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Rostin Behnam, the chief of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, likes what he sees in a new bill from Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand that would establish his agency as a significant crypto regulator in the U.S. origin »
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SEC crypto asset enforcement chief David Hirsch announced his departure from the agency on June 17. Hirsch said he served at the agency for almost nine years before his exit. He said he was “proud of the historic work done by the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit team [he] had the privilege to lead.
2024-6-18 22:39 | |
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Howard Fischer says that the government agency’s probe into the crypto firms could be the precedent the agency needs as it looks to “stake out” its turf as the main regulator of the digital asset space.
2023-1-14 21:36 | |
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Rostin Behnam said the agency was facing a rapidly increasing number of cases and would add resources to address crypto fraud.
2022-5-19 02:30 | |
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The National Agency for Project Management under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAFT) is contemplating lifting the ban on crypto trading in the country. A report unveiled this news on April 30, citing an official document that the agency issued.
2021-5-1 17:23 | |
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The official tax agency of the United Kingdom, known as Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, has just released a set of guidelines that are meant to guide crypto investors and token holders on how they should pay their taxes and how they should see their digital assets. According to the report made by the tax […]
2018-12-19 20:02 | |
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On December 19, the United Kingdom’s tax agency released a comprehensive explanation of how it sees crypto assets and how individuals may be taxed on their holdings, CoinDesk reported. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the government agency responsible for collecting taxes and overseeing other aspects of the nation’s coffers, explained that the report specifically […]
2018-12-19 19:21 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency might grant Coincheck a crypto exchange license, a source familiar with the matter revealed.
2018-12-19 17:56 | |
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U.K. tax body HMRC has provided an in-depth explanation of how cryptocurrency users should pay taxes on their holdings.
2018-12-19 12:30 | |
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Japan is inching towards new cryptocurrency regulations. The Financial Services Agency published its draft report on the upcoming regulations on Friday last week, highlighting several key issues that have not been addressed by current regulations.
2018-12-18 20:29 | |
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Two of the most crypto friendly nations on the globe have been revisiting their regulatory frameworks this week. Japan has reclassified its terminology of cryptocurrencies while over in Hong Kong regulators want more oversight on exchanges and crypto companies.
2018-12-18 13:00 | |
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Financial regulators in Japan have decided to take a new step in order to categorize Bitcoin (BTC) and virtual currencies. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) informed that it will be categorizing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as ‘crypto-assets.
2018-12-17 10:56 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency has published its draft report outlining new cryptocurrency regulations. The report contains measures in areas that are not currently addressed in existing laws such as hacking incidents, self-regulation, deemed dealers, privacy coins, and margin trading.
2018-12-17 09:50 | |
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The Financial Services Agency of Japan has resolved to refer to cryptocurrencies as “crypto assets” in order to prevent confusion with legal tender. Also in The Daily, the Justice Ministry in Moscow has confirmed that it classifies digital coins as “other property.
2018-12-15 17:15 | |
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Finnish tax authorities have handed over information on 2,700 bitcoin traders to its Danish counterpart, Skattestyrelsen (SKAT). According to a press release, the traders used an undisclosed Finnish exchange to collectively purchase and sell some $15.
2018-12-14 03:12 | |
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It’s been a year since the CFTC gave a regulatory green light for bitcoin futures and ether futures could be next. But this time around, the agency is taking its time, as evidenced by a recent request for input on the third biggest cryptocurrency based on market cap to learn what sets it apart from bitcoin.
2018-12-13 22:35 | |
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A Tip-Off From Finland Sends Denmark Tax Agency After 2,700 Individuals For Tax Debts Against Bitcoin Regulatory concerns have been part of the crypto industry more commonly for the last few years, and multiple countries are looking to figure out how to integrate these assets into their economy. One of the biggest issues for Denmark […]
2018-12-12 22:15 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision to approve or disapprove the VanEck/SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Per an official document published by the agency, the new deadline to review the VanEck proposal has been shifted to February 27, 2019, which the regulator claims would afford it the time needed to review the potential rule change further.
2018-12-7 19:56 | |
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The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has estimated that there were around 6,000 cases of suspected money laundering relating to crypto in the nation in the first three quarters of 2018. This figure is more than eight times that of the final nine months of the previous year.
2018-12-7 02:30 | |
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The tax regulator seeks to tighten its grip during the country’s 2019 tax reformation restructuring.
2018-12-5 22:05 | |
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CoinSpeaker Japan Mandates Crypto Exchanges Report About Suspected Tax Evaders The National Tax Agency (NTA) of Japan will ask exchanges to immediately report on suspected customers trying to evade crypto taxes.
2018-12-5 18:10 | |
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CoinSpeaker Japan Mandates Crypto Exchange to Report About Suspected Tax EvadersThe National Tax Agency (NTA) of Japan will ask exchanges to immediately report on suspected customers trying to evade crypto taxes.
2018-12-4 18:10 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently indicted DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather and fined them because they were promoting ICOs in the country without disclosing their payments.
2018-12-4 02:31 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency has held several meetings to discuss how to best regulate initial coin offerings. In addition to registration requirements, the regulator reportedly plans to amend two existing laws that can be applied to token sales.
2018-12-3 14:15 | |
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Having met the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August 2018, officials of VanEck, SolidX and Cboe BZX Exchange have met with the Commission again, in the latest attempt to convince the regulator to approve the nation's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to an official presentation submitted to the SEC.
2018-12-1 01:17 | |
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On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering.
2018-12-1 22:36 | |
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Speaking at the ongoing CoinDesk's Consensus Invest conference in New York, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton spoke on why his agency hasn’t yet approved a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-29 21:56 | |
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In a recent interview, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor turned whistleblower, Edward Snowden, argued that the price and value of bitcoin is an expression of the “large population” that believes in its “usefulness” as a means of exchange.
2018-11-26 23:30 | |
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With many crypto enthusiasts and traders having a fair share of their net worth in cryptocurrencies, the need for an avenue to travel seamlessly using Bitcoin (BTC) and other prominent cryptocurrencies has never been greater than now.
2018-11-23 22:02 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a statement in which the agency informs that Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) must be compliant with securities laws. Two ICOs that have been sanctioned for selling unregistered securities are Paragon and AirFox.
2018-11-22 09:08 | |
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KodakOne, a crypto project backed by the photography appliances producer Kodak is apparently being sued by contractors and outsourcing agency for unpaid invoices that reached more than $125,000. TheNextWeb breaks the story that in a series of email exchanges between contractors, outsourcing agency along with its representing law firm, and KodakOne, a group of contractors […]
2018-11-21 18:45 | |
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Alabama's securities agency has lead the way on enforcement against ICO fraudsters, using investigation techniques pioneered chasing gun runners.
2018-11-20 08:01 | |
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Amun AG, a startup in Zug, Switzerland, has received a license from Swiss authorities to offer a new cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP). An ETP is a blanket term to denote a security that derives its price from an underlying asset (e.
2018-11-20 02:50 | |
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Bloomberg’s Intelligence Agency came out with an interesting prediction this week, reporting that Bitcoin “has further to fail.” According to analysts, Bitcoin is not boring anymore and the price could continue falling to a point as low as $1,500, which would be a 70 percent drop from the current price. According to Travis Kiling, a […]
2018-11-19 17:53 | |
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Savii Digital And Other Media Agencies Launch ‘Meet Bob The Blocktrain’ Educational Book Three companies Savii Digital, the Crypto and Blockchain Marketing and Media Agency, have released a new blockchain and cryptocurrency-related book.
2018-11-19 01:09 | |
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Weiss Ratings Gives Positive Comments About Stellar Lumens And XRP XRP and Stellar Lumens (XLM) have received positive comments from the independent rating agency Weiss Ratings. The company said that amid a bear market in the cryptocurrency world, XLM and XRP register smaller losses, which is something that shows their strength. Indeed, during the last […]
2018-11-17 19:42 | |
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Japan has been fairly welcoming to the cryptocurrency community, but it looks like questions about crypto as a whole from investors are slowing down. The Japanese Financial Services Industry published a report on November 16th, showing the enquiries for the third quarter of this year.
2018-11-17 02:35 | |
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Gabor Gurbacs is confident that the approval of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) is inevitable. And he’s optimistic that the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Strategy will be the first to deliver one to the world.
2018-11-17 01:42 | |
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Advisory Council Wants Taxes Paid In Crypto The IRS advisory council is calling for crypto to be used in the payment of taxes. They propose that this should happen for federal taxes. According to the council, it will help the agency enforce its tax collection in the US. Why Crypto The move to use crypto […]
2018-11-16 23:12 | |
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Crypto wallet users in Japan may have to reveal their identities as the country’s top financial watchdog prepares a law for it. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday revealed its plan to regulate cryptocurrency wallet providers, ItMedia reported.
2018-11-16 15:11 | |
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Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency, has unveiled a plan to regulate cryptocurrency wallet services. The regulator has put forward a number of regulatory measures as well as proposing how to implement them.
2018-11-16 04:05 | |
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Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency, has unveiled a plan to regulate cryptocurrency wallet services. The regulator has put forward a number of regulatory measures as well as proposing how to implement them.
2018-11-16 04:05 | |
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The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release on Friday, November 9, 2018, stating that it had fined Arizona resident Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme against his former employer and other investors.
2018-11-13 22:55 | |
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The global communications company, Viasat, announced that it received an order to produce 1,000 National Security Agency (NSA)-certified Mini Crypto devices. The Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) order has been made by the United States Air Force (USAF).
2018-11-10 06:15 | |
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Coinzilla has already made quite the name for itself in the crypto sphere. Not long ago, the company has been rated as the number one Crypto Advertising Agency in the world, with well over 80 successful crypto projects under its belt.
2018-11-9 14:31 | |
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The South Korean police have arrested five people for injecting malware in the computer of over 6,000 people. The local police have joined efforts with the Korean National Police Agency Cyber Bureau to arrest a group of five hackers led by Kim Amu-Gae, 24, which have released 32,435 emails containing a crypto mining malware. These […]
2018-11-9 01:56 | |
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What Is Ninja Promo? Ninja Promo is a digital marketing agency that focuses on the marketing of ICO projects. The agency provides a full range of both marketing and brand awareness services for the user during and after their ICO.
2018-11-4 12:13 | |
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is reportedly exploring the possibility of a security token exchange in the U. S. , according to people familiar with the matter. Local news agency Yonhap News was able to confirm on November 2, 2018, that Bithumb has agreed to partner with American fintech company seriesOne.
2018-11-3 14:00 | |
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South Korean intelligence services report that North Korea is continuing to hack computers worldwide to mine cryptocurrency. Additional reports from the state intelligence agency reveal that the North Koreans are still actively stealing confidential information from its neighbors to the south.
2018-11-2 20:45 | |
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In today’s edition of The Daily, we look at a company that has decided to expand from the cryptocurrency space into outer space by buying a venture focused on mining asteroids. We also cover an investment platform that has secured R&D funding from a government agency, as well as a limited-edition hardware wallet.
2018-11-1 15:30 | |
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The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Tulip Siddiq as the City Minister, a role that oversees financial services including crypto.
Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association, has been formally established and the founding meeting held with 24 cryptocurrency-related entities.
The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.
The Federal Reserve continues to pilot a central bank digital currency, but will not issue one without executive branch and Congressional support, the report said.
India's most controversial crypto tax, the 1% TDS levy deducted at source, should be lowered to 0.01%, according to the findings of a new study.