World Leaders Are Talking Crypto at Davos

News
Ex-CFTC Commissioner Joins Crypto Exchange as Adviser
https://www.coindesk.com/ex-cftc-commissioner-joins-crypto-exchange-as-regulatory-adviser/

Investors File Class Action Against BitConnect After Closure
https://www.coindesk.com/investors-file-class-action-against-bitconnect-following-abrupt-closure/

SEC,CFTC Chiefs Eye Closer Crypto Scrutiny
https://www.coindesk.com/sec-cftc-chiefs-eye-closer-scrutiny-of-us-cryptocurrency-industry/

Former Ripple Exec Invests $57.6 Million in Uphold
https://www.coindesk.com/former-ripple-exec-invests-57-5-million-in-digital-money-platform-uphold/

Bitcoin Dev Jimmy Song is Now at Blockchain Capital
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-dev-jimmy-song-is-now-a-blockchain-capital-partner/

World Leaders Are Talking Crypto at Davos
https://www.coindesk.com/may-lagarde-mnuching-davos-bitcoin-roundup/

Due to Poor Cryptocurrency Regulation, South Korea President’s Rating Drops
https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/01/26/1830-south-korea-no-cryptocurrency-ban/

Swedish Bank Nordea Forbids Employees from Trading Bitcoin
https://bitcoinist.com/swedish-bank-nordea-forbid-employees-trading-bitcoin/

PBoC Official Pushes for Centralized State Digital Currency
https://www.coindesk.com/pboc-official-pushes-centralized-state-digital-currency/

ICE Exploiting Blockchain to Expose Crypto Use in Drug Trafficking
https://www.coindesk.com/ice-exploiting-blockchain-to-expose-crypto-use-in-drug-trafficking/

Coincheck Confirms Crypto Hack Loss Larger than Mt Gox
https://www.coindesk.com/coincheck-confirms-crypto-hack-loss-larger-than-mt-gox/

Numbers or Not, Coincheck Isn’t Mt Gox
https://www.coindesk.com/numbers-not-coincheck-isnt-another-mt-gox/

Visa and Mastercard Now Charge an Additional Fee for Buying Cryptocurrency
https://themerkle.com/visa-and-mastercard-now-charge-an-additional-fee-for-buying-cryptocurrency/

YouTube Ads Hijacked for Cryptocurrency Mining
https://bitcoinist.com/youtube-ads-hijacked-for-cryptocurrency-mining/

Tether Confirms Its Relationship With Auditor Has ‘Dissolved’
https://www.coindesk.com/tether-confirms-relationship-auditor-dissolved/

Axed List
Audit Giant DNV GL Partners With Blockchain Startup to Track Assets- Another case where the blockchain is used in a supply chain concept. Expect many companies to try to tackle the product and document side of these things.
https://www.coindesk.com/audit-giant-dnv-gl-partners-with-vechain-to-launch-data-tracker-blockchain/

Lawmaker Says ‘Tennessee Is Ready for Blockchain’ at Bill Hearing- Glad to see my home state adopt more pro blockchain legislation. This piece legitimizes signatures that are signed via the blockchain.
https://www.coindesk.com/tennessee-legislators-say-state-ready-blockchain/