Following the emails in which Chinese exchanges detailed the information required from clients in order to process their withdrawals, users are now receiving emails announcing video identity verification in accordance with the latest KYC/AML procedures imposed by the People’s Bank of China (PoBC).
Following the incredible rally led by Ethereum in the last month, the popular Alphabay market, a deepweb e-commerce platform, announced that it will add Ether as a payment method. The market is currently laying out the framework to make ETH acceptance possible, and will enable Ethereum deposits and withdrawals starting May 1st. 2017.
"We are implementing Ethereum acceptance and the new currency, including deposits and withdrawals, will be fully operational on May 1st, 2017."