A bitcoin trader has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $800,000 “for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
In a letter dated April 10, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) rejected the cryptocurrency exchange's BitLicense application, a requirement for offering crypto-based services to New Yorkers.
QuadrigaCX monitor Ernst & Young suspects that the exchange’s late CEO may have been financing personal expenditures with company funds. It is now recommends that assets in his estate be placed under a preservation order.
The Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has launched a Bitcoin over-the-counter (OTC) trading service, 15 months after it lost $532 million in XEM through a hack.
“Making Bitcoin technology widely accessible is a key component of our roadmap. Today, with the integration of the Lightning Network, we have taken yet another step in this direction,” said Zebpay's CEO Ajeet Khurana.
The Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx has announced a security breach to its users via its official Telegram channel, along with a list of wallet addresses suspected of containing stolen funds.
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