Saudi Arabia has banned the selling and buying of the cryptocurrencies including bitcoins in its territory after the government launched a major crackdown warning against the fraudulent schemes by high risk traders.

Goldman Sachs, a leading investment bank has expressed their skeptical approach about cryptocurrencies.

Reports of a local newspaper suggests that Vietnam might halt the imports of cryptocurrency miners temporarily following the requests of MoIT (Ministry of Industry and Trade).

Japan mobile giant LINE has launched operations of its Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange BITBOX which will supporting 30 cryptocurrencies including bitcoin.

Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Houbi confirmed trading on its new Australian platform from Thursday, July 5.

Klaus Kumpfmuller and Helmut Ettl, board directors of FMA (Financial Market Authority) have offered proposals demanding for stricter regulations on digital currencies and ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings).

Jack Ma's financial company, Ant Financial launched blockchain based money transfers between Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Tech giant Apple has updated its developer guidelines for explicitly banning 'mining' cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

Bitfinex was targeted in a distributed denial-of-service attack, DDoS, which overwhelms a system with multiple virus-infected servers.

Cryptocurrencies might soon pave their way in the African continent as locals slowly warm up their idea of a digital world.

Crypto addicts would be now able to receive treatment in Castle Craig Hospital, Peeblesshire so that they can deal with underlying issues and learn to live without Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Goldman Sachs is planning to become the first regulated financial institution to offer its customers to trade Bitcoin futures through one of its New York desks.

In an interview with Cheddar, Reddit's CTO, Chris Slowe revealed that they are planning to bring back the option of digital transactions on their platform.

Nasdaq may consider launching a cryptocurrency exchange in the long run considering the evolution of regulatory environment, said the CEO, Adena Friedman.

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has initiated a new reform and has set new guidelines which now makes tit mandatory for the domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to register with the authority before mid-May this year.

South Korea is is aiming to take its relationship with the blockchain technology a step further as Seoul is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency.

Malaysia based Air Asia has announced its plans of developing their own cryptocurrency and launching 'BigCoin' for the ease of their customers. The digital currency will see its own Initial Coin Offerings.

Twitter has confirmed that the site would ban cryptocurrency and ICO-related advertisements from their website, which will come into effect from 27 March.

A new report from US Congress has dubbed 2017 as 'The Year of Cryptocurrencies.' The report calls for lawmakers and industry stakeholders to use the blockchain technology judiciously.

South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb has announced to bring the cryptocurrency Kiosk to the restaurants where the customers would be able to pay for the food through the digital currencies.