator, the AMF, has announced that the ban on electronic advertising of forex and binary options products, also extends to the recently appeared derivatives with ...

Venezuela launches Petro ICO on Tuesday

By Henry Hughes

February 19, 2018

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Venezuela, the oil-rich hard cash-strapped South American country, is finally launching the pre-sale of its oil- gold- and diamonds-backed token, the Petro, on Tuesday. In a bid to ...

South Korea’s crypto exchanges 2017 revenues rise 88-fold, Upbit ranks on top

By Henry Hughes

February 19, 2018

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The revenues of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges in 2017 increased 87.5 times from 2016, reports the Yonhap agency, quoting data of Park Kwang-on, an MP from the ...

Japan’s cryptocurrency industry to self-regulate

By Henry Hughes

February 16, 2018

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Following the example of its UK peers and the heist of Coincheck, Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchange operators and other industry players announced plans to form a self-regulatory body ...

Iceland might tax cryptocurrency miners

By Henry Hughes

February 13, 2018

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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 ...

Russian nuclear scientists, bankers covertly mine cryptocurrencies

By Henry Hughes

February 12, 2018

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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 ...

Qatar’s c-bank warns cryptocurrency trading is forbidden

By Henry Hughes

February 9, 2018

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Qatar’s central bank has warned financial institutions in the country not to trade in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, according to financial sources and a circular seen by Reuters, ...

Ethereum-based platform TakeProfit to offer cryptocurrency trading signals

By Henry Hughes

February 8, 2018

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A new blockchain company based on the Ethereum platform – the Hong Kong-based TakeProfit – is launching cryptocurrency trading signals available to everybody, the company announced. The idea ...

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