Cointelegraph

​​Online broker Monex Group, known for buying hacked Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck in April, has announced it will launch cryptocurrency trading in the United States starting Q1 2019

​​An R&D lab at crypto startup TenX has demoed the use of its cross-blockchain interoperability protocol to transfer ERC20 tokens for Bitcoin using the Lightning Network

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​​The man behind the “Blockchain Terminal” ICO has been ousted as a financial criminal who concealed his former identity from employees and investors alike

​​Denmark’s tax agency has confirmed it is “identifying” 2,700 individuals it says owe taxes on Bitcoin gains

​​The director and chief executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has expressed concerns about cryptocurrencies and disintermediation

​​United States cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, which is currently the subject of a lawsuit over its support of the competing forks of altcoin Bitcoin Cash, has reportedly valued its shares at $4 billion

​​A digital currency meant for interbank transactions is being jointly developed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

⁠New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority adds three more suspicious crypto-related companies to its blacklist

⁠Crypto operator Cubits, or Dooga, has appointed outside administrators to work on behalf of creditors following an outage locking customer funds

⁠U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton says he is “optimistic” about blockchain, aims to both foster innovation and protect investors

⁠Japanese prosecutors propose a ten-year jail sentence for ex-Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles, citing embezzlement charges

⁠New initiative from Binance aims to mitigate the impact of fast-spreading “misinformation” in the cryptocurrency sphere

⁠Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko believes that blockchain can help combat corruption in public administration

⁠Malta-based crypto exchange OKEx announced it will list Bitcoin Cash ABC under the original Bitcoin Cash ticker, BCH

⁠Four government agencies of the U.S. state of Vermont have formed a blockchain working group to learn more about the technology’s applications

⁠The CEO of KFC Venezuela denied that the fast-food chain will start accepting cryptocurrency Dash following a purportedly unauthorized announcement last week

⁠London-based digital currency exchange CEX.IO now requires its users to reveal their identities to “provide users with high-level and reliable service”

⁠Partido Popular, a major Spanish political party, will introduce a draft bill on crypto and blockchain

⁠Comparing the current Bitcoin market to last year’s price highs, investor Mike Novogratz said “we’re at the methadone clinic”

⁠The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked for public comment and feedback to improve its knowledge of the Ethereum blockchain and altcoin

⁠Sharding and proof-of-stake will render future blockchains “thousands of times more efficient,” according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

⁠Bitcoin has dropped below $3,400 soon after challenging $3,700, Ethereum dips below $90 for the first time since May 2017

​​Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have launched mobile crypto trading app for their Gemini exchange, together with a new crypto basket investment vehicle

​​Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange has insured all of its crypto assets with local firm Callaghan Insurance Brokers

​​Samsung has dismissed reports it plans to offer a crypto cold wallet on its Galaxy S10 smartphone as “rumor and speculation”

​​Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency payment platform Crypto(dot)com has hired a former PayPal executive

​​Amid the cryptocurrency market crash, even the newest ASIC crypto mining rigs are struggling to seal profits for their operators

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​​Former chief economist of the IMF and Harvard University professor, Kenneth Rogoff, has characterized Bitcoin as “nutty,” stating its long-term value is “more likely to be $100 than $100,000”