OECD Warns Crypto and Blockchain is Challenging Tax Transparency

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has issued a report to the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors. The report examines the accomplishments and aims of the OECD in advancing its efforts to “redefine the international landscape,” identifying new technologies cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology as posing unique challenges to “tax transparency.” … Read more

PR: Auctus Integrating Bancor Protocol™ to Provide Continuous Liquidity for AUC Token Holders

Auctus, the world’s first blockchain based retirement plan platform, has entered a collaboration with Bancor to provide continuous liquidity for its token holders. By integrating the Bancor Protocol™ and joining the decentralized liquidity network, AUC tokens will be available in the Bancor Web App along with BNT (the Bancor Network Token™), STORM, OMG (OmiseGO), and … Read more

Chinese Central Bank Hosts Closed-Door Meeting on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Miners

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) today had a closed-door meeting on the use of electricity for bitcoin mining. The legitimacy of the news has been confirmed by Tencent Finance.  Also Read: Peter Thiel, Bitcoin Astronaut, Moves Markets with Crypto Moonshot The PBOC Investigates the Power Usage of Bitcoin Mining Tencent Finance said that China’s central bank recently … Read more

Drafting Laws and ‘Hodling’: U.S. Congress Discusses Cryptocurrency Disclosure

U.S. lawmakers have been ramping up their efforts to regulate bitcoin and other digital currencies. Recently, advocacy groups who focus on government transparency have been growing concerned about politicians drafting laws while not disclosing their interests in cryptocurrencies. Also read: Is the Centralized Ripple Database With the Biggest Pre-Mine Really a Bitcoin Competitor? Ethics and Government … Read more

South Korea Expected to End Anonymous Crypto Trading by January 20

The South Korean government has been working on a system to enforce real-name identity verification on cryptocurrency traders. This system is expected to be implemented around January 20, thus ending the current practice which allows for anonymous crypto trading. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales Government’s Real-Name System … Read more

PR: Promising ICOs and How to Spot Them – ICOtoInvest.com

2017 Initial Coin Offerings The ICO market has exploded in 2017. Once a relatively unknown funding method, the total number of ICOs in the first half of 2017 surpasses the whole number of funds raised in 2016. The post PR: Promising ICOs and How to Spot Them – ICOtoInvest.com appeared first on Bitcoin News. Go … Read more

Venezuela’s National Cryptocurrency Advances But Experts Warn of Corruption

Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has advanced the creation of the country’s national cryptocurrency, the Petro. He believes it will take off and solve the country’s economic problems next year, but experts are concerned with corruption. Moody’s credit rating agency, for example, says market participants would have no confidence in Maduro’s government to manage it. Also … Read more