Global independent financial advice firm deVere Group has added a cryptocurrency app to its suite of products to meet “soaring global demand”, despite lingering concerns about the viability and legitimacy of digital currencies.
The world’s best-known cryptocurrency, bitcoin, has suffered yet another setback, tumbling to $13,635 (£10,069 €11,346) on Tuesday.
Gibraltar has launched the world’s first regulatory framework for blockchain technology.
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Isle of Man-based corporate and pension service provider Optimus is to offer crypto-currency, block chain and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) services.
The first exchange-traded notes tracking the price of ether, a ‘crypto-fuel’, have been launched for European investors.
Abu Dhabi’s financial regulator has set out its stall as a potential regulated market for crypto currencies and Initial Coin/Token Offerings (ICOs).
Two so-called initial coin offerings (ICOs) backed by investments in real estate and diamonds have been shut down by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Switzerland’s financial regulator has shut down three companies for conning millions of francs out of hundreds of investors by selling a fake cryptocurrency and says it has 11 similar companies in its sights.
Hargreaves Lansdown, which operates the UK’s biggest online trading platform, is to allow clients to invest in a dedicated bitcoin Exchange Traded Note (ETN) through its SIPP and brokerage services.
As part of its investigation into tax avoidance through the use of virtual currencies, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has filed a petition with a California court requesting personal data from virtual currency exchange firm Coinbase.
