After a volley of countersuits that had the companies jumping from courthouse to courthouse, Ripple and R3 have brokered a settlement that will put the drama to rest.
vSouth Korea’s Supreme Court just ruled that bitcoin is a legally recognizable asset, overturning a decision made last year by one of the country’s lower courts.
Though the involvement for big U.S.-based financial players will certainly affect the market, established cryptocurrency exchanges are optimistic about the future.
A recent FinCEN letter stakes out policy position regarding ICOs that appears somewhat inconsistent with prior guidance and could foreshadow potential avenues of enforcement.
Bitfinex, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, has hired Steptoe & Johnson, a heavy-hitting, international law firm based in Washington, D.C., to try to...