Pure Bit Bamboozles Investors in $2.7 Million ICO Exit Scam
Pure Bit lured investors in with promises of a rewarding ICO then mysteriously vanished, taking 13,000 worth of ETH with them. There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute The South Korean...
Bitcoin is Permitted by Law, Chinese Arbitration Court Says
The Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration recently issued a ruling saying there is no prohibition against Bitcoin ownership and transfer in China. The decision means that despite...
South Korea Stands Firm: Won’t Legalize ICOs For Now
South Korea stood its ground on the matter of legalizing initial coin offerings (ICOs), reaffirming the ban that the country instituted last fall. ICO Ban Stands The Financial Services...
How People Are Still Buying Bitcoin and ICO Tokens in China
Despite the statewide clampdown on initial coin offerings, investors in China can still take buy ICO tokens fairly easy. Local ICO projects, on the other hand, take advantage of...
China Celebrates Killing Its Bitcoin Exchanges as CNY Volume Falls Under 1%
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has declared victory over Bitcoin, stating that the market leader’s trading in its national currency has fallen to less than 1 percent of...
South Korea May Soon Legalize ICOs
South Korea’s National Assembly has put forth an official proposal to permit domestic initial coin offerings (ICOs), signaling a possible reversal of the outright ban on the...
China Blames Poor Investment Choices on Crypto Industry
China has shockingly (not really) issued yet another warning about the so-called perils that come along with investing in the cryptocurrency industry. This time, it’s in the form of...
South Korea: FSS Governor Talks Easing of Cryptocurrency Regulations
Yoon Suk-heun, the newly appointed governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of South Korea, has declared that there will be a review of the current crypto regulations in the...
‘We’re On Pace to List Over 5,000 ICOs This Year,’ Says ICO Alert Cofounder...
Bitcoinist spoke with co-founder of ICO Alert, Mike Finch, who shared his insight into the recent ban on Initial Coin Offering (ICO) advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Google social...
Bitcoin Miner Injured in Shooting Blames China Crypto Ban
A Taiwanese Bitcoin Miner nearly paid for his life after being shot at by gangsters for allegedly reneging on a mining deal by not providing payment. The victim went on to blame China...
Australia’s Policymakers Have Made The Country An Attractive ICO Region
The InvestDigital ICO illustrates how Australia has become one of the leading ICO targets for tech startups. When the Chinese government slapped a ban on initial coin offerings...
Will ICOs Survive the SEC Bloodbath?
The SEC just issued another warning over Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) but the test of a utility versus a security token is still murky. Here's what I believe the 5 Actions the SEC...