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The senators have created a harsh, sweeping bill to clean up crypto’s AML/KYC act that will benefit from further discussion in the next Congress. origin »
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Crypto Predictions: Shiba Inu’s Potential Peak, Dogwifhat’s Market Mastery, BlockDAG’s Lucrative Mining Rewards! Now’s the time to act in the crypto world, especially if you’re deciding which coin to invest in.
2024-9-26 23:00 | |
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On Feb 24th, the US Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs updated the status of the pending crypto regulation, IIJA Act, which will require crypto brokerage firms to submit client transactions to the IRS.
2023-4-1 12:12 | |
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Draft legislation designed to hamper Iran’s efforts to create a sovereign cryptocurrency has been introduced in the U. S. Congress. The Blocking Iran Illicit Finance Act bans U. S. citizens and companies from all transactions and dealings in Iranian digital currency.
2018-12-24 00:30 | |
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Kate Rooney, CNBC’s markets reporter, has revealed that two congressmen are working on a bill to remove crypto from the 72-year-old U. S. securities law. The representatives, Warren Davidson and Darren Soto, are calling it the “Token Taxonomy Act” and will be presenting their ideas to the House within the next few months.
2018-12-24 21:38 | |
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A couple of Congressmen in the United States are trying to get an exemption for cryptocurrencies from securities law. If successful, it could signal a paradigm shift in the US regulatory climate as far as virtual currencies are concerned.
2018-12-22 22:00 | |
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Representatives Warren Davidson and Darren Soto want to change a 72-year old federal Securities Act.
2018-12-22 22:15 | |
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The Congressmen Warren Davidson and Darren Soto announced the Token Taxonomy Act, H. R. 7356. The main intention behind this act is to provide a clear regulatory environment for businesses and companies in the blockchain environment.
2018-12-21 23:33 | |
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The British government has recently released a policy paper clarifying the tax laws on crypto assets. This fairly straightforward document was released on Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ (HRMC) website, holding a sundry list of important crypto space terms, the relevant tax codes and points of intersection between the two.
2018-12-21 23:09 | |
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A pair of U. S. lawmakers are looking to bridge the gap between the crypto community and fuzzy regulation. Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Darren Soto of Florida have introduced the “Token Taxonomy Act,” which would essentially remove cryptocurrencies from the securities discussion.
2018-12-21 22:19 | |
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Coinbase customers in the US will now have better crypto, and fiat accessibility as the exchange is allowing them to withdraw Coinbase Cash balances to their PayPal accounts. PayPal is one of the world’s largest payment platforms, and will now act as another link between the crypto exchange and fiat currencies.
2018-12-16 16:59 | |
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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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The Australian government has passed a controversial anti-encryption bill that allows law authorities to forcefully access sensitive consumer data encrypted by popularly-used technology companies and social applications, reported The Hacker News on December 10, 2018.
2018-12-11 20:00 | |
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BitGo has a new CEO for its custody business. The cryptocurrency solution provider has recruited Richard Corcoran as its new chief executive officer. Having retired some years back after over 30 years in the traditional banking and finance industry, Corcoran has come out of retirement to lead the BitGo Trust Company, BitGo's crypto custody arm.
2018-12-8 21:38 | |
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Chinese Crypto Billionaire Will Lead Blockchain Company Listed At The Hong Kong Stock Exchange Li Xiaolai, a veteran Chinese crypto investor who managed to become a billionaire, has recently joined the Grandshores Technology Group, a company that is listed at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He will act as a co-CEO and executive director in […]
2018-12-4 22:10 | |
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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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Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly clarified how existing laws can apply to crypto securities. In addition, Thai companies planning to issue securities tokens abroad would be guilty of wrongdoing under the Digital Asset Act for avoiding regulated fundraising channels.
2018-12-1 07:50 | |
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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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There won’t be a Bitcoin ETF anytime soon. Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, made that clear when he told a packed audience of crypto investors to collectively “Get your act together.
2018-11-30 00:04 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges are catching up to their traditional counterparts, a new study suggests. According to a report released by global professional services company Accenture, revenue from cryptocurrency exchanges is now matching that of traditional exchanges.
2018-11-29 20:08 | |
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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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A proposal, the Payment Services Bill, was introduced to the parliament of Singapore in an effort use the country’s central bank to oversee the providers of payment services for cryptocurrency. It would specifically apply to providers that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Money-Changing and Remittance Businesses Act or the Payment Systems Oversight […]
2018-11-28 11:56 | |
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Tether Burns Half a Billion USDT Coins in an Act of RedemptionAn ongoing criminal probe into potential Bitcoin price manipulation conducted by the U. S. Department of Justice has begun to take a closer look at how Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex may have played a role in Bitcoin’s parabolic rise in late December.
2018-11-21 23:00 | |
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When the towers in New York fell, I became obsessed with economics. I wanted to follow the money to understand what happened on that dreadful day. During that time of inquiry, I found myself very interested in Austrian economic theory.
2018-11-21 19:26 | |
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The Lamborghini is an emblem of wealth in the crypto community, the Hodlers are die, hard investors, the act of pumping and dumping a token are traders reactions to the fear of missing out (FOMO), while the meme is a universal tool used to express all forms of emotions at all times in the crypto […] The post Where are the Bitcoin Predictors who Speculated a Closing Price of $50,000? appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-11-20 12:58 | |
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The MinerGate digital currency mining pool has established the xFast Miner; a new graphical user interface that will henceforth act as the default mining client of MinerGate. MinerGate is renowned for its multicurrency support as well as having a user-friendly interface.
2018-11-17 00:40 | |
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“Go for the Jugular” is the advice George Soros gave to his team during his famous attack on the British pound for a profit of $1 billion on so-called Black Wednesday in 1992.
2018-11-15 18:50 | |
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Chinese mining giant Bitmain is suing an anonymous hacker that allegedly stole $5. 5 million in cryptocurrency last April from the company’s account on the digital exchange Binance.
2018-11-14 23:31 | |
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Binance recently took a bold step to provide some financial support to victims of flood disaster in West Japan. But the cryptocurrency exchange did not go all alone in this act of charity, they were supported by one of the most bullish and controversial digital company, Tron.
2018-11-12 17:08 | |
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In the latter half of 2018, few developments have occupied crypto investors’ headspaces like the industry’s indefatigable pursuit of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-9 20:03 | |
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Following the 2018 midterm elections, the U. S. will see two new pro-Bitcoin governors sworn into office. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) both won out against their respective Republican contenders last night, November 6, 2018.
2018-11-7 20:44 | |
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TronWallet Achieves The Status of Tron Super Representative (SR), Users Can Now Use It to Store and Exchange Crypto Directly on the Blockchain Tron recently announced some exciting news for its community, saying that its TronWallet has now become Tron Super Representative (SR), which means it will not only act as a secure peer-to-peer cryptocurrency […]
2018-11-7 01:22 | |
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The crypto boom of the last couple of years was a shot in the arm for many small economies in Europe. This opened the doors for investment and growth in many small countries. Places like the Baltic states grabbed this opportunity by quickly passing a slew of laws to simplify online transactions. Malta was no […]
2018-11-3 18:28 | |
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Usability and security are a balancing act. ETHNews spoke with blockchain company MyCrypto to learn more about how it weighs the two qualities when making design decisions.
2018-11-6 21:02 | |
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The very concept of a coin burn is controversial within the crypto space. Though some experts are convinced that the act of burning coins is an essential part of the process for maintaining a healthy ecosystem and a fairly-priced cryptocurrency, many others have expressed concerns that the action of burning a token represents the epitome […]
2018-11-2 09:49 | |
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has claimed that it will include crypto funds under its regulatory umbrella. The SFC issued a statement on November 1, 2018, laying out its new approach for regulating virtual assets in the future.
2018-11-2 00:40 | |
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Blockchain financial service company Unchained Capital will now offer multi-signature and multi-institution cold storage solutions for borrowers who leverage its crypto-collateralized loans service.
2018-11-2 21:42 | |
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CoVEX is a blockchain-based financial ecosystem of FinTech services. The primary objective of CoVEX is to initiate meaningful changes within the crypto markets to allow a wide range of non-technical users also take advantage of the great potentials that the cryptosystems are offering.
2018-10-31 12:41 | |
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange GOPAX has become the first blockchain company to attain K-ISMS certification, the official standard in Korea for information security management systems.
2018-10-30 23:51 | |
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Coinbase has secured approval from New York state regulators to act “as a limited purpose trust company” in the state, a press release reveals. According to the release, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has officially signed off on an application for the Coinbase Custody Trust Company, a subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc.
2018-10-24 00:55 | |
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The pass rate for the exam developed by the Maltese government for financial services practitioners seeking to obtain cryptocurrency agent certification is reportedly only 39 percent. The exam is part of the requirements mandated by the country’s newly established Virtual Financial Assets Act.
2018-10-20 07:05 | |
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The pass rate for the exam developed by the Maltese government for financial services practitioners seeking to obtain cryptocurrency agent certification is reportedly only 39 percent. The exam is part of the requirements mandated by the country’s newly established Virtual Financial Assets Act.
2018-10-20 07:05 | |
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The law offices of Pomerantz LLP in New York have filed a series of civil suits against MGT Capital Investment and its executive officers on behalf of several of the trading firm’s past or present customers.
2018-10-18 20:05 | |
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US City Deliberates on Stricter Rules for Crypto Miners New York’s Plattsburgh is mulling over the idea of enforcing tougher requirements on commercial cryptocurrency mining farms operating in the city.
2018-10-16 00:18 | |
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The Kingdom of Bahrain is an island nation of the Middle East. Home to around 1. 23 million people and a very forward thinking population. Interestingly, Bahrain has a very powerful political position as a result of its location, therefore, cryptocurrency adoption in Bahrain could turn out to have a very significant impact.
2018-10-14 23:00 | |
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Prime Trust is the Latest Major Player to Join the Highly Acclaimed Blockchain-powered OTCXN Network OTCXN has just put it on paper that they now have Prime Trust on board. The institution, which is a high-flying blockchain-powered financial infrastructure company, has recruited Prime Trust to act as a third-party and neutral custodian of its assets […]
2018-10-13 23:37 | |
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LBXPay – LBX’s New Crypto Payment Account On October 10, the London Block Exchange (LBX) announced the launch of their new digital currency payment account called LBXPay. The role of LBXPay will be to act as a platform through which small enterprises and ICOs can store, manage and transfer both fiat money and digital assets. […]
2018-10-11 22:35 | |
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Chart for ETH/USD (4H) Ethereum (ETH) investors have nothing to worry about. The recent decline in Ethereum (ETH) sure was frightful. It is alarming to see the price of an asset decline by more than 10% in a single day.
2018-10-11 18:30 | |
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CryptoNinjas Crypto Fund AG, a subsidiary of Crypto Finance AG, is now the first and only crypto company to receive authorization from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA under the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act CISA.
2018-10-9 20:53 | |
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Korean lawmakers are increasingly pushing for the regulation of initial coin offerings (ICOs) with multiple bills currently pending at the National Assembly. This includes a proposed amendment to the Electronic Financial Transactions Act.
2018-10-6 08:15 | |
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has extended its suspension on FTX Europe’s investment firm license, banning the crypto exchange from offering services or accepting any new clients.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently released a paper that suggested governments should ban or tax Bitcoin in order to maintain primary deficits. In a working paper recently published by the Minneapolis Feds on Oct. 17, governments are urged…
Ireland will draft urgent cryptocurrency regulations before the European Union Anti-Money Laundering and terror financing standards come into effect on Dec. 30. According to the Irish Examiner on Oct.
He "is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is," says a U.K. Judge reviewing the Australian computer scientist’s many questionable legal maneuvers.
Fannizadeh, a lawyer specializing in the crypto industry at Geneva Legal, is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, May 29-31, in Austin, Texas.
The proposal narrowly passed, with 41.1% of votes for and 38.5% of votes against.
Montenegro’s minister of justice will make the final decision on Do Kwon’s extradition to either South Korea or the United States.