The U.S. IRS states that the agency “made it a priority� to issue relevant guidance on cryptocurrency taxation Source: CoinTelegraph

Honda and GM will work within the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative on research regarding smart grid and electric car interoperability Source: CoinTelegraph

Russia’s largest bank Sberbank is making a client disclose information about their cryptocurrency revenue and details of their mining farms Source: CoinTelegraph

Controversial cryptocurrency project OneCoin has reportedly denied claims that it is a “hybrid ponzi-pyramid scheme� Source: CoinTelegraph

In a recent report, the European Central bank claimed that crypto has no tangible impact on economic developments and monetary policy Source: CoinTelegraph

ABB in collaboration with Evolvere and Prosume has launched a pilot to explore how blockchain technology can advance the solar energy market Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto exchange Poloniex will stop offering trading in nine coins for U.S.-based customers due to uncertain regulations in the country Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto exchange Poloniex will stop offering trading in nine coins for U.S.-based customers due to uncertain regulations in the country Source: CoinTelegraph

KPMG argues that the blockchain will face a serious lack of talent, thus identifying the four major skills needed for a career in the industry Source: CoinTelegraph

American crypto exchange Coinbase is reportedly in talks to acquire the bitcoin custody business of cryptocurrency wallet provider Xapo Source: CoinTelegraph

Ripio launches cryptocurrency to fiat trading platform, including an OTC desk and blockchain-based loans Source: CoinTelegraph

A new index reportedly suggests that bitcoin’s recent price growth is driven by the positive way in which it is discussed by market players Source: CoinTelegraph

All top cryptocurrencies are trading in the green, with bitcoin rising over $8,200 Source: CoinTelegraph

Bitcoin cash experienced some difficulties processing transactions during a planned hard fork Source: CoinTelegraph

Fidelity Digital Assets, the digital asset wing of Fidelity Investments, is looking fill nine new roles at the firm Source: CoinTelegraph

Two former compliance experts from crypto exchange Coinbase have joined Facebook Source: CoinTelegraph

Hyperledger’s new set of tools “Hyperledger Aries� is designed to facilitate interoperability of different types of blockchain-based data Source: CoinTelegraph

Ripple’s Director of Regulatory Relations Ryan Zagone said that the United States needs tech independence Source: CoinTelegraph

The U.S. SEC has again delayed its decision on crypto index fund provider Bitwise’s bitcoin ETF application, and is seeking comments from the public Source: CoinTelegraph

Bitcoin continues to trade around $8,000, while other coins like Litecoin trade sideways Source: CoinTelegraph

The SEC’s Valerie Szczepanik says that platforms seeking to list IEO tokens “may find themselves in trouble� if they are not registered in the U.S Source: CoinTelegraph

Bitcoin passes $8,000, while some top 20 cryptocurrency assets report double-digit gains Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto exchange BitOasis has reportedly secured preliminary approval with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Abu Dhabi Global Market Source: CoinTelegraph

According to recent research by BitMEX, the ICO market is down 97% on a year-on-year basis in Q1 2019 Source: CoinTelegraph

The Ethereum Foundation will spend $30 million on various projects in the next 12 months, including research and development and bringing academic involvement to Ethereum Source: CoinTelegraph

NY State Assemblyman Clyde Vanel said that the blockchain industry needs to better lobby for itself and educate regulators Source: CoinTelegraph

A new report from audit firm EY outlines the assets and debts of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX and its subsidiaries Source: CoinTelegraph

U.S. SEC “crypto mom� said that the cryptocurrency industry could be hindered by the agency’s “heel-dragging� in forming clear regulations Source: CoinTelegraph

CEO of ConsenSys Joseph Lubin said that the situation with cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex will not get better Source: CoinTelegraph

New Jersey-based crypto mining startup Honeyminer has made its services available for MacOS users Source: CoinTelegraph

PayPal CFO John Rainey said that the company is not getting notably involved in the crypto sector at the moment Source: CoinTelegraph

Blockchain startup Data Gumbo Corp. has raised $6 million from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures and Equinor Technology Ventures Source: CoinTelegraph

A group major cryptocurrency traders has reportedly suggested creating a blacklist of counterparties engaged in nefarious activities in the crypto space Source: CoinTelegraph

Malta’s Registry of Companies is going to be run on a blockchain-powered system, which will reportedly handle all of the processes performed by the Registry Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain expects to break even in May following an investment in new mining equipment Source: CoinTelegraph

BahçeÅŸehir University has opened a blockchain center at Boston’s Northeastern University to facilitate the adoption of the technology Source: CoinTelegraph

Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain’s hashrate has noticeably dropped in the past 30 days Source: CoinTelegraph

Cryptocurrency payment services provider BitPay appointed former Worldpay U.S. executive Glen Braganza as its CFO Source: CoinTelegraph

The U.S. FTC is suing iBackPack of Texas for allegedly spending its raised funds on bitcoins rather than the stated products Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto exchange Zebpay has expanded its trading services to Australia by opening a new office in the fintech hub of Melbourne Source: CoinTelegraph

Ether volumes on DApps have registered a new high, but the number of new DApps coming on chain is low Source: CoinTelegraph

Charlie Munger, VP of holding company Berkshire Hathaway, said that BTC investors share the values of Judas Iscariot Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto exchange Coinbase has banned British right-wing pundit Milo Yiannopoulos from its platform Source: CoinTelegraph

The chief fintech officer for Singapore’s central bank said that the organization’s experiments with blockchain found solid use cases in cross-border payments Source: CoinTelegraph

Four major U.S. drug companies including Pfizer have joined a blockchain project to help manage chargebacks Source: CoinTelegraph

Former chairman of the CFTC Gary Gensler said that the crypto market needs investor and consumer protection in order to grow Source: CoinTelegraph

A U.S. District Attorney is seeking to retain a defendant in custody in a case of shadow banking for crypto companies Source: CoinTelegraph

Customers of major U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase can now store DOGE on its wallet app Source: CoinTelegraph

ICE was using low prices during the “crypto winter� to buy digital assets at a discount for its affiliated crypto trading platform Bakkt Source: CoinTelegraph

In Q1 2019, Square registered a new revenue high from BTC sales, while overall profits from crypto were less than $1 million Source: CoinTelegraph

In а recent speech, the U.S. CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo addressed cryptocurrencies’ impact on clearinghouses Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto ATM operator CoinFlip has postponed support for Tether’s stablecoin USDT as the firm wants assurance that “Tether and Bitfinex are fully abiding by U.S. law� Source: CoinTelegraph

Blockchain sports investment firm SportyCo will reportedly not purchase professional football club Hull City AFC with crypto Source: CoinTelegraph

ITIF puts forth suggestions for making laws without restricting innovation among blockchain-based applications Source: CoinTelegraph

An Arizona man and Israeli woman have been charged with allegedly operating an unlicensed money transferring business for crypto firms Source: CoinTelegraph

Former Barclays commodity trader Chris Tyrer has joined Fidelity Investments to work on digital assets Source: CoinTelegraph

The digital currency mining hardware market will reportedly see an annual compound growth rate of 10% by 2023 Source: CoinTelegraph

BitPay has partnered’ with tax-related financial products company Refundo to allow people to get a portion of their tax refund in bitcoins Source: CoinTelegraph

FedEx CIO Rob Carter has appealed for uniform blockchain standards for the shipping industry Source: CoinTelegraph

Canadian energy regulator Régie de l’énergie introduced new rules for the blockchain industry Source: CoinTelegraph

Anti-malware software firm Malwarebytes discovered that the number of infected Electrum wallets has amounted to 152,000 Source: CoinTelegraph

Bitcoin bull Tom Lee has said that cryptocurrencies will likely hit new historic highs by 2020 Source: CoinTelegraph

The Chinese government is purportedly supporting the development of a “blockchain city” in the Malaysian Malacca Strait Source: CoinTelegraph

The Ministry of Finance in Austria is considering establishing a regulatory sandbox for the fintech sector Source: CoinTelegraph

DLT-based trade finance network Marco Polo has added BayernLB, Helaba, and S-Servicepartner to its network Source: CoinTelegraph

Hardware crypto wallet manufacturer Ledger has warned users about malware targeting its desktop app Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto markets are in the red, with bitcoin SV the only coin showing gains among the top 20 coins Source: CoinTelegraph

Indian government departments have reportedly started consultations on a complete ban of cryptocurrencies Source: CoinTelegraph

According to a filing from the New York Attorney General’s office, Bitfinex lost $850 million and used Tether funds to hide it Source: CoinTelegraph

The Beijing Internet Court employs technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain to make rulings Source: CoinTelegraph

The Malta Financial Services Authority has released guidelines on crypto-related risks and the possibility of scams Source: CoinTelegraph

The trustee of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has extended the deadline for submission of rehabilitation plans Source: CoinTelegraph

Bitspark will release a Philippine Peso backed stablecoin for money transfers dubbed “peg.PHP� Source: CoinTelegraph

Electronics giant Samsung invested 2.6 million euro in hardware crypto security firm Ledger Source: CoinTelegraph

Pascal Gauthier has been appointed as Ledger’s new CEO Source: CoinTelegraph

TrustToken will release four new stablecoins this year: TrueAUD, TrueEUR, TrueCAD, and TrueHKD Source: CoinTelegraph

Brave has launched Brave Ads, an option that enables its users to earn BAT tokens for watching ads Source: CoinTelegraph

The State Department of Drug Trafficking in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, arrested a man for alleged money laundering using bitcoin Source: CoinTelegraph

Longenesis, Insilico Medicine and Gil Medical Center will jointly create a blockchain-based health data management platform Source: CoinTelegraph

IBM has been issued a patent for sharing and verifying information shared between mobile devices with distributed ledger technology Source: CoinTelegraph

Societe Generale SFH has issued a 100 million euro bond as a security token on the Ethereum blockchain Source: CoinTelegraph

Crypto wealth management firm BlockFi announced that it now has over $53 million in client crypto assets under management Source: CoinTelegraph

Head of digital market assets at Credit Suisse, Emmanuel Aidoo, said that the culture within banks holds them back from adopting blockchain Source: CoinTelegraph

Blockchain-based art ledger Artory has reportedly secured $7.3 million in a Series A funding round from a group of investors, including an early Spotify investor Source: CoinTelegraph

U.S. crypto exchange Bittrex claims that it has no North Korean users trading on its platform Source: CoinTelegraph

HMS has collaborated with blockchain startup Solve.Care in a bid to cut government healthcare costs and improve interoperability Source: CoinTelegraph

The Technion has reportedly sued a faculty member for allegedly profiting from the zero knowledge proof technology he developed while working at the institute Source: CoinTelegraph

Tech startup Unitopia raised $5 million in funding to develop a blockchain version of video games platform Steam Source: CoinTelegraph

Mithril has become the purported first independent company to shift to the Binance Chain, with MITH token migrating from ERC-20 to BEP2 Source: CoinTelegraph

American crypto exchange Poloniex supports Tether’s stablecoin USDT on the Tron network Source: CoinTelegraph

FPT Corporation and SBI Holdings Inc invest $3 million in blockchain startup Utop designed for loyalty point programs Source: CoinTelegraph

Adamant Capital’s recent research has revealed that the crypto bear market its final stage, the accumulation phase Source: CoinTelegraph

Bitcoin SV network is struggling with its large block size following a series of block re-organizations Source: CoinTelegraph

Donald Tapscott, executive chair of the Blockchain Research Institute, has said that Chinese renminbi will become a cryptocurrency Source: CoinTelegraph

Tether is now issuing its stablecoin USDT on the Tron blockchain Source: CoinTelegraph

The National University of Columbia has joined the Bloxberg global blockchain consortium Source: CoinTelegraph

U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang has called for the implementation of uniform crypto and digital assets regulations in the U.S. Source: CoinTelegraph

Reuters reports that the Japanese FSA will require cryptocurrency exchanges to strengthen internal supervision of cold wallets Source: CoinTelegraph

Lindsey & Africa managing director Brian Burlant has stated that the demand for legal experts with blockchain tech knowledge is high Source: CoinTelegraph

The Pakistani prime minister held a meeting on the digitization of government processes by implementing blockchain Source: CoinTelegraph