Financial brokerage firm TP ICAP begins trading Bitcoin futures(news)
(bloomberg.com)- Binance requires all US customers to use separate trading platform(news)(binance.com)
- Europol develops "Serious Game" to train cyber crime police(news)
(europol.europa.eu) - Lithuania plans to require ID for all crypto transactions over €1,000(news)(rus.delfi.lv)
- Bitcoin startup Bitrefill raises $2M in funding(news)(coindesk.com)
- Merrill Lynch employee fired for mining crypto at home without informing employer(news)(financefeeds.com)
- Financial Action Task Force plans global cryptocurrency regulation(news)(bloomberg.com)
- World’s 2nd largest insurance broker offers institutions crypto insurance(news)(finextra.com)
- Lightning trades now available on Hodl Hodl exchange(news)(hodlhodl.com)
- South Korea's biggest bank plans launch of BTC custody service(news)(businesskorea.co.kr)
- Coinbase Visa debit card launches in Europe(news)(cnbc.com)
- Watchtowers coming to Lightning Network for next ugprade(news)(coindesk.com)
- Samourai wallet & Nodl to launch “self validating” Lightning node(news)(coindesk.com)
- India proposes 10 year prison sentence for BTC users, plans state-backed crypto launch(news)(bloombergquint.com)
- 74% of Bitcoin mining is powered by renewable energy according to Coinshares research(news)(coinshares.co.uk)
- CME explains 1 hour window for Bitcoin futures(news)(cmegroup.com)
- Overstock's Medici Ventures leads $7M funding round for blockchain voting startup(news)(prnewswire.com)
- Marshall Islands sets up non-profit to oversee national digital currency(news)(apnews.com)
- Major Euro football club accepts Bitcoin for tickets(news)(observador.pt)
- CoinMarketCap launches a Bitcoin block explorer(news)(blockchain.coinmarketcap.com)
- Lightning Network pioneer proposes easier to run Bitcoin nodes(news)(eprint.iacr.org)
- SEC sues messaging app Kik for not registering its ICO(news)(sec.gov)
- Malaysia's Security Commission registers 3 crypto exchanges(news)(sc.com.my)
- Privacy focused Bitcoin wallet app Samourai raises $100k in funding(news)(coindesk.com)
- LocalBitcoins removes cash-for-crypto trading option(news)(reddit.com)
- North Korean hackers target S. Korean UpBit exchange users in phishing attack(news)(coindesk.com)
- Bitcoin developers propose a security & efficiency improvement via Erlay(news)(lists.linuxfoundation.org)