In a major escalation against socialist president Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump’s administration has frozen all Venezuelan government assets. Action took immediate effect, with President Trump citing Maduro’s ongoing “usurpation” of power as well as human…

The stablecoin company Tether has minted 100 million USDT. The creation of new USDT tokens is often correlated with a rise in the price of Bitcoin, as Tether moves the coins to crypto exchanges like Bitfinex. Less than an hour after minting the new tokens…

HM Revenue & Customs, the British tax authority, is pressuring cryptocurrency exchanges to reveal customers’ names and transaction histories, in a bid to claw back unpaid taxes. Letters requesting lists of customers and transaction data have landed on the…

Security token trading platform tZERO has been awarded a patent for a way of recording trading data on public blockchains. The company, a subsidiary of retail giant Overstock, announced Tuesday that the patent for its new tech, dubbed “Time Ordered Merkle…

Founder of the capital management firm Morgan Creek Antony Pompliano said on CNBC’s Squawk Box that over half of his net worth is in Bitcoin (BTC). In a video published on Twitter, Channel’s another guest, Canadian businessman and TV personality Kevin O'Leary…

Israeli Bitcoin investors are unable to pay their taxes as banks aren’t accepting deposits obtained from cryptocurrencies. Local crypto investors are unable to deposit the returns of their Bitcoin investments into bank accounts due to money laundering and…

UK-based cryptocurrency trading platform and social network eToro has announced it is adding support for Tezos, the 16th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. It has become the 15th cryptoasset to join the eToro platform along with bitcoin, ether…

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish its first blockchain-based administrative services in November. Three priorities were set for completion by the November deadline. The city’s blockchain points system will be introduced and residents of Seoul…

The Canadian YouTuber Perrin provided a hilarious account of how he flipped the script on that would-be scammer, who messaged him offering him an "exclusive investment offer." It must have come as a shock to "susan" (sacmmer) when she realized that she had…

Amid a wave of counterfeits, VeChainThor has developed a way to authenticate the provenance of fine wines in Shanghai. In a 5 month stint, Chinese authorities reportedly seized nearly 65,000 counterfeit Penfolds bottles, worth upwards of $4 million. The blockchain…