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Recent research examining 25 of the world’s crypto exchanges has shown that 68% of crypto exchanges are failing to comply with “Know Your Customer” (KYC) policies. Non-compliant companies have a lot of work to do as new anti-money laundering regulations will come into force next year.

Eric Ly, one of the co-founders of social media giant LinkedIn, is convinced the ban on ICO ads across social media and search engines is temporary. We look deeper at his reasoning here.

The bitcoin transaction volume increased in the first week of June this year to more than 1.5 billion (worth N1.4 billion) from 1.3 billion traded in the last week of May in Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy and most populated country. Individual investors made a lot of transactions using local exchanges compared to companies outside Nigeria that allow virtual currency dealings.

Trade.io has announced the upcoming launch of an ongoing airdropping campaign like no other - it could lead to holders receiving hundreds of altcoins, just for holding TIO tokens.

Digi Peso, a Belgium-based exchange has recently inked a deal with Islamic banking solution, Hada DBank to list their native token the HADA Coin. The listing is set to reach completion after the Hada DBank token event.

The official announcement of the world’s first cryptocurrency art auction held by blockchain company Maecenas was released yesterday, June 7. The event will take place at fintech-welcoming UK gallery Dadiani Syndicate on June 20, where an Andy Warhol painting will be sold using blockchain technology.

EU-regulated payment platform Worldcore launches Worldcore.trade cryptoexchange and industry-first secure PCI-DSS compliant wallets for ERC-20 tokens

India’s crime branch, the firm that operated for two full years under the garb of a real estate firm, exposed cryptocurrency scam worth 100 crores on 5th June in Thane, Mumbai.

Fedor Bondarchuk, a famous Russian producer and director, will create the first blockchain-based platform in partnership with country’s top businessmen to finance film production.