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Banking giant HSBC saw its blockchain platform process $250 billion in forex trades in 2018

The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of recovery, after experiencing significant losses over the last several days

Bakkt has acquired some assets in futures commission merchant RCG in advance of a previously set launch date

Major Spanish energy company Iberdrola has conducted a blockchain trial with two local banks, tracking the origins and the use of renewable energy

Iceland’s blockchain-based identity platform Authenteq has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Draper Associates and Capital300

Three strains of crypto mining malware have topped the latest Global Threat Index from Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point

Cryptocurrency-selling companies are now being inspected by the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency

Bittrex OTC offering becomes latest competitor in OTC trading market

Denmark’s Tax Authority has been authorized by the country’s Tax Council to obtain information regarding all trades of cryptocurrencies across three domestic crypto exchanges

Two agencies in the state government of Vermont have jointly launched a blockchain pilot program for captive insurance

23 unauthorized forex and cryptocurrency entities have been added to the warning list of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission

Researchers argue that a recent spate of ransomware thought to have earned hackers $3.7 million in BTC came from Russian cybercriminals, not North Korean state-sponsored actors

Bitmain’s Amsterdam offices are next to go as part of a downsizing operation

Russia’s draft bill on crypto regulation will be discussed in parliament within two months, according to a local official

Swiss investment bank Vontobel has launched the first regulated digital custodial tool for banks and asset managers

Bitcoin and other major currencies see moderate losses as the crypto markets keep sliding down

The Augur community’s response to several high-profile controversies that emerged last year will shape the future of decentralized prediction platforms

Crypto-assets will be classified as securities in Malaysia after cryptocurrency regulation comes into effect on Tuesday

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have said stablecoins and tokenized securities will usher in a bright future for the digital currency space

A failed attempt to illicitly gain Bitcoin ultimately netted attackers just $70 when they compromised Cricket South Africa’s Twitter account