Dutch Regulator: ICO Environment Is a ‘Dangerous Cocktail’
Regulators have issued a new warning to investors in the Netherlands about putting money into initial coin offerings (ICOs).
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A man has been arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly scamming investors out of over $2.2 million in a fake bitcoin mining scheme.
Financial authorities in the Netherlands plan a licensing scheme for crypto exchanges and wallet providers to lower the risk of financial crimes.
The Dutch government is about to get tougher with fraudulent schemes involving banking apps and cryptocurrencies.
Europe's largest trader of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is entering the crypto world.
The World Economic Forum is working with the Canadian and Dutch governments to pilot a digital identity project that focuses in part on blockchain.
Dutch Central Bank to Open Blockchain Campus
Holland’s central bank is preparing to open a campus dedicated to teaching others about blockchain. In early September of this year, De Nederlandsche Bank is expected to open a campus where banks and financial institutions can work together “under one roof” to learn more about the distributed ledger technology that underlies bitcoin, according to a […]
Six Arrested in Money-Laundering Probe Involving Bitcoin
Police have arrested six people in connection with an ongoing international money laundering investigation involving bitcoin. The authorities, which became suspicious following a series of large bitcoin trades, carried out various raids in and near Rotterdam – a city in the south of the Netherlands – leading to the arrests of four people in the […]
Dutch Supermarket Bomber Demands Bitcoin Ransoms
Police in the Netherlands are appealing for witnesses to find a person who is planting explosives and requesting a bitcoin ransom. According to the police, the first attacks took place in May, when the perpetrator placed explosive devices in three different Jumbo supermarkets – a chain of stores belonging to the Van Eerd Group – […]
