Bitcoin's Biggest Startups Are Backing a New Effort to Keep Fees Low
by Alyssa Hertig
CoinMarketCap Announces Changes to Counter Fake Volume Concerns
CoinMarketCap explained the difficulties in offering volume data on Thursday, but added it would incorporate new features to reduce this.
India's Supreme Court Pushes Crypto Banking Ban Hearing to September
A Supreme Court decision on the Reserve Bank of India's efforts to bar crypto firms from receiving banking services has been pushed to September.
South Korea's Finance Watchdog Is Forming a Crypto Division
South Korea's Financial Services Commission has revealed it is setting up a department dedicated largely to cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
TSMC Says Crypto Mining Demand Will Fall in Q3
Semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC said Thursday that it expects demand for cryptocurrency mining-related products to cool.
BitFunder Operator 'Close to' Plea Bargain in SEC Fraud Case
The operator of defunct bitcoin investment platform BitFunder is negotiating a plea deal over criminal charges laid against him by the SEC.
Police Force Confiscates 295 Bitcoins from Criminal in UK First
A British county police force has become the first in the country to have successfully seized and sold bitcoins obtained in a criminal case.
Financial Exchange Thinks Blockchain Can Keep Online Auctions Fair
A state-backed financial asset exchange in China has proposed a way of building a secure blockchain-based system for online bidding.
UK Begins Research on Law Reform for Use of Blockchain Smart Contracts
The U.K. Law Commission has launched research investigating reforms that would bring legal clarity to the use of blockchain-based smart contracts.
A Japanese Telecom Giant Wants to Use Blockchain to Store Contracts
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone is looking to invent a new contract agreements system based on blockchain technology.
Credit Rating Firm Backs $8 Million Fundraise for Crypto Alternative
A blockchain startup has raised $8 million in a seed funding round with a mission to develop a protocol to serve the unbanked.
