By CCN.com: Did you ever dream of waking up in the morning to unexpectedly find a vast amount of cash miraculously appearing in your account? That is what recently happened to users of a prominent South Korean crypto exchange. Coindesk Korea has reported that the Korean crypto exchange Coinnest has accidentally airdropped over $5 million in […]

Two major executives of Komid, a cryptocurrency exchange platform based in South Korea, have been sentenced to prison, according to a report by local Korean news outlet Blockinpress. The two individuals were convicted of falsifying trading volumes on the exchange. Choi Hyunsuk, CEO of Komid, is one of the indicted individuals. He was given a […]

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is moving shares of the crypto exchange it acquired in August to a new payments subsidiary Read the original post: Japan: E-Commerce Giant Rakuten to Move Crypto Exchange to New Payments Subsidiary

A recent report by crypto analytics firm Diar states that on-chain Ethereum transactions hit an all-time high in December 2018 Read the original post: Ethereum On-Chain Transaction Volume Reached Record High in December 2018

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras in Spain will collaborate with IBM on a blockchain-based shipping platform originally developed by the tech giant and Maersk Read the original post: Spanish Port Authority Joins Blockchain Platform Developed by IBM and Maersk

By CCN.com: Legacy banks are not worried about crypto because it has no value and fails the fundamental tests of financial services. That’s the assessment of Huw van Steenis, the senior adviser to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. Van Steenis says while traditional banks are always trying to fend off competition from new fintech platforms, he’s […]

Digital securities platform Securitize has joined the IBM Blockchain Accelerator program and aims to make the corporate debt market more efficient Read the original post: Digital Securities Platform Joins IBM Blockchain Accelerator Program

Huw van Steenis, senior adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England, says that cryptocurrencies fail fundamental financial tests and are slow Read the original post: Bank of England Adviser: Cryptocurrencies Fail Basic Financial Tests, Lack Value

By CCN.com: Suspects in the “Big Bitcoin Heist” of 2018 have been sentenced to various prison terms based on their level of involvement in the much-publicised theft of more than three-quarters of a million dollars worth of crypto mining equipment. Crypto Mining Thieves Jailed in Iceland Ringleader Sindri Stefanson bagged the longest sentence with a […]

Blockchain.com is looking to partner with an undisclosed stablecoin project by the end of 2019, according to a recent report Read the original post: Blockchain.com Seeks Undisclosed Stablecoin Partnership by End of 2019: Report