South Korea Updates ICO Stance After 3-Month Investigation
The South Korean government has updated its stance on initial coin offerings (ICOs) as well as announced the results of its 3-month investigation of ICO activities carried out by Korean companies. The government found that many companies have bypassed its ICO ban and conducted token sales overseas. Also read: Indian Supreme Court Moves Crypto Hearing, Community Calls for Positive Regulations ICO Policy Update The South Korean...
Coincheck Registers 1.7M New Users Since Resuming Operations
Coincheck has reported 1.73 million downloads of its mobile app since the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange resumed new account signups, withdrawals, deposits and limited trading in October. By the end of December, more than 900,000 of the new users had gone on to confirm their identities, in what looks like a remarkable comeback for an exchange that holds the dubious record of having suffered the worst hack in the short history of...
BCH Community Responds to Allegations of Faked Coinbase Video
The BTC community recently accused Coinbase of editing a video to make zero-conf BCH payments appear quicker than they actually are. In response, Bitcoin Cash supporters have provided pictorial evidence that the video was not faked. They then went on to discuss ways in which replace-by-fee has altered the reliability of 0-conf on BTC. Also read: Coinbase Suspends Ethereum Classic Following 51 Percent Attack BTC Community Angered...
Crypto Startups Push Swiss VC Investments to a Record $1.25B
Startups based in Switzerland have attracted a record amount of venture capital in 2018 and companies from the cryptocurrency industry have contributed to the notable increase. Zug, which is home to the country’s Crypto Valley, is among the cantons with the highest growth in investment volume, a new report reveals. Also read: Crypto Mining Could Bring Russia $1B in Taxes, Report Suggests VC Record Driven by ICT Including...
Panda Exchange Deploys Hybrid Point of Sale and Crypto ATM in Bogota
The Colombian-based Panda Group has announced the launch of a cryptocurrency point of sale (PoS) terminal called Xeler that also acts as a portable digital currency automated teller machine (ATM). The hybrid solution installed in Bogotá, at the La Tortata sweet shop, allows customers to not only buy baked goods with cryptocurrencies but can also dispense BCH, BTC, and DAI in exchange for Colombian pesos. Also read: Florida...
