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BitFunder Owner Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud, Faces 20 Years’ Imprisonment

The owner and operator of two defunct crypto platforms has pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice. Jon E. Montroll was arrested in February after it emerged that he had used his platforms to steal from investors, operated an unregistered securities exchange, and lied about having knowledge of a hack on […] дальше »

2018-7-26 23:00


In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover a number of stories related to crime from around the cryptosphere: an exchange operator pleads guilty to securities fraud, a scammer is fined over $1.9 million for bitcoin and binary options fraud,

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Montroll deceived his investors and then attempted to deceive the SEC. He also failed to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Pool Operator. He promised to convert this into fiat and invest it on customers’ behalf in a pooled investment, including trading binary options on an online дальше »

2018-7-25 18:25


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Bitwise Files With SEC for Cryptocurrency ETF

Bitwise Asset Management is the latest venture to apply for a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF). Called the Bitwise HOLD 10 Cryptocurrency Index Fund, the ETF will track the returns of the company’s HOLD 10 Index, a “market-cap-weighted index of the 10 largest cryptocurrencies” that captures roughly 80 percent of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization. дальше »

2018-7-25 02:18


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Swiss Stock Exchange Operator Plans to Launch Crypto Exchange

SIX, the firm that operates and owns the Swiss stock exchange, has announced plans to launch a fully regulated digital cryptocurrency exchange. The firm says it plans to launch "the first market infrastructure in the world” which will “offer a fully integrated end-to-end trading" while providing a safe environment where digital assets can be issued and existing securities and non-bankable assets can be tokenized. дальше »

2018-7-7 23:11


Coinbase Custody broker-dealer previously charged with putting customer assets at risk

Coinbase’s new solution for institutional investors launched yesterday to great fanfare. It offers solutions for long-awaited institutional money to flow into the market. Electronic Transaction Clearing [ETC], the registered broker-dealer through which Coinbase aims to conduct transactions, was charged by the US Securities and Exchanges Commission [SEC], earlier this year. The charges against it were […] дальше »

2018-7-4 00:58


Survey Shows 40% of Canadians Have Sold Their Cryptocurrency

A recent study investigating the investments habits of Canadians found that 40% of Ontario’s resident investors have sold their cryptocurrency holdings. 40% of Ontario Investors Have Sold their Crypto Holdings The study put out by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) was conducted to measure the habits of those invested in cryptocurrency as well the level. дальше »

2018-7-3 15:30


OSC Study Reveals Only 5% of Ontarians Own CryptoAssets, Know Blockchain Even Less

According to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), despite the raised interest in virtual currencies during the last months, most of the investors do not have the necessary knowledge about them. The OSC performed a study with 2500 individual residents of Ontario, that revealed that the vast majority of Ontarians approach to cryptocurrencies with caution. At […] дальше »

2018-6-30 00:50