Lisa Froelings

Survey reveals that American investors are looking to cash in from their Bitcoin investments by 2018.

The US chief financial watchdog claims that Bitcoin not a threat to global financial system.

Report recommends that UK use Blockchain ID management system to shift identity ownership from government to individual citizens.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is also planning to introduce regulations for Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Explaining Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to your family may not be that difficult after all. Here’s a primer.

Why Blockchain will play a key role in accelerating international trade.

Monetary regulators should study cryptocurrencies to better regulate them, according to Singapore’s Monetary Authority.

The Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on Tax and Customs Policy Chairperson, Nina Yuzhanina, has filed a bill suggesting tax exemptions on virtual currencies

The government of Hong Kong is planning to create a Blockchain technology-based trade financing system.

Bitcoin has sustained its growing acceptance as a ‘complementary’ currency to the official monetary systems around the world, especially in Australia.

US Treasury Department Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that his department is conducting an investigation on the illegal applications of the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

German regulator warns consumers of possiblility of fraudulent ICOs, recommends due diligence.

The ECB do not necessarily ignore cryptocurrencies but "don't pose any monetary risk because the amounts involved are marginal.”

US Securities and Exchange Commission chairperson claimed that the market for ICOs is very opaque and susceptible to price manipulation.

Citigroup CEO has projected that the threat posed by Bitcoin and other digital currencies in the existing global financial system will give rise to state-supported virtual currencies.

Canada’s York Regional Police have warned citizens against a Bitcoin tax scam after fraudsters have victimized more than 40 residents in the area.

Nasdaq vice chairman says that ICOs are still very immature as a funding method and that the stock exchange is still the best place for companies to raise money.

Professional services major Deloitte claims that over 26,000 new Blockchain technology-based projects were launched on the code repository GitHub in 2016.

French banking major Societe Generale CEO claims that the virtual currencies are unlikely to survive in the long term as governments around the world introduce steps to regulate them.

UK’s Ministry of Justice technical architecture lead, Alistair Davidson, has claimed that Blockchain has great potential as a tool for securing and verifying digital evidence in a criminal investigation.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission signed a fintech cooperation agreement to advance innovation with each countries’ markets.

India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has announced its plan to ban the use of virtual currencies as a form of payment across the country but has shown its support to Blockchain.

The State Bank of India has announced that it is due to implement Blockchain technology in the management of Know Your Customer protocols.

Fork supporters and developers are preparing to implement the SegWit2x fork by Nov. 16.

Major South Korean exchange Coinone has added the fifth biggest digital currency Litecoin to its platform as of early November 2017.

The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has claimed that the cryptocurrencies or any initial coin offering (ICO)-derived token will be considered as a security in the country.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced its intention to integrate Blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) to its electronic payment system.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned that the initial coin offerings (ICO) that were endorsed by celebrities could be illegal.

Iranian government plans to implement a new infrastructure for Bitcoin users in the country.

Well-respected University of California Professor Barry Eichengreen has claimed that he favors the use of central bank-issued virtual currencies over decentralized cryptocurrencies.