The Venezuelan government recently banned the import of cryptocurrency mining equipment.
Venezuela has been highlighted by crypto-specialized media in recent months, kicked off by the announcement of the Petro, as a new national, petroleum based, “cryptocurrency” and the increasing...
A new venture with the aim of making a very large impact on society has been launched. AMREC (American Renewable Energy Corporation),
“a cutting edge renewable energy innovator”,
AMREC is focused on developing and implementing affordable, clean energy that’s not dependent...
In a recent statement, the Director of the Bank of England (BOE), Mark Carney,
announced his support for the creation of a cryptocurrency backed by the banking
entity.
This announcement was communicated during the RiksBank conference in Switzerland. Although this potential BOE...
United Kingdom authorities have opened a 24 investigation into cryptocurrency businesses over financial regulatory compliance issues.
As the local media outlet, CityWire, reported on May 25th, responding to a freedom of information request, UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
Blockchain networks must “talk to each other” to become the new internet, says MIT experts.
On May 24th the MIT Technology Review published an article by Mike Orcutt, their in-house, cryptocurrency and blockchain specialiist, where he explained...
The South Korean Government is planning to legalize Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's) within the region.
The South Korean National Assembly has officially passed a proposal to allow domestic ICO's, after imposing a total ban on ICOs in September...
Cryptocurrency should remain unfettered according to Ethereum co-founder, Joseph Lubin.
Ethereum Co-Founder Joseph Lubin recently shared, with Bloomberg, what could be conceived as a controversial commentary. Lubin said he believes that the cryptocurrency market in Paris’ Viva Tech...
The IOTA Foundation and the United Nations Office for Project Services partner to use blockchain technology for more transparency.
UNOPS's technical advisory and cryptocurrency startup IOTA have announced a partnership that will make more efficient UNOPS operations...
The Colombia Blockchain Association was announced in the past week with the coalition of six public and private Colombian companies, Buda Colombia, Bitcoin Colombia, Cajero.co, IntiColombia, Panda Group and RSK. This new entity seeks to support the country’s...
Maltese Transport Minister, Ian Borg, has announced a new partnership with British, middleware, blockchain platform, Omnitude. This partnership is part of a strategy with the goal of using blockchain technology in the operations of the Maltese Public...
