Standard Bank Group — Africa’s largest bank by assets — has partnered with enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology project Hedera Hashgraph. According to a joint announcement, the African banking giant now joins other major corporations like Google, LG, and IBM as a member of the Hedera Governing Council. Standard Bank will […]

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on Wednesday that it will start to return funds to the victims of major fraudulent investment schemes, which duped investors of over £15 million. The watchdog detailed that fraudulent investment schemes were run by Samuel and Shantelle Golding and their companies, Digital […]

Dr. Craig Wright has begun legal action against the developers of BTC, BCH, BCH ABC and BSV over 111,000 stolen Bitcoin, according to an announcement by ONTIER. The Bitcoin was lost when the private keys to two addresses were stolen in a hack on Dr. Wright’s network in February of […]

Australian fintech company, Linkly announced that it has recruited Frerk-Malte Feller as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. According to a press release shared with Finance Magnates, Frerk-Malte Feller, a technology business leader, has been appointed by Linkly, a leading supplier of integrated payment solutions, as its new Chief […]

The last two days were a massacre on the Satoshi streets with Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies entering deep correction after an unprecedented bull run ahead this month. As it turns out, the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) futures registered record-high volumes every in its history. On-chain data provider Skew […]

After a dramatic steep correction, the fiat value of Bitcoin is moving up and crossed the $50,000 mark again in a fresh bull run. The digital currency is trading at $50,864 as of press time and is pushing to breach $51,000, which has become a key resistance level now. The […]

Bitcoin whales are on the move after the world’s largest cryptocurrency posted significant gains during the last few months. Massive demand from institutional investors has pushed the number of BTC whale addresses to a record high. According to a report published by the on-chain market analysis and analytics platform Glassnode, […]

Blockchain policy matters; what lawmakers believe and enforce in the blockchain and digital currency space has an impact on all of the participants in both industries. In Bitcoin Association’s new show, Blockchain Policy Matters, Founding President Jimmy Nguyen will be talking to senior lawmakers about how they view blockchain technology—both […]

This week’s “Theory of Bitcoin” episode changes the format slightly: host Ryan X. Charles of Fabriik Smart Wallet (Money Button) and Bitcoin creator Dr. Craig S. Wright are joined by sCrypt founder Xiaohui Liu for some Q&A along with the usual discussion. Given the company, the main theme of the […]

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that it has charged Kristijan Krstic, a 45-years old Serbian man for his involvement in fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes. The DOJ also mentioned that Krstic committed money laundering through his investment platforms. According to the official press release, Krstic founded two cryptocurrency […]