Investments, Offshores, Foreign Trade – Russia Planning for Crypto

With regulations on the horizon, high-ranking officials in Russia have come up with ideas on how to harness cryptocurrencies when, hopefully, they are finally legalized. The need of finding ways to circumvent sanctions on several fronts seems to be the main incentive for the ingenuity in the corridors of power in Moscow. Also read: Iran … Read more

PR: The World Blockchain Forum Returns to London Bigger and Better Than Ever

World Blockchain Forum has been instrumental in the raising of over $6.3 Billion dollars this year through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Token Offerings (STOs). Keynote provided the platform for Ethereum to launch in 2014, and continues to be the platform where the strongest and most lucrative companies in the world go to launch … Read more

Bitcoin Mining is Big Business in Montana: US Senator Works to Protect Industry

Bonner and Butte, Montana are home to two of the largest bitcoin mining facilities in North America. They’re also subject to a major energy producer in the state, the Colstrip power plant, which is due to be shut down. Bitcoin mining has become such a potential windfall for the state economy, one of its congressional … Read more

Thailand Updates ICO Licensing Progress, Warns Firm Issuing Token Without License

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed the number of applications it has received from businesses wanting to operate initial coin offering portals in the country. However, at least one company is already issuing a token without obtaining approval. Meanwhile, the first Thai Stock Exchange-listed company to launch a token has a new plan … Read more

Including U.S. Citizens in Your ICO or TGE

The current lack of clarity governing Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency more broadly in the United States’ legal system has led some to consider whether including U.S. citizens in an ICO or Token Generation Event (TGE) opens a company to unnecessary liability. With ample investment opportunities outside of the States in more certain or … Read more

Blockchain Survival Show Blockbattle to Premiere on Asia Economy TV

Asia Economy TV plans to broadcast a new blockchain survival television show called ‘Blockbattle — Who’s the Next Satoshi’ on October 19, showcasing a variety of crypto-development teams from all around the world. Blockbattle will air five episodes allowing viewers the ability to vote in real-time in order to choose the winner of this distributed … Read more

Venezuela Bolivar Re-Denomination Gets Smartphone App

Hyperinflation has taken off to cartoon proportions in Venezuela, leaving the government to take rather drastic steps in trying to restore confidence in its domestic market. That’s a very heavy, ambitious goal, and so the government ordered banks and exchanges to remove five decimal places in the hope of curbing hyperinflation. And to limit further … Read more

Fomo Then Failure: A Post-Mortem of 2018’s Worst ICOs

It has been a testing year for ICOs. Market conditions have made launching a tokensale more challenging than a year ago, when even the most ludicrous project was virtually guaranteed a $10 million raise. Several of 2018’s most successful ICOs, based on millions raised, have degenerated into its most disastrous, after plotting a journey from … Read more