2019-1-15 13:08 |
U.S. regulators should reevaluate their approach to the cryptocurrency market, says former congressman
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The European Banking Authority (EBA), a regulatory agency of the European Union, has published its assessment into the application of EU law to crypto assets. The agency, which is headquartered in London, recommends that the European Commission tables a response to the risks regulators associate with the field such as money laundering.
2019-1-10 01:20 | |
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Regulators in India are looking at crypto regulation “with due caution,” says gov’t minister
2019-1-1 20:38 | |
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Bank Negara Malaysia and Securities Commission Malaysia have issued a joint statement to elaborate on their policy for regulating cryptocurrency trading and ICOs.
2018-12-10 13:19 | |
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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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Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called for a multinational approach to regulating cryptocurrencies Sunday.
2018-11-20 20:35 | |
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Regulators from all over the world have been waking up to cryptocurrency regulation this year and it seems the Bahamas are the latest to open their eyes. The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBOB) has published a regulatory framework in preparations to integrate cryptocurrency-based assets into its financial services industry, according to the Nassau Guardian.
2018-11-9 18:06 | |
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As part of a Treasury-led taskforce, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released details of its investigation into how UK regulators should approach the cryptocurrency industry, mostly by defining the different kinds of cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology.
2018-10-30 16:45 | |
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Rostin Behnam, a commissioner with the CFTC, attended the 2018 International Annual Swaps and Derivatives (ISDA) Annual Japan Conference held in Tokyo and spoke positively about distributed ledger technology (DLT).
2018-10-30 14:59 | |
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Hong Kong’s quick growth as a cryptocurrency hub is a major concern for financial regulators and needs the “Right Approach” says, outgoing Chairman of the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Carlson Tong Ka-Shing.
2018-10-16 19:40 | |
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Blockvest is being sued the Securities and Exchange Commission for making false claims that the regulator’s approval for its planned ICO. The regulator is looking for an injunction against the defendant in return for all the financial gains of its ICO activities.
2018-10-15 18:00 | |
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Google’s childish approach to business ethics has landed it in hot water with Congress yet again. After discovering a software glitch earlier this year – persisting since 2015 — the company chose to hide it from consumers and regulators.
2018-10-11 22:27 | |
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The regulated future of blockchain-based crowdfunding is just around the corner, with regulators now taking a hands-on approach to the oversight of initial coin offerings (ICOs). Regulatory interest in ICOs, as well as the recent establishment of legal precedents that define ICOs as securities under U.
2018-9-21 19:00 | |
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A Ripple executive has noted a shift in policy among regulators to accept cryptocurrencies like they embrace blockchain.
2018-9-20 21:05 | |
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Talking to CNBC Markets on Monday, Ripple’s Sagar Sarbhai noted that policy makers are handling cryptocurrency and blockchain markets more holistically now. The head of regulatory relations for the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at Ripple said that regulators do not have a compartmentalized approach toward blockchain and cryptocurrency markets anymore.
2018-9-20 14:59 | |
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Comparing the development of cryptocurrencies to that of the Internet, the Chairman of the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) J. Christopher Giancarlo holds that regulators need to avoid inhibiting the innovation technology brings.
2018-9-16 01:00 | |
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“Do No Harm” Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently spoke with CNBC regarding his stance on crypto assets and how regulators, like himself, should address this nascent industry.
2018-9-15 06:11 | |
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In a what appears to be a seismic shift in company ethos, digital assets platform ShapeShift has launched a new loyalty program called "ShapeShift Membership" which will require the exchange users to provide "basic personal details," according to a blog post published September 4, 2018.
2018-9-6 21:20 | |
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The Old Continent is undoubtedly one of the best places in the world for incorporating a blockchain company. On the supranational level, the European regulators have taken a pro-innovation approach towards the advancement of DLTs and cryptocurrency, and they’ve been largely supportive towards various crypto projects and startups.
2018-8-30 22:25 | |
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When the SEC announced its rejection of the Winklevosses’ latest bitcoin ETF filing, the industry found itself reckoning with a problem on repeat: striving toward the goal of approval, another Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) proposal faced the SEC’s death knell.
2018-8-4 22:49 | |
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On July 10, 2018, news broke that cryptocurrency wallet and decentralized exchange Bancor was hit with a hack. A wallet the Bancor team used to update the protocol’s smart contracts was infiltrated, and the $23.
2018-8-3 19:24 | |
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly.
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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South Korea is continuing to legitimize and embrace cryptocurrency through a careful and considered approach. ‘The regulator isn’t opposed to cryptocurrencies’ On May 19, Bitcoinist reported that Korean regulators had agreed to apply the G20’s set of “unified regulations” in regards to cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-8 06:00 | |
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Thailand Takes Proactive Approach And Solves the Currency vs. Security Problem Thailand seems to be taking very seriously the cryptocurrency topic and how to properly regulate them. Around the world, there are several regulators that are trying to understand how to better control virtual currencies.
2018-7-3 22:58 | |
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Thailand is taking a rather proactive approach towards regulating the field of cryptocurrencies. In search of legislative balance, the country passed a new law which is putting an end to a long-standing debate.
2018-7-3 02:00 | |
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While governments and regulators in some countries are passing laws to regulate the trading of cryptocurrencies and, even their mining, other nations advocate a more crypto-friendly approach towards the sector.
2018-6-29 14:59 | |
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The European Union (EU) has announced that it will host an online Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on June 18, 2018, at 6 p. m. CEST. The event, organized and hosted by the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum of the EU, will last for 90 minutes and cover blockchain technologies with in-depth explanations, interactive discussions with panelists and public questions answered live.
2018-6-13 20:42 | |
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Юрисконсульты венчурной компании Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) уверены, что после переизбрания Дональда Трампа (Donald Trump) на пост президента США, в стране будут созданы более благоприятные условия для работы криптокомпаний.
Alexandra Damsker, author of "Understanding DeFi," argues that the shifting nature of tokens means that agencies like the SEC and CFTC are incapable of regulating crypto effectively.
Палата представителей Конгресса США одобрила законопроект о криптовалюте и структуре крипторынка, распределяющий полномочия по его регулированию между надзорными органами.
The U.S. House of Representatives is on the verge of a vote on Wednesday that is widely expected to approve comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation with bipartisan support – a major milestone for the industry – and several Democrats there are pushing their colleagues to vote yes.
Also: Trump faces likely conviction, per Polymarket punters; CFTC hearing to discuss political betting ban.
Власти Тайваня заявили, что по мере приближения президентских выборов, запланированных на 13 января 2024 года, все больше граждан страны вовлекаются в игру на тотализаторе, организованном DeFi-платформой Polymarket.
A senior U. S. regulator has suggested that the $4. 3 billion settlement with Binance last month could represent a peak in enforcement actions against cryptocurrency firms. The settlement, which was for breaching U.