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Canadian Exchange Coinsquare Accused of ‘Wash Trading’ by Ontario Securities Commission
Canadian financial watchdog, Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), is accusing Coinsquare crypto exchange of market malpractices with a hearing on this case set for July 21. According to the OSC, CoinSquare took part in market manipulation activities by giving a false picture of trading volumes to its clients'. дальше »
2020-7-20 15:46
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Canadian Tech Startup Sues ConsenSys For Stealing Payment Coding; Lawsuit is Fabricated
Canadian tech startup, BlockCrushr, is taking Ethereum developer, ConsenSys, to court over the stolen intellectual property of a payment solution. The plaintiff claims ConsenSys stole its source code when they participated in a ConsenSys-sponsored hackathon to create a rival payment system to theirs. дальше »
2020-7-17 18:57
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Feedback Has Been ‘Beyond Positive’ Towards NYDFS BitLicense Changes; ‘We Want Innovators Here’
New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) superintendent, Linda Lacewell, has said that crypto-based firms have reacted positively to the recently enacted changes on the Bitlicense. Speaking during the Global Webinar Series on July 14, Lacewell noted that the new changes seem to have been well-received despite a few still critiquing the regulator. Earlier on, […] дальше »
2020-7-17 22:17
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Hong Kong Passes Limited Partnership Funds (LPF) Bill Including Investment in Digital Assets
Last week, “Limited Partnership Fund Bill” was passed by the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The bill that aims at attracting private equity, real estate and venture capital funds to set up and operate in Hong Kong also covers investment in digital assets. дальше »
2020-7-17 17:53
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G20 Set to Accept Digital Currencies; Green Lights Policy Changes for Regulatory Framework
The G20 members are set to accept digital payments as soon as November 2020, according to the Japanese media outlet, Kyodo News. This shift in attitude towards crypto assets coincides with increasing interest by oversight bodies. дальше »
2020-7-14 20:57
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U.S Senate Sanctions Following the Hong Kong Security Law Could Affect Crypto Brokerages
The U. S Senate sanctions that were passed in response to the Hong Kong security law might affect crypto brokerage operations. Dubbed the ‘Hong Kong Autonomy Act,' this senate bill aims to reprimand China for eroding the city's autonomy, which had long favored its position as a financial hub. дальше »
2020-7-9 21:46
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CFTC Chair Is Ready to List More Crypto Based Futures; Just Waiting on SEC’s Clearance
The Chairman of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Heath Tarbert, has said that they are waiting for SEC clearance on more digital assets to scale up crypto futures trading in the U. S market. дальше »
2020-7-9 05:48
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Currency.com Obtains DLT License From Gibraltar Financial Watchdog for Tokenized Exchange
Currency. com, a Belarus based crypto firm, has obtained a distributed ledger technology license granted by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, according to an announcement on July 6. This license would allow the platform to use blockchain for either storing or transmitting value to others in provision with the dealer. дальше »
2020-7-8 21:57
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Germany Vows To Fight Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing As New FATF President
In a document released to the public on July 7, 2020, the incoming German president of FATF, Dr. Marcus Pleyer, vows to “strengthen the FATF’s governance, enhance its strategic focus, and increase its public visibility. дальше »
2020-7-8 19:17
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IRS Criminal Investigation Division Wants to Track Privacy Coins, Layer-2, and Sidechains
It has been no secret that the top federal law enforcement agency under the U. S Department of Treasury, the Criminal Investigation Division (CI), is keenly following digital assets to trace for any signals of illicit activity. дальше »
2020-7-3 15:02
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US Court Tosses Appeal in Child Exploitation Case; Accessing Coinbase Account Didn’t Violate Fourth Amendment Rights
Richard Gratkowski, convicted of purchasing and receiving child pornography, and accessing websites with an intent to access child porn, was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ten years of probation. дальше »
2020-7-3 23:47
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Russian Court Denies Appeal for $900K Compensation for Stolen Bitcoin; It’s Not Property
A victim of a kidnapping in Russia who lost $90,000 worth of Russian Rubles and 99. 7 in stolen Bitcoin, appealed to the court almost two years ago, to force the kidnappers to return his stolen bitcoin worth about $900,000 when the crime was committed. дальше »
2020-7-3 20:24
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Philippines SEC Warns Against ‘Decentralized’ Multi-Level Marketing Scheme, Forsage
The security and exchange commission of the Philippines has released a fresh warning against Forsage gifting schemes and has outed one Lado Okhotnikov as the mastermind behind the Forsage gifting schemes being operated in the country. дальше »
2020-7-2 05:54
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Crypto Mining GPU Manufacturer, NVidia Petitions Court to Toss Out $1 Billion Class Action
NVidia has petitioned the California court to dismiss the class action suit made by its investors. The lawsuit against the firm’s top brass alleges that they understated more than $1 Billion in revenue between 2017 and 2018 from crypto mining GPUs instead of owing it to the gaming sector. дальше »
2020-7-2 20:54
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US Congress Banking Committee Discusses The Development Of Digital Money and Payments Systems
With over 32 bills on digital currencies and payment systems introduced in the 116th U. S Congress, these new technologies got yet another day in the lawmakers’ chambers. According to a remote hearing earlier today, the U. дальше »
2020-7-1 21:58
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Regulators Easing the Restrictions on Banks Set in the Aftermath of Great Recession
The shares of big banks declined after the Fed said it would put a temporary cap on their dividend payments to preserve cash during the coronavirus pandemic. In its stress test, the central bank found that most banks would remain well capitalized in an economic downturn, but it also sees that large financial institutions remain […] дальше »
2020-6-29 23:42
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European Union Economic Council Aims to Introduce ‘Tougher’ Laws On ‘Global’ Stablecoins
In a speech made during the Digital Finance Outreach Conference 2020, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, spoke on the regulation of the digital finance industry, urging EU states to take the step forward in guiding proper regulation of the digital assets. дальше »
2020-6-29 20:31
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NYDFS To Ease Bitlicense Approval Process as the Crypto Regulation Turns Five
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has suggested modifications to Bitlicense's issuance to make the state more crypto-friendly. This license – introduced in 2015 – is now five years old, and has dramatically impacted crypto operations in New York since its introduction. дальше »
2020-6-25 19:47
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Calls For Crypto Businesses to Be Registered by June 30th
The U.K. Financial Watchdog, FCA, has reminded crypto-oriented businesses to register with them by June 30, 2020, so that the applications can be processed within the next six months. According to the FCA, entities that haven't registered by then, will not be legally recognized come the Jan 2021 deadline. The FCA does not register “any […] дальше »
2020-6-23 18:52
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US Pres. Donald Trump Wanted to ‘Go After Bitcoin’ Long Before His Twitter Rant on Crypto
In a story that appears in former national security advisor, John Bolton’s upcoming book, “The Room Where It Happened”, Trump once ordered Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, to “go after Bitcoin (BTC)” in retaliation to the trade wars with China. дальше »
2020-6-18 17:26
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South Korea’s Financial Authorities to Include Cryptocurrencies in New Taxation Framework
A local publication reported that South Korea’s Ministry of Strategy and Finance aims to introduce taxes for digital assets, with the rate expected to reach 20 percent. The announcement was made during the Financial Parliamentary committee meeting chaired by Minister Hong Nam-Ki on 17th July. дальше »
2020-6-18 22:22
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Centra Tech Co-Founder Duped Investors for $25M via DJ Khaled & Floyd Mayweather Promoted ICO
Co-founder of the cryptocurrency firm Centra Tech admitted to conspiring to dupe investors into investing $25 million into the company by lying about an initial coin offering (ICO), the Justice Department said. дальше »
2020-6-18 20:48
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U.S Federal Government Subsidiary Releases A $255k Funding For “Crypto Dollar” Development
In an official announcement by the Key Retroactivity Network Consensus (KRNC), the National Science Foundation, an independent organization under the U. S Federal government is awarding the blockchain project a $225,000 funding from the American Seed Fund to develop a crypto dollar. дальше »
2020-6-13 19:10
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Estonia Revokes License of Over 500 Crypto Companies to Curb Money Laundering
European Union member Estonia is now cracking down on cryptocurrency firms to attack money laundering in the country. Estonia has been in the spotlight for Europe’s biggest money-laundering scandal, about €200 billion were laundered from Denmark’s biggest financial institution Danske Bank’s Estonian branch from 2007-2015. дальше »
2020-6-12 18:07
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Police Freeze Chinese Crypto OTC Traders’ Accounts; Digital Assets Tied to Laundered Money
Chinese Police freeze crypto over the counter traders (OTC) accounts to investigate a possible incident of money laundering stains on some of the digital assets on exchanges. The abrupt halt in China’s biggest fiat on- and off- ramp gives sets in surveillance by the relevant law enforcement officers with locked users’ accounts needing an “approval […] дальше »
2020-6-9 19:02
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Counting Down the Final Days for Crypto Exchanges and Wallets to Set in Motion FATF’s Travel Rule
The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) members have an impending 24th June meeting. They will be scrutinizing how well the ‘travel rule’ has been discharged to the various Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP). дальше »
2020-6-9 18:20
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EU’s Law Enforcement Agency, Europol, Targets Bitcoin Privacy Tool Wasabi Wallet
Europol, the European Union’s Law Enforcement Agency recently released a two-part report analyzing the impact of privacy tools in crimes related to cryptocurrency. Privacy tools such as Wasabi wallets are used by individuals to hide the origin of crypto transactions. дальше »
2020-6-6 21:58
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Kyrgyzstan Lawmakers Mulling Over Taxing and Regulating Cryptocurrency Mining
Kyrgyz Republic's lawmakers are looking to introduce a taxation bill for cryptocurrency mining which, if passed would make it the first piece of crypto legislation in the country. The bill would amend the Tax Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and bring crypto mining under its tax code. дальше »
2020-6-6 21:07
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US Federal Bank Regulator (OCC) Issues Notice for Feedback on Crypto and DLT Activity
The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) has asked for feedback in matters crypto and distributed ledgers according to two notices published on June 4. This U. S bank regulator and charter issuer now wants to engage the public in creating a stable digital currency ecosystem based on regulation. дальше »
2020-6-6 18:50
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Iranian Official: Central Bank Should be In Charge of Crypto’s; ‘Take Bitcoin Seriously’
An Iranian lawmaker has argued that the country's Central Bank ought to be the oversight body of Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Tasnim news agency was the first to report on this development after Rep Mohammad Hossein Farhangi (Tabriz) shared his sentiments in Parliament. дальше »
2020-6-4 23:48
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Japanese Finance Minister Doesn’t Want to Put Crypto’s in Same Tax Class as Stocks; Lowering the Rate to 20%
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso has hinted that he might not be willing to lower the tax bracket for cryptocurrencies from up to 55% and bringing it to a flat rate of 20%, similar to that of stocks. дальше »
2020-6-4 23:27
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Canada Regulates Crypto Exchanges & Companies as Money Service Providers
Canada is now legally recognizing cryptocurrency exchanges and payment processors as Money Service Businesses (MSB). The new regulation, which is the amendments to Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act passed in June 2019 was enacted on June 1st, 2020. дальше »
2020-6-4 22:03
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Russia to Prohibit Crypto Circulation, Mining, and Ads Under New Draft Law For Digital Assets
Cryptocurrency regulations are quite tricky and up until now, only a few countries can boast of finding the right mix of existing new laws to regulate digital assets fairly. Russia is definitely not among the few of those countries as it always had a passive stance towards privately issued or decentralized cryptocurrencies. After months of […] дальше »
2020-6-3 20:52
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Swiss Financial Regulator, FINMA, Licenses Local Bank To Carry Out The Crypto Transactions
Switzerland’s top financial regulator, Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) grants local banks, InCore, the first license to transact digital currencies. This adds to the accelerated efforts from the Swiss government in the blockchain field so far in 2020 with the government looking to implement a central bank digital currency (CBDC). InCore, first Swiss bank licensed […] дальше »
2020-5-31 16:23
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South Korea is Proposing A Tax on Profits From Crypto-Fiat Transactions
The South Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance is proposing a tax on profits from crypto-fiat transactions, reported a local news outlet. The proposition was made earlier this week which also includes the sale of the token through initial coin offerings (ICO) and crypto mining organizations. дальше »
2020-5-31 18:18
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JP Morgan Chase Set to Pay $2.5 Million in Crypto Class-Action Lawsuit for Overcharging
The largest bank in the United States, JP Morgan Chase has agreed to pay $2. 5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit related to charging higher fees in crypto transactions, reported Reuters on Thursday. дальше »
2020-5-31 17:06
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Louisiana Senate Proposes Virtual Currency Businesses Act; Crypto Companies Would Need to Register
A virtual currency business licensing bill (HB701) sponsored by state Rep. Mark Wright was cleared unanimously by the state House of Representatives and now has been forwarded to the Senate Committee on Commerce, International Affairs, and Consumer Protection. дальше »
2020-5-24 19:22
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Albania’s Parliament Approves ‘Comprehensive’ Crypto Bill into Law, Joining France and Malta
The bill was first introduced to Albania's Committee of Economy back in 2019 in a bid to create legislation around crypto activities. Dubbed the ‘law on Financial Markets Based on the Technology of Distributed Ledgers', it was approved yesterday with a majority of 88 votes against 16 with only 3 in absentia. The New Albania […] дальше »
2020-5-23 18:54
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US House Rep. Member Launches Bill to Promote National Advancement Of Blockchain Tech
The global digital technology integration race is on with leading states in Europe and Asia taking the first step in developing national blockchain strategies. With the U.S. lagging behind, U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 2nd congressional district, Brett Guthrie, presented a bill titled “Advancing Blockchain Act” to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enhance the study […] дальше »
2020-5-23 18:10
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Iranian Parliament Proposes to Regulate Cryptocurrencies Under ‘Currency Smuggling’ Laws
The Iranian parliament has proposed to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges and digital currencies under the existing ‘foreign currency exchange’ regulations and ‘money smuggling’ laws, reported a local daily. дальше »
2020-5-21 19:29
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Vietnam Ministry of Finance Forms Research Group To Develop Digital Currency Policies
Cryptocurrencies are actively being considered an alternate form of financial instrument, and the blockchain technology powering it has already seen massive adoption all around the globe. Vietnam is the latest country looking to study and formulate laws around digital currencies. дальше »
2020-5-13 22:42
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Massive Adoption Crypto Conference Organizer Faces Lawsuit For Not Refunding Canceled Event
Jacob Kostecki, the organizer behind the ‘Massive Adoption’ crypto conference, is at the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit from over 2,000 people. The lawsuit has been levied due to those who bought a tickets to one of his events, but never got a refund, even when the event was canceled by Kostecki himself. The […] дальше »
2020-5-9 23:25
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New Messaging Standard Pushes Crypto Industry Closer to FATF ‘Travel Rule’ Compliance
Crypto firms have made a step towards FATF compliance following the release of a messaging data standard for the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). The initiative has been dubbed ‘IVMS101’ and was pioneered by the Joint Working Group on InterVASP messaging standards (JWG). дальше »
2020-5-9 22:30
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OneCoin Plaintiffs Succeed in Reopening the Class-Action Against the Ponzi Scam
Victims of the fraudulent cryptocurrency, OneCoin, have recently persuaded the Judge to reopen the case reports BehindMLM. As per the claims made, a letter expressed the viewpoints of both plaintiffs and defendants. дальше »
2020-5-5 19:45
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PBoC’s Fintech Innovation Regulations Pilot Program Extends to Six More Districts
The new Fintech Innovation Regulations implemented last year by the Bank of China (BoC) in a Beijing Pilot program will be extended to six more districts, with hopes of benefiting the real economy amidst global Covid-19 concerns. дальше »
2020-4-30 20:43
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Kentucky’s Governor Approves Blockchain Working Group Bill to Explore Use In Security of Critical Infrastructure
Kentucky has successfully completed a legislative process to create a blockchain-oriented working group. This is after its governor, Andy Beshear, signed a bill on April 24 effecting the establishment of a proposed task force. дальше »
2020-4-28 19:26
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EU Parliamentary Report on Crypto Oversight Suggests Stricter Measures than 5AMLD
The EU parliament has been quite progressive in defining crypto legally compared to the global pace. This body adopted the current 5AMLD crypto governing infrastructure back in 2018. At the time, they were moving to enforce stricter KYC/AML laws to curb illegal activities within the crypto markets. дальше »
2020-4-11 19:02
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Coinhouse Becomes First Crypto Trading Firm To Obtain Crypto License From French Authorities
Coinhouse, a crypto trading firm has achieved a major milestone by becoming the first crypto firm to be approved by France’s top financial regulator, the Financial Market Authority. The nod from the French regulator required Coinhouse to prove that it was capable of keeping crypto-related frauds at bay. дальше »
2020-4-8 19:31
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Top 11 Crypto Companies Face NY Class Action Lawsuit for ‘Unlawful Selling Of Securities’
In what is described as crypto’s own “Red Wedding” on April 3rd, a Manhattan federal court received eleven class lawsuits targeting seven top crypto companies and over 42 defendants across 16 countries across the globe. дальше »
2020-4-6 15:46
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Singapore Exempts Binance, Coinbase, Gemini, and Ripple From its Current PSA Crypto Act
Singapore is counted among one of the crypto hubs of the world as it offers ease of business for these crypto service providers when a majority of the countries around the globe have taken a stricter regulatory approach. дальше »
2020-3-27 18:55
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