2020-10-10 18:59 |
More regulation is coming, and it will be costly, but compliance can also expand an exchange’s customer base.
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Australia’s New South Wales Treasury Department has released a research paper looking into the regulation of blockchain and another emerging tech. According to the city’s authorities, catching up with the rapid technological progress could save New South Wales a significant amount of money in compliance costs.
2020-7-29 21:39 | |
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Using regulation to one’s advantage is the main factor of an innovative fintech business. The best way to achieve it is closely monitoring the shifting regulatory landscape.
2020-5-31 17:39 | |
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According to an announcement made on May 12, 2020, the ICON Foundation (ICX) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Liechtenstein Blockchain Innovator LCX for a long-term strategic partnership to develop new standards for tokenized assets and exchange knowledge and insights on security token infrastructure, compliance solutions, and regulation technology.
2020-5-13 08:44 | |
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The US Treasury Department, along with important figures in the crypto industry, have met to discuss the regulatory challenges in the crypto space. On March 2nd, the Treasury made an announcement that it will be meeting with crypto experts and leaders in order to address the supervision and regulation of crypto assets. Steven Mnuchin, the […]
2020-3-4 21:33 | |
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Tokenomica, a Malta-based bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange, today has announced the launch of a new OTC trading desk which includes a BTC-to-Euro trading market. The new OTC desk provides an opportunity to trade larger amounts directly with Tokenomica without having to go through public order books in compliance with crypto regulation in Malta.
2020-2-19 19:06 | |
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As the crypto and blockchain industry continues to evolve, we must find the right balance between growing compliance requirements, new (and often uncertain) regulation and business efficiency. With the popularity of cryptocurrency on the rise also comes a new era of money launderers that must be dealt with effectively.
2020-2-13 21:30 | |
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Can a new compliance protocol make it easier to follow FATF regulation?
2019-11-16 08:27 | |
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The FATF’s recent guidelines have widespread implications on what private information exchanges need to track and collect from customers. Here are some insights on the recent regulation from CipherTrace’s Nov.
2019-11-12 01:39 | |
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AnChain, an AI-powered blockchain security company, announced today an official partnership with Huobi Global, a leading digital asset exchange and service company. Compliance, regulation, and crypto-economic transparency have never been more crucial, and remain a top priority for Huobi as it continues to expand and serve clients around the globe.
2019-10-19 18:24 | |
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In a bid to comply with anti-money-laundering (AML) guidelines of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has joined forces with Coinfirm, a platform that claims to be the global leader in regulation technology (RegTech) for the distributed ledger technology (DLT) ecosystem.
2019-10-4 19:00 | |
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One of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance has made several major announcements in the past few weeks, ranging from partnerships to tackling regulation and compliance to expanding its global footprint.
2019-10-4 12:08 | |
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Binance, the world’s leading exchange in terms of driving crypto innovation, has bagged another partnership with regulation technology company Coinfirm. As per the official blog post, “Binance and Coinfirm announced their partnership to address the recently issued guidelines on anti-money laundering (AML) rules by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
2019-10-4 21:25 | |
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FINMA, the financial market regulator in Switzerland, has released a guide in line with FATF rules in order to target KYC/AML compliance for blockchain payments companies and cryptocurrencies. Any party that transacts in cryptocurrencies or transmits money over the blockchain is liable to comply with existing money laundering regulation in Switzerland, August 26, 2019.
2019-8-27 01:00 | |
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The Economic Times reports that India is gearing up to seek ‘adequacy’ status with the European Union‘s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a set of privacy laws adopted by the region in 2016 and enforced from last year.
2019-7-30 09:57 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) is down 14. 8 percent Steven Mnuchin is calling for cryptocurrency oversight and compliance Eventual regulation of cryptocurrencies in the US, following Steven Mnuchin presser, could have far-reaching consequences on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
2019-7-17 22:00 | |
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Canada introduces new KYC/AML compliance laws that require cryptocurrency exchanges to register with FinTRAC by June 2020. Regulation of virtual assets such as cryptocurrencies is picking up pace in 2019 as governments and financial authorities impose new laws for the growing industry.
2019-7-11 21:04 | |
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By CCN: Japan is adding to its impressive compliance charge on cryptocurrencies by honing in on tax evasion. Through more stringent laws tracking cryptocurrencies, the Asian country will gain better access to data from exchanges.
2019-6-6 15:52 | |
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By CCN: Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) has registered three cryptocurrency exchanges allowing them nine months to achieve compliance with regulatory standards. Malaysia has been strict with its regulation of cryptocurrency exchanges previously.
2019-6-5 15:20 | |
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As of May 2019, over 20 US states have introduced bills seeking to regulate data privacy, data security, or some combination of the two. While many of these bills agree in spirit (i. e. privacy good, data collection and usage bad), the various bills are decidedly more divergent as to how to accomplish these objectives.
2019-5-25 19:00 | |
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On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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The regulatory and legal environment around internet-based services and applications has changed considerably over the last decade. When large-scale social networking platforms first became popular in the 2000s, the general attitude toward mass data collection was essentially “why not?”.
2019-5-11 04:03 | |
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Cryptocurrency businesses in Finland will now have to register with the country’s financial watchdog. As a result of the ACT OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY PROVIDERS, which comes into force on May 1, businesses will have to adhere with statutory requirements, including holding and protecting client money, segregating client money and own funds, and ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering regulation.
2019-4-29 17:31 | |
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CryptoNinjas MediConnect, a DLT solution for the pharmaceutical industry using blockchain technology by Stratis Platform, today welcomed UK Meds as its first major commercial-only online pharmacy partner in its pan-industry platform for compliance with the UK General Pharmaceutical Council’s new regulation for online pharmacies.
2019-4-25 14:36 | |
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Part 2 of China’s regulatory history with cryptocurrency exchanges and communication channels. Exchanges & ICOs Wiped Clean The PBoC began 2017 by initiating regulatory checks on Bitcoin trading platforms in January to survey operations to ensure they were in compliance with regulatory protocols, backing their earlier opinion that Bitcoin or any form of virtual currency […] The post Taming the Chinese Dragon: Movement and Communication attacked; regulation vows to cripple industry appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-4-15 16:45 | |
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As anxiety grows around every new twist and turn in the ongoing QuadrigaCX drama, along with extensive QuadrigaCX media coverage, Canada’s mainstream media has been calling on the government to bring in better oversight and regulation of cryptocurrency businesses, especially cryptocurrency exchanges.
2019-3-20 18:42 | |
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The creation of new tokens and tokenized physical assets has been an integral part of the growth of the crypto industry. ICON has made some changes involving token specifications that apply to market participants, which makes it possible for DLT-focuses securities and tokenized physical assets to be developed. The new IRC16 token standard creates a […]
2019-3-10 02:12 | |
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Zcash, one of the first privacy coin to leverage zero-knowledge proofs, is further cementing its vision of privacy-protection by engineering its blockchain in a way that is GDPR compliant by “default.
2019-2-24 06:02 | |
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Zcash, one of the first privacy coin to leverage zero-knowledge proofs, is further cementing its vision of privacy-protection by engineering its blockchain in a way that is GDPR compliant by “default.
2019-2-24 06:02 | |
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Binance’s cryptocurrency exchange platform has expanded into the European market with its entry into the Island of Jersey, a self-governing dependency of Great Britain.
2019-1-19 00:50 | |
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Last week, two of the largest banking regulators within the European Union released reports calling for uniformity in the regulations of crypto assets and Initial Coin offerings (ICOs) across the continent.
2019-1-16 01:54 | |
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The world of cryptocurrency has been torn between those that want regulation on the technology and those that deem regulation a violation of their privacy. The latter group further terms the act of regulating the cryptocurrencies as a backward move from the benefits they offer including privacy and anonymity. News.Bitcoins latest look gives insight into […]
2019-1-15 22:21 | |
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When it comes to cryptocurrency regulation, there is a lack of consensus on how to protect investors. Criminal activity such as fraud, hacks and theft is prevalent, not only in the crypto realm, but in the traditional financial world too.
2019-1-14 19:50 | |
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Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.
2019-1-11 21:17 | |
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One of Alan Sugar’s earliest apprentices and author of Tokenomics: The crypto shift of blockchains, ICOs and tokens, Thomas Power took to the seats of the Hard Fork Decentralized Exchange this afternoon to discuss his vision of our blockchain future.
2018-12-14 17:42 | |
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General data protection regulation (GDPR) and blockchain is one of the industry’s most contentious debates at the moment. Some believe that public permissionless blockchains cannot be GDPR compliant, and that private blockchains might be the answer to blockchain’s regulatory woes.
2018-12-14 14:59 | |
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The head of an algorithmic stablecoin project has admitted to Crypto Briefing that legal uncertainty in the United States is an “enormous” burden, both financially and developmentally.
2018-12-14 00:02 | |
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WORBLI, a decentralized fintech platform built on the EOS blockchain is determined to deliver the first-ever compliant financial services network (FSN). While distributed ledger technology, also known as blockchain technology has a lot of potentials to revolutionize the global economy, there are however many problems hampering its widespread adoption, including compliance, regulation and more.
2018-12-8 22:44 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: Decentralized fintech platform WORBLI is leveraging the EOS network to deliver the first compliant financial services network (FSN) in the world, built on blockchain technology.
2018-12-6 13:54 | |
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For nearly a decade, participants in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have operated in a regulatory compliance gray zone. Recent developments — at both the federal and international levels — signal that the time for plausible deniability or unregulated freedom is coming to an end and more traditional regulations are moving to the forefront.
2018-12-3 19:20 | |
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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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On November 16, 2018, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a public statement clarifying its intent to regulate activities involving the issuance and trading of digital assets.
2018-11-21 01:44 | |
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The main blockchain research body of the European Commission is positive the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and blockchain can co-exist in harmony – but things will ultimately boil down to specific use cases and applications.
2018-11-14 18:49 | |
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Aiming to create an SEC and FINRA-compliant U. S. exchange, blockchain-based crowdfunding firm seriesOne and crypto exchange Bithumb have formed a joint venture. According to an announcement made on November 1, 2018, officials behind the venture look to trade security tokens within a “compliant marketplace” and within the context of “other applicable regulatory approvals.
2018-11-1 19:06 | |
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The Euro Banking Association is confident that the implementation of distributed ledger technology can solve challenges facing the banking industry. In fact, they believe that this technology could potentially increase the efficiency of service delivery and compliance with legal requirements.
2018-10-24 22:34 | |
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Like Walmart with pork from China and Maersk with shipping containers, DMG Blockchain Solutions (DMG) is hoping to be the first global supply chain company to manage cannabis products on the blockchain, initially in Canada — and then around the world.
2018-10-18 19:50 | |
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Stability. The word seems to be at complete odds with the current nature of the crypto market. With its flagship coin having “died” on hundreds of occasions, volatility and meteoric price swings have come to define cryptocurrencies, as price stability, ever-elusive, is in short supply.
2018-10-3 19:05 | |
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Angelina Kwan, former managing director and head of regulatory compliance for Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing, is taking on the position of COO of BitMEX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, at a time when the challenges facing these exchanges are greater than ever.
2018-10-2 15:47 | |
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Greg Pinn has a decade of experience leading global best practices in anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) industry. Greg currently serves as head of product strategy for iComply and previously ran strategy for World-Check, the world leader in risk-based intelligence data.
2018-9-4 12:30 | |
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The Canadian government has postponed the release of its final regulations for cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The final published regulations were due this fall, but the government now says they won’t be published in the Canada Gazette until late 2019.
2018-8-28 20:18 | |
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Illinois may soon become the first U.S. state to hold Bitcoin in its fiscal reserves if lawmakers approve the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve proposal.
The Arizona Senate Finance Committee has approved SB1025, also known as the “Arizona Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act.” The Act was approved in a 5-2 vote. Co-sponsored by State Senator Wendy Rogers and Representative Jeff Weninger, the bill seeks to allow…
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Semler Scientific seeks $75 million through a private offering of convertible senior notes, intending to use a portion for Bitcoin investments. Public medial device maker Semler Scientific announced plans to offer $75 million in convertible senior notes, with a portion…
Trump family-backed WLFI’s recent $9.84 million wBTC purchase raises its total crypto holdings to $365 million. World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a crypto project tied to the Trump family, has intensified its aggressive push into digital assets. Over the past three…