Cointelegraph

⁠A cryptocurrency scam that amassed nearly $17 million has led to the arrest of four more suspects by law enforcement in Mumbai

⁠Bitcoin comes in 15th while EOS keeps its top spot in the recently released Chinese official crypto rankings

⁠Russia’s parliament has postponed consideration of the bill “On Digital Financial Assets” for April 2019

⁠Mercado Livre, a major e-commerce company in Latin America, has prohibited crypto-related ads on their website

⁠The CEO of crypto exchange BitMEX, Arthus Hayes, has predicted that Bitcoin will hit $10,000 by late this year

⁠Central banks should leave the issuance of digital currencies to corporations such as Facebook and JPMorgan, PwC France blockchain partner says

⁠Crypto wealth management firm BlockFi has lowered the interest rates for their biggest Bitcoin and Ethereum deposit accounts

⁠The delayed launch of Bakkt belies the ongoing liaisons with U.S. regulators, commissioner suggests

⁠Most top coins are seeing minor gains on the day, with Bitcoin hovering around the $4,000 price point

​​⁠Bayer’s agricultural division Bayer CropScience is working with ConsenSys-backed startup BlockApps

​​⁠New reports claim that most reported volumes on crypto exchanges are faked. How have major coins reacted? Let’s look at the charts

​​⁠Blockchain art startup Artory acquires art auction database that hosts info from 4,000 art auction houses

​​⁠95 percent of volume on unregulated exchanges appears to be fake or non-economic in nature, an analysis from Bitwise Asset Management argues

​​⁠The Swiss Federal Council has started its consultation on the adaptation of federal law for blockchain development

​​WSJ: Bakkt’s plans to store clients’ Bitcoin from physically-settled Bitcoin futures “ran aground” in February

​​Financial services provider Western Union is partnering with Stellar collaborator Thunes to enable WU clients to transfer funds directly to mobile wallets globally

​​Financial giant SBI prepares for major mining market entry after mixed experiences mining Bitcoin Cash

⁠Two major crypto exchanges — Huobi Global and OKEx — have announced their support of the Tron-based version of stablecoin USDT

⁠Reported $740 million valuation sees Bakkt counter concerns over delays and investor profitability

⁠Using blockchain for biometric tracking would be the technology’s killer app in the travel security sector, a rep from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated

⁠U.S.-based prediction market startup and hedge fund Numerai raised $11 million in an ICO to launch its Erasure platform

⁠Former operator of the BTC-e crypto exchange Alexander Vinnik has appealed with a Greek court for his release or extradition to Russia

⁠Major crypto markets have registered slight losses on the day, with only a few major coins trading in the green

⁠Logistics giant UPS and e-commerce tech firm Inxeption have jointly developed a blockchain platform designed to improve merchant supply chains

​​Major cryptocurrency mining hardware producer Bitmain is reportedly planning to install 200,000 units of mining equipment in China

⁠Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says that high ether prices are important both for network security and the wider ecosystem’s development

​​Mining operations would be required to produce or purchase renewable energy by proposed regulation in the United States Missoula County

​​Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with software giant Aerospace Information to promote blockchain technology

​​LBank and Bit-Z overtook leading exchange Binance on the adjusted trade volume cryptocurrency exchange rankings on CoinMarketCap, but research by the Tie suggests most of their volume is fake

​​The former CEO of reported cryptocurrency scam AriseBank has pleaded guilty to defrauding victims of over $4.2 million