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Regulators have been clamping down on Ant Group, even cancelling its expected $35 billion twin IPO late last year. origin »
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The President's Working Group has not said anything revolutionary, but does establish some new clarity.
2020-12-24 00:59 | |
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2020-12-21 16:02 | |
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Lawrence Rufrano allegedly hid his work at Stanford and blockchain startup Factom from disability benefits regulators.
2020-10-30 19:52 | |
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A Nigerian protest group called Feminist Coalition is asking well-wishers to make donations via bitcoin after authorities reportedly blocked the organization’s bank account. Feminist Coalition is one of the many groups spearheading protests against alleged police brutality by a Nigerian police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
2020-10-15 10:45 | |
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With support from the Hong Kong community, industry leaders from across the world will converge at the largest virtual event for business, regulators, and technology. The 2nd Annual Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2020 hosted by The NexChange Group will be held between the 17th and 19th of November 2020. The core event of the week is the […]
2020-9-23 10:38 | |
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Major banking giants in Japan together crypto exchange platform DeCurret have formed a working group to explore digital currency payments interoperability. Meanwhile, regulators in the country are warning investment advisors to fulfill the necessary licensing requirements before offering their services.
2020-6-5 01:03 | |
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An intergovernmental panel in South Africa comprising the central bank, treasury, and financial regulators is calling for the enactment of strict crypto regulations in the country. Strict Crypto Policing in South Africa In a paper published by the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) in South Africa, the government panel argued for the establishment of aRead MoreRead More.
2020-4-18 17:00 | |
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The Blockchain Association, a member advocate group for the US blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, recently announced the launch of its Custody Working Group, which will coordinate industry efforts to engage with regulators as they develop guidance on the custody of digital assets.
2019-12-24 23:11 | |
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Crypto-friendly Asian countries have long enjoyed both high trading volumes and proactive regulators. Now, a report from a group of Asia's largest asset managers suggests the region will be an early leader in the security token space.
2019-11-20 19:05 | |
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While partnership-driven adoption remains the status quo for the crypto-ecosystem, a group of entrepreneurs including Chris Larsen, Ripple’s Executive Director, has announced the launch of a new alliance “to help regulators embrace technology and integrate innovation into their organizational DNA.
2019-10-30 10:30 | |
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Earlier this week I told you Facebook‘s ‘cryptocurrency‘ saga had turned into a soap opera and that it was going to be a long season, and it seems I wasn’t wrong. The technology giant is facing a new challenge after the G7 said on Thursday that such stablecoins shouldn’t be allowed to launch until international risk was assessed.
2019-10-18 12:04 | |
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Social media giant Facebook has certainly rattled the regulatory feathers of global regulators with its grand plans for cryptocurrency world domination. Politicians and citizens alike are right to question Libra and those that will be pulling the strings behind it.
2019-10-18 09:30 | |
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According to David Marcus, a board member at the Libra Association and head of the proposed Calibra digital wallet, the group is now ready to start addressing the long list of concerns global regulators have about the digital currency Facebook announced earlier this year.
2019-10-16 05:12 | |
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A set of cryptocurrency firms have banded together to create a “Crypto Rating Council” to help classify digital assets — but it unlikely to mean much. Founded by prominent exchanges like Coinbase, Bittrex, and Kraken, the group aims to rate digital assets from 1 to 5.
2019-9-30 19:14 | |
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Ripple Labs, the company behind the Ripple (XRP) cryptocurrency, has formally requested a US federal court dismiss a class action lawsuit that alleges it illegally sold unregistered securities, Fortune reports.
2019-9-20 15:09 | |
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Privacy Coins receive a lot of criticism from the community for their privacy-oriented transactions as such virtual assets were recently delisted from various exchanges due to regulatory concerns.
2019-9-9 00:01 | |
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One of the biggest criticisms over the crypto market is due to its wild west environment where anything goes. It’s allowed for the sale of unregistered securities, scams, and much more. While regulators sit on their hands, the crypto community themselves are banding together to wipe out scammers and other less than savory characters from.
2019-8-23 00:00 | |
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A group of blockchain startups have formed the Proof of Stake Alliance to educate regulators on blockchain tech and the proof-of-stake consensus algorithm, as well as lobby for clearer taxation policies on staking rewards.
2019-8-2 19:18 | |
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While commenting on the U. S. financial regulator’s crackdown on Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra, Barry Silbert, Founder of Digital Currency Group (DCG) said it makes him really appreciative of how unstoppable Bitcoin truly is.
2019-6-19 13:42 | |
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According to the nonprofit research and advocacy center called Coin Center, the proposed anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) regulations violate users’ privacy rights. Coin Center has urged Her Majesty’s Treasury not to implement these regulations.
2019-6-11 02:50 | |
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UAE-based crypto asset exchange and custodian Arabian Bourse — a joint venture from GMEX Group and Arshad Khan — has sealed initial approval from financial regulators
2019-6-11 23:39 | |
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Several major cryptocurrency traders have reportedly begun discussing plans to enact an industry-wide blacklist of suspicious actors, to stem the tide of scams, theft and fraud in the crypto space.
2019-5-10 15:52 | |
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According to a Reuters report published April 26, 2019, the armed offshoot of Hamas group is using complex methods of raising funds via digital currencies, making it difficult for regulators around the world to crack down on terror financing.
2019-4-27 13:01 | |
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There’s a group of countries on the Old Continent that have recognized the potential of the newly forming cryptoconomy. In the past couple of years, nations such as Malta, Switzerland and Estonia have been making efforts to attract businesses from the nascent industry, often rebuffed elsewhere.
2019-4-13 01:30 | |
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Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
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CME Group chairman Terry Duffy recently revealed the biggest reason why regulators have been dragging their feet on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies: finite supply. *Only* 21 Million Bitcoin is a Problem Imagine the post office proclaiming in 90s that the problem with email is that the postman doesn’t deliver it to your door.
2019-3-29 23:00 | |
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Bitcoin might have taken the financial world by surprise. But regulatory squeamishness ensures that it is still far away from gaining mainstream adoption on Wall Street, according to Terry Duffy.
2019-3-27 02:00 | |
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The CME Group has been working to get their request for a Bitcoin ETF approved, but that is not the main focus for the company today. CEO Terry Duffy recently commented on the challenges that regulators face in establishing precedents for cryptocurrency, naming the finite supply of Bitcoin as a challenge. Without the ability to […]
2019-3-26 07:08 | |
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Many regulators claim that Bitcoin can be used for terrorism financing and Hamas, the Palestinian paramilitary group who is deemed as terrorists by many governments in the world, including the United States and the European Union, is out to prove them right.
2019-3-26 04:13 | |
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The chairman and CEO of CME Group has stated that financial regulators will be unlikely to give a nod to crypto and are much more likely to approve of digital currencies backed by existing fiat currencies.
2019-3-26 00:00 | |
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CEO of CME Group Terry Duffy believes Bitcoin’s finite amount is a hurdle for regulators
2019-3-26 22:58 | |
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Japanese regulators have reportedly approved draft amendments to the country's financial instruments and payment services laws, introducing stricter regulations for margin trading of digital assets.
2019-3-21 21:27 | |
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A recent warning from a consortium bank regulators may actually shed light on the growing state of cryptocurrency adoption. On Mar. 13 the Basel Committee, a group of global bank regulators and the standard setter.
2019-3-14 20:41 | |
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A new working group in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched by the state’s chief securities regulator is looking to clear up some of the murky regulation for blockchain innovators. The olive branch couldn’t have come too soon as Western U.
2019-3-11 23:45 | |
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A group of investigative journalists uncovered a $9 billion money laundering scam rooted from Russia’s largest private bank and unsurprisingly, it doesn’t involve Bitcoin. The scheme, which enabled perpetrators to funnel billions from shell companies to the global banking system, was exposed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) with assistance from the Guardian.
2019-3-6 16:12 | |
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A U.S. blockchain advocacy group provides comments to CFTC and CFPB, urging them to permit the introduction of blockchain-based products
2019-2-21 17:46 | |
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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the region’s securities regulator, has issued an infringement notice to Byte Power Group Limited, an Australia-based digital assets exchange, alleging that the crypto trading venue failed to comply with its continuous disclosure duties and the regulated exchange has now paid a penalty of AUD 33,000 reports ZDNet on FebruaryRead MoreRead More.
2019-2-16 22:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency advocates have reacted warmly to an effort by asset manager Reality Shares to gain approval for a ‘partial’ Bitcoin ETF from US regulators. Less Exposure, Less Rejection? Announced in a prospectus filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) February 11, Blockforce Global Currency Strategy ETF aims to invest 15 percent of funds into CME Group and Cboe’s Bitcoin futures.
2019-2-12 15:00 | |
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In a recent interview, Matt Kohen and Justin Wales, two senior counsels working for Carlton Fields’ virtual currency and distributed ledger technology group, highlighted the challenges that legal practitioners and regulators face in interpreting United States regulations pertaining to cryptocurrency.
2019-2-9 14:30 | |
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Mastercard filed the most global blockchain patents out of all US firms in 2017, a new report has found. The news comes in the same week that EU regulators fined the card provider $650M for restricting competition.
2019-1-26 20:57 | |
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The New York Department of Financial Services granted Robinhood and LibertyX BitLicenses on Thursday, bringing them into a select group of less than 20 firms to have such approvals.
2019-1-24 19:40 | |
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Huobi is back in Japan, this time as a fully regulated exchange under Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA). Following its merger with BitTrade, Huobi Japan Holding Ltd.
2019-1-19 19:03 | |
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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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As we discussed in the previous article, there are many parties that stand to benefit from a booming digital securities market. One important group that didn’t get proper mention (because they’re not a business) are the global regulators.
2018-11-25 17:58 | |
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There are well over 2,000 cryptocurrencies on today’s market, and almost all of them fall into one of three token categories: currency, utility, or investment. Each group requires different rules and regulations to ensure their issuance and exchange is above board with government regulators.
2018-11-24 09:00 | |
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As part of its desire to forge deeper ties with the Chinese government, Huobi Group, the parent company of digital asset platform Huobi, has formed a Communist Party committee in China, according to an announcement by the company.
2018-11-20 00:18 | |
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Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Considering there are well over 2,000 cryptocurrencies on today’s market, the average blockchain investor faces being veritably overwhelmed by choice.
2018-11-19 19:32 | |
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The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a new BitLicense to the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG), allowing it to offer crypto-related services in the state, according to an official DFS announcement published on November 14, 2018.
2018-11-16 21:00 | |
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In recent regulatory news, a Canadian court plans to take custody of $19. 5 million of funds that Quadrigacx deposited with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce before they were frozen due to competing ownership claims.
2018-11-15 19:35 | |
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Kenanga Investment Bank to partner with Ant Group to launch a super app housing all of its financial services including a bitcoin and crypto digital wallet.
Ant Group's IPO has been suspended on both the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges due to significant changes in China's regulatory environment for fintech firms.
As Jack Ma's Ant Group gets Hong Kong approval for its $30 billion IPO, it has rolled out a blockchain platform aimed at protecting users' copyrights.
Days after announcing an expected $200 billion IPO, the Alibaba affiliate has rebranded its enterprise blockchain to AntChain.
The dual-listing could turn Alibaba affiliate Ant Group into one of the largest companies operating in the blockchain space.