March 2020

Noelle Acheson looks at how the market turmoil could spill over into politics and what that could mean for bitcoin.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control has added two individuals and 20 bitcoin addresses to its sanctions list, accusing them of being part of the North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group.

With bitcoin taking a breather after last week’s abrupt fall, Markets Daily is back with another time saving news roundup.

Bitcoin is unlikely to get bid up after the May 2020 mining reward halving, based on the way the cryptocurrency’s options are valued.

The US Dollar was struggling to regain traction during London trade on Monday

The Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said that the Japanese Central Bank will attempt to aid the Japanese markets to stabilize, as they are currently being affected by the coronavirus epidemic.

The UK insurance giant is underwriting a new policy protecting against theft of cryptocurrency held in online hot wallets.

The exchange is eyeing use cases for its tech across areas such as tokenized asset issuance, payments, identity verification and lending.

Bitcoin is flashing green on Monday, having suffered a double-digit price drop last week.

West Virginia will not continue with its use of blockchain-based mobile voting software Voatz amid security concerns from experts.