Coinbase Must Face Buyers’ Negligence Claims Over ‘Hasty’ Launch of Its Bitcoin Cash August 9, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat Coinbase Inc. must face a negligence lawsuit for allegedly botching the launch of its digital currency bitcoin cash, or BCH,...
Canada Eyes Regulation of Crypto-Trading Platforms Amid Ongoing Quadriga Scandal March 15, 2019 By Kristine Owram Canada is moving to overhaul its securities regulations to cover crypto trading platforms such as Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp., a...
Mystery of Quadriga’s Missing Cryptocurrencies Deepens as `Cold Wallets’ Found Empty March 4, 2019 By Doug Alexander When Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. founder Gerald Cotten died, account holders feared the encrypted access keys needed to recover C$190...
Crypto Startup BitGo Offers Insurance Against Quadriga Cold-Wallet Debacle February 20, 2019 By Olga Kharif While users of the troubled Quadriga CX cryptocurrency exchange remain unable to retrieve millions in funds, a startup backed by...
Quadriga’s Frozen Cryptocurrencies Highlight Canada’s Regulatory Vacuum February 11, 2019 By John Tilak and Matt Scuffham Canada’s biggest securities regulator said on Friday that it was looking into Quadriga CX, as concerns grow that a regulatory...
Judge Pauses Lawsuits Against Crypto Exchange as It Hunts for Missing Password February 7, 2019 By Tyler Choi A cryptocurrency platform that lost access to millions of dollars when its founder died with sole knowledge of company passwords...
Crypto Exchange Founder Dies, Along with Sole Password to Access $200M February 5, 2019 By Doug Alexander Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX has a $200 million problem with no obvious solution — just the latest cautionary tale in...
Coordinated Global Regulation of Cryptocurrencies Needed: Circle CEO October 23, 2018 By Tom Wilson Major economies should launch coordinated regulation of cryptocurrencies, the head of Goldman Sachs-backed startup Circle said on Monday, underscoring growing...
Interest in Crypto Insurance Grows, Despite High Premiums, Broad Exclusions July 23, 2018 By Olga Kharif, Brian Louis, Julie Edde and Katherine Chiglinsky In the staid and buttoned-up world of insurance underwriting, few want to talk about it. You won’t find many ads...
Bitcoins Worth $3M Stolen from India’s Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Coinsecure April 13, 2018 By Anto Antony and Archana Chaudhary One of India’s biggest cryptocurrency trading platforms has lost about 438 Bitcoins worth some 190 million rupees ($3 million), allegedly...