January 2020

he Pound Sterling was weaker against both the greenback and the Euro during London trade on Tuesday as Brexit worries resurfaced.

The firm says the concept of tokens that record their own data could make it easier for regulators to understand who is using them.

Bitcoin is rising in line with broader uptrend which began well before the coronavirus scare began weighing over traditional markets. In the short term, though, a dip is looking likely.

Oil-giant subsidiary Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures has made a $5 million investment in Vakt, a commodities post-trade processing platform built with blockchain tech.

Just as global markets began to stabilize following the “phase 1” trade deal between the United States and China, things have taken a sharp turn to the downside thanks to the rising death toll of the coronavirus in China.

A U.K. court has ordered Bitfinex to freeze nearly $1 million in bitcoin after the crypto exchange and blockchain sleuthing firm Chainalysis traced the funds to a ransomware payment.

Bitcoin may finally achieve broader traction through the adult entertainment industry in 2020, but the chips aren’t stacked in its favor.

Blair Halliday steps into the role at Gemini as the EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) goes into effect.

Singapore’s newly-enacted Payment Services Act brings so-called Digital Payment Token (DPT) services under current anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist-financing (CTF) rules.

A digital currency could see widespread adoption within the next few years, a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests.