Tennessee became the second state in the United States to ban convertible virtual currency (CVC) kiosks in April.

Today, in a coordinated action with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ...

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On June 30, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act No. 25-66, enacting broad revisions to Connecticut’s money transmission statutes. The new law, effective October 1, 2025, updates ...

Discord is beta testing "Discord Orbs," allowing users to earn virtual currency through Quests. Discord Orbs can be spent on digital goods like badges and Discord Nitro passes. Discord has recently ...

On March 9, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed House Bill 1116 into law, prohibiting the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana and making violations actionable under the Indiana Deceptive ...

There’s no bank or other centralized authority to flag suspicious transactions and attempt to stop fraud before it happens; crypto transfers can’t be reversed; and most people are still unfamiliar ...

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A British man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack the computers of at least a dozen companies and to steal at least $8m (£5.9m) in virtual currency from people in the US. The US Department of ...

Popular social platform Discord has announced a new virtual currency that can be earned through quests. They recently launched Discord Orbs, a new virtual currency that can be used to buy digital ...

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has outlined plans to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) following increasing ...

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