SiGMA Heads East as it Expands its Vision

From Local to Global SiGMA has undergone something of a transformation in recent years – the inaugural show in 2014 saw the company corner an untapped niche of opportunity within the local iGaming market. Buoyed by its early success, SiGMA expanded their operations for 2015, putting on a ground-breaking show and doubling their numbers. With […]

MSFA Outlines Rules Regarding Exchange Platforms & Privacy Coins

The MSFA, Malta Financial Service Authority, has released Chapter 3 of its Virtual Assets Rulebook: Virtual Financial Asset Rules for VFA Service Providers. The chapter focuses on the criteria VFA (Virtual Finance Assets) service providers need to adhere to if they wish to obtain a VFA Services license under the laws of Malta. This is […]

Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Increases 10-Fold

Money laundering involving cryptocurrencies has increased 10-fold in 2018, according to data from the Japanese Police. It has been announced by National Police Agency of Japan, that there were more than 7000 money laundering cases linked to cryptocurrencies in 2018, which is up from 699 in 2017. While it is worth noting that the second […]

Crypto investor Claims He Got Stolen with $70K In Coinomi [Solved]

Cryptocurrency investor Warith Al Mawali claimed that he was the victim of a theft as he lost $70K in life savings due to a Coinomi security flaw, according to a Reddit post that he himself published. As always, there are two sides to every story, and it would appear that the side of the Coinomi company […]

FXCM Adds Litecoin To Its Crypto Offering

United Kingdom-based exchange FXCM is now offering Litecoin, its third crypto CFD ticket with the code LTC/USD, according to a press release published by the company. FXCM, more known by its foreign exchange businesses, expanded its crypto offering to three CFDs with Bitcoin (BTC/USD), Ethereum (ETH/USD), and the newcomer Litecoin (LTC/USD). According to FXCM Group’s […]

Binance Trust Wallet adds ZCoin to Portfolio as Quest For Optimum Privacy Continues

Users of Trust Wallet will now be able to use Zcoin on the service following the announcement of an integration yesterday. It was announced yesterday that privacy coin ZCoin, will now be available for use on Trust Wallet, the secure multi-cryptocurrency wallet and DApps browser from the team at Binance. The combination of Z-Coin, which […]

Crypto Pump & Dump Groups Guide – Part 1

The cryptocurrency market is still developing, it remains unregulated and consequently, has attracted questionable practices. There has been evidence of all kinds of activity which would be considered highly unethical and in certain cases, illegal in comparison to traditional markets. There has been evidence of exchanges pumping up their volume through wash trading, market manipulation […]

XRP Now Available on Coinbase Pro; With Controversy

Ripple is now fully supported by the Coinbase Pro platform in its exchange versions of XRP/USD, XRP/EUR, and XRP/BTC, according to a press release published by the Coinbase blog. The new feature is currently available for Coinbase Pro clients in the United States (excluding New York), the United Kingdom, supported European Union Members, Canada, Australia […]

Swiss Bank Julius Baer Goes Crypto

Major Swiss bank Julius Baer reached an agreement with SEBA Crypto AG to provide clients with access to a new digital asset service that will include storage, transaction and investment solutions. In a recent tweet, the Julius Baer official account posted that “the collaboration with SEBA Crypto AG to provide its clients with access to a […]

Filing Your Crypto Tax Return In The US

Cryptocurrencies will be one of the key topics during the current tax season in the United States.  It is not just that Ohio is accepting tax payments in bitcoins, or Wyoming approved cryptos as personal properties, but also how people will report their gains or losses in cryptocurrencies and the possession of digital assets.  The […]