For the first time in the history of the police of the British capital, law enforcement was able to disrupt such a significant real money in cryptocurrency. Law enforcement arrested the hacker and seized his 667000 in bitcoins. Kid faces prison term for committing cyber crimes. According to City AM, the defendant Grant vest responsible… More
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi was close to Asia so that the management is planning to “storm” in London. Senior Manager business development Huobi in Europe Chern Chung explained the choice of location by the adoption of a new exchange policy, which is aimed at expanding activities in Europe. Thus, London became the preferred location for the… More
Barclays, the second-largest Bank by assets in the UK, is considering providing its customers to work with cryptocurrencies. Bloomberg reports that Barclays is in the process of assessing how this service will be popular among its customers. A source close to the Bank’s management reported that currently the Bank does not have any specific plans,… More
Ripple, the third-largest digital currency in the world, called on British regulators to follow the example of Japan and to introduce new rules in order to put an end to the days of the “wild West” on the cryptocurrency market. The Director of the division of relations with state agencies Ripple Ryan Paddock, called on… More
The Bank of England intends to use proof-of-concept (PoC) to understand how the payment processing system RTGS real-time can interact with the technology of distributed registries (DLT). RTGS is a special payment system, which works in real time, and the transfer of funds is carried out on a “gross basis”. This means that the transaction… More
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency companies Coinbase has signed a partnership agreement with one of the UK’s largest banks – Barclays. Coinbase, one of the largest cryptanalytic platforms worldwide, announced that it successfully opened a Bank account in the largest British Bank Barclays. According to CNBC, most British banks refrain from doing business with… More
Coinbase has officially expands the range of services associated with digital money in the US and the EU. The UK regulator (the FCA) gave Coinbase a license to operate with electronic money. This license allows the company to provide payment services and issue digital alternatives to cash, which can then be used for making card,… More
The head of the Bank of England, mark Carney, in his speech at the opening of the Scottish economic conference in Edinburgh on March 2, called on the authorities to regulate the cryptocurrency, not “ban them”. According to Carney, cryptocurrency does not threaten “financial stability” at the moment, but it is quite likely when they… More
According to a new study commissioned by the software developer Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS), 50% of large British companies have stock in the cryptocurrency. The study, conducted in partnership with One Poll, polled 750 heads of it departments in major British enterprises, employing 250 staff or more. Found out that on average, each of these enterprises… More
The seven largest cryptocurrency companies from around the world joined forces to form CryptoUK — the first of its kind trade Association, whose goal is self-regulation within the British cryptocurrency industry. As stated on the official website of the organization to the CryptoUK became the largest cryptocurrency trading platform and services: Coinbase, eToro, CryptoCompare ,… More