- US authorities arrest alleged SIM swapper for stealing $1M in crypto(news)
(manhattanda.org) - US Fed bank official says 50% of Bitcoin transactions are associated with illegal activity according to study(opinion)(federalreserve.gov)
- BTC derivatives exchange Overbit increases its AML policies by using Coinfirm’s analytics(news)(cryptoninjas.net)
Fidelity opens a Bitcoin OTC trading business in London(news)(fnlondon.com)- TD Ameritrade backed ErisX launches Bitcoin futures(news)(erisx.com)
- Bitmain had $680K in assets frozen by Chinese court amid electronic device supplier contract dispute(news)(wenshu.court.gov.cn)
- China now controls 2/3 of the BTC hashrate due to advanced mining operations(news)(reuters.com)
- Swiss financial regulator approves crypto ETP provider Amun(news)(globenewswire.com)
- Number of Bitcoin addresses hits new ATH of 28.39 Million(news)(twitter.com)
- Bakkt goes live with Bitcoin-settled options futures contracts(news)(medium.com)
- Malta based OKEx exchange to launch BTC options trading (buy and sell) Dec. 27th(news)(theblockcrypto.com)
- IMF requests Georgia to publish Bitcoin mining income(news)(bizzone.info)
- GBTC is a top 5 equity holding of millenials(news)(pressroom.aboutschwab.com)
- Bitfury launches enterprise blockchain secured by Bitcoin’s blockchain(news)(forbes.com)
- Google Play app infected with copy/paste malware steals crypto(news)(cryptoinfowatch.com)
- Danish court rules in favor of bank to ban employees from owning Bitcoin(news)(bloomberg.com)
- British Virgin Islands to launch stablecoin BVI~LIFE(news)(businesswire.com)
- Swiss stock exchange lists Bitcoin ETP(news)(wisdomtree.eu)
- Japanese financial giant SoftBank launches crypto debit card with wallet & payment functions(news)(opinion)(prnewswire.com)
- Proposed Bitcoin protocol to decentralize mining pools(news)(stratumprotocol.org)
- Dutch crypto startups disagree with EU regulators on new AML implementation(news)(opinion)(bitcoin.nl)
- CryptoBridge exchange shuts down(news)(crypto-bridge.org)