Blockchain can automate such processes as workflow, rendering of public services, traffic administration, and optimization of urban systems.

Commissioner Hester Peirce stressed that the agency should evaluate cryptocurrencies in terms of digital assets, rather than the infrastructure and technology backing them.

The lawmakers said that introducing regulations can bring positive changes to the crypto market with more institutional money flowing into it.

The Kogma SA blockchain platform is launched jointly by 15 of the world’s largest institutions spanning across different business sectors.

Media reports indicate that Newcastle United and Cardiff City are considering carrying out an Initial Coin Offering as they seek additional funds to strengthen their teams.

The draft bill proposes to tax individual and commercial entities dealing in crypto-related activities on their derived profits.

The central bank asked all investors not to participate in offshore fundraising schemes like ICOs and refrain from cryptocurrency trading.

Ripple is contemplating launching a commercial application for its cryptocurrency focused product xRapid.

InVault will hold users’ private keys securely in different physical vaults with only authorized personnel having access to them.

Former Mt. Gox trade argues that the market doesn’t have enough demand to absorb the infusion of 170,000 BTC tokens to be added post the completion of civil-rehabilitation process.

Tezos mainnet is up and running after a series of corporate governance threatened its future despite raising $232 million last year.

The latest acquisition is a part of Huobi’s plan to expand its global operations.

The latest investigation is not a crackdown on ICOs but rather a restricting of Korea’s regulatory norms.

ECB president Mario Draghi said that the demand for fiat cash is still high and time was not ripe to shift towards using digital currency.

The banking giant will allow investors to go long and short using the price-return swaps tied to bitcoin futures.

Brave, a web browser founded by Brendan Eich has lodged a formal complaint with European authorities as it seeks to push for the implementation of the new General Data Protection Regulation.

Nasdaq’s Analytics Hub tool uses language processing and machine learning techniques to structure the data obtained from several different sources.

Mexico’s Central Bank, Banco de Mexico, has unveiled a new set of regulations that banks, crypto exchanges and other financial institutions must adhere to when dealing with cryptocurrencies.

A major correction in the altcoin space drags crypto market valuation down to $181 billion. Bitcoin remains stable.

Authorities in the U.S states of Illinois and Arizona are urging their counterparts in India to seize properties belonging to BitConnect Investment program promoters.