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ASIC issues stop order on pre-prospectus publications by Bitcoin Group Limited
February 13th, 2015
ASIC has placed a stop order prohibiting Bitcoin Group Limited (a proposed Bitcoin ‘miner’ in Australia) from publishing any statements concerning its intention to make an initial public offering of its shares until the lodgement of a prospectus. ASIC’s ...
SEC Sanctions Operator of Bitcoin-Related Stock Exchange for Registration Violations
December 9th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned a computer programmer for operating two online venues that traded securities using virtual currencies Bitcoin or Litecoin without registering the venues as broker-dealers or stock exchanges. The programmer, Ethan Burnside, also was ...
Bitcoin on PayPal
September 24th, 2014
PayPal announced a monumental partnership that will likely play a large part in the adoption of bitcoin throughout the world. The company has partnered with BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin to provide bitcoin support to the millions of PayPal users. ...
Why The Bitcoin Price Dropped Today
September 19th, 2014
Normally in the Bitcoin world sudden price fluctuations ranging from $10-$30 can be attributed to market manipulation by large holders of the virtual currency. However, when the price changes greater than $30 in a short period of time there ...
EU court to decide on tax-free trading of bitcoin
July 30th, 2014
Tax-free trading of bitcoin is on legal questioning at the European Union’s top court following Swedish authorities request to extend existing levies to virtual currencies. The EU Court of Justice must decide if transactions between virtual and traditional currencies ...
Netagio Launches Exchange for Gold, Sterling and Bitcoin Traders
July 11th, 2014
Bitcoin storage firm Netagio has today launched an exchange that allows users to trade bitcoin, pounds sterling and gold. The exchange offers users three order-books, allowing trades between bitcoin and gold, bitcoin and sterling, and gold and sterling. “ ...
Illegal Bitcoin IPO Actually Worked Out Pretty Well for Investors
June 4th, 2014
Today the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down a bitcoin investing scam that, as bitcoin investing scams go, is disappointingly un-scammy. A very bitcoiny guy named Erik Voorhees1 started some very bitcoiny companies called SatoshiDICE and FeedZeBirds,2 and he ...
China prepares to launch its own digital currency as Facebook’s Libra languishes
November 13th, 2019
China is moving closer to releasing the world’s first government-backed digital currency. Li Wei, the head of technology for the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, said on Monday that commercial banks should increase their use of blockchain ...
Towards a new regime for crypto-assets in France; Optional visa regime for ICOs
April 25th, 2019
The PACTE draft Bill (Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation) was adopted at its final reading in the French National Assembly on 11 April 2019. Once enacted, the law will establish a framework for fundraising via the issuance ...
EU is gearing up for Union wide regulation for crypto assets
January 17th, 2019
The European Union posits that ICOs and crypto assets present substantial risks. Hence the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is looking to establish an EU-wide regulation. The EU has long been preoccupied with crypto and blockchain. However, now ...
