US Treasury Charges Bittrex With Sanctions Violations, Crypto Exchange Agrees to Settle With Regulator

On October 11, the U.S. Treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has settled charges with the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. The crypto exchange was accused of sanctions violations and failure to “implement effective sanctions compliance controls” between March 2014 and December 2017. Crypto Exchange … Read more

Bittrex Exchange is Back! Annnnnnd It’s Gone Again

After nearly four months of being purposefully offline, popular crypto exchange Bittrex announced its reboot, complete with a new website. Within an hour, the company had to once again cease onboarding customers. Also read: Bitgrail’s $170M Hack Continues to Provide Drama Bittrex Reemerges Bittrex CEO Bill Shihara explained, “We’ve spent the past four years building … Read more

PR: Lunyr – Blockchain-Based Knowledge Sharing Platform Launches Open Beta

California, USA – Blockchain-based knowledge sharing platform Lunyr launches Open Beta which will initially offer more than $200,000 in rewards for writing, editing, and peer reviewing information. Now running live on the Ethereum blockchain mainnet, the Lunyr Open Beta represents a revolutionary breakthrough in the future of knowledge sharing. As the knowledge base grows, so … Read more