Cryptsy CEO Paul Vernon may have stolen as much as $3.3m from the now-defunct digital currency exchange and destroyed evidence of his illicit actions. That’s according to new court documents from the ongoing class action lawsuit filed against the troubled industry exec. A report from court-appointed receiver James Sallah, published on 2nd August, details efforts to … Read more
Bittylicious now allows users to purchase all of its available altcoins with MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards. The UK-based bitcoin brokerage first announced support for credit card payments this May when it added the payment option for bitcoin buyers. Bittylicious accepts bank transfers, cash payments and select mobile payments services such as Barclays Pingit, though … Read more
New York’s proposed bitcoin regulations have been the subject of increasing criticism in recent weeks, with a wide variety of industry leaders coming forward to criticize the laws for their lack of clarity and for putting up unnecessary obstacles to the ecosysem’s future growth. One element of the BitLicense proposal that has proved controversial is how … Read more
Lieutenant Governor and the British Queen’s personal representative Adam Wood is set to headline the first annual Crypto Valley Summit on the Isle of Man next month. The event, set for 17th and 18th September, will spotlight a diverse crowd of bitcoin thinkers, government representatives and business leaders will include BTC China founder and CEO … Read more
There have been some exciting (and kind of bizzare) developments in the past week and a half in the alternative digital currency world. Unfortunately, in an ecosystem of hundreds of coins, one can only hope to get a taste of what’s happening amid all the activity. With July underway and the summer of 2014 shaping up … Read more
The summer of 2014 is really heating up in the alternative cryptocurrency world. What will the next few months bring for altcoins? We can all agree that, well, nobody is certain. To get a perspective on the possible road ahead, All Things Alt caught up with Max Keiser, host of The Keiser Report, guru for … Read more
Any superstitious altcoin enthusiasts out there? Today marks the coincidence of both Friday the 13th and the full moon, an appropriate way to end yet another week in the digital currency world. But, there’s no need to dwell on the existence of luck as it relates to cryptographic payment systems. Instead, let’s kick back and … Read more
Thousands of cyber security professionals flocked to San Francisco this week for the annual RSA Conference, where executives, government workers, and researchers gather to talk the latest trends in protecting firms from hackers. This year’s event had the unfortunate timing of coinciding with the coronavirus outbreak, which led to companies like IBM, AT&T, and Verizon dropping … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged actor Steven Seagal for unlawfully promoting a cryptocurrency investment scheme claiming to be “the next generation of bitcoin.” Seagal failed to disclose that he was being compensated in cash and crypto by Bitcoiin2gen, or B2G, for marketing its token offering, such as on Twitter and Facebook. … Read more
Who knows what’s responsible for the current bull run? It could be the upcoming halving, it could be the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s debut of institutional-grade crypto-backed options, or it could even be the coronavirus. Whatever the reasons, it seems safe to say that the crypto winter is well and truly behind us. If this trend … Read more