2021-10-13 16:07 |
About 400 crypto businesses in Estonia still hold licenses after the state revoked nearly 2,000 licenses last year.
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Singapore has granted licenses to DBS Vickers, the brokerage arm of DBS Bank Ltd. , and the Australian crypto exchange Independent Reserve to offer digital payment token services. Both the firms were granted an “in principle” approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the country’s Payment Services Act in the past two months.
2021-10-2 23:15 | |
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Okcoin has secured new financial connections and acquired licenses to expand its footprint in Europe. Okcoin Secures Licenses In Malta And Netherlands Okcoin announced on July 28 that it had received “In Principle” permission from the Malta Financial Services Authority and formal registration from the Netherlands Central Bank in a press release. Okcoin will become […]
2021-7-30 03:03 | |
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Tehran Province, which houses Iran’s capital, was awarded only one license to operate a crypto mining center.
2021-6-29 16:28 | |
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The Iranian government has given 30 crypto mining farms licensees to continue operations despite the power shortage currently witnessed in the country. According to the report, four of the licenses were granted to miners at the province of Alborz while six mining farms in the Semnan province received licenses as well.
2021-6-28 13:46 | |
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Thirty Bitcoin mining farms in Iran received operational licenses last week as the government softened its stance on the crypto market, local outlet Financial Tribune reported. The post 30 Bitcoin miners receive licenses in Iran amidst BTC hashrate drop appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-6-28 11:26 | |
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In another win for the adoption of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, the Central Bank of Portugal (Banco de Portugal) has officially announced that they will begin approving licenses for crypto exchanges to operate within the country.
2021-6-23 23:25 | |
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Banco de Portugal has granted operating licenses to local cryptocurrency exchanges for the first time ever. The post Central Bank of Portugal Grants Licenses to Crypto Exchanges appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-6-20 15:26 | |
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Fifty crypto businesses based in South Korea have applied for a license under the new Information Security Management System (ISMS), a government-backed certification that certifies companies that meet stringent standards of data protection and privacy.
2021-6-17 19:00 | |
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Fasset, a crypto-asset exchange gateway and provider of tokenization services, today announced that it has received three separate full authorizations from the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA), in the Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia to commence operations from the country.
2021-6-8 00:07 | |
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While calling Bitcoin a “speculative asset,” which is very complex, the top central bank official Sopnendu Mohanty said, if people want to go out and buy such risky assets, “it is their choice.” The post MAS Receives Over 300 Applications Including Alphabet, Alibaba, & Binance for Payments and Crypto Exchange Licenses first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-6-4 20:34 | |
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Two trading apps in China, rivals to American platform Robinhood, are exploring a move into the cryptocurrency space as they seek expansion into the U.S market. According to a report from CNBC, the companies – namely Futu and Tiger Brokers – revealed they were in the process of applying for licenses for Singapore and America […]
2021-6-2 22:34 | |
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Xcoins, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, obtained their Class 3 Virtual Financial Asset (VFA) License issued by Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), making them one of the first...
2021-6-2 15:59 | |
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Futu, one of the leading trading brokerages in China, revealed its plans to offer cryptocurrency trading later this year. In its earnings call earlier this Wednesday, senior vice president Robin Li Xu told analysts that Futu would be applying for digital-currency related licenses in the United States, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Despite these changes, crypto […]
2021-5-22 02:56 | |
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Sygnum–a digital asset bank with operational licenses in Switzerland and Singapore, is offering a 0. 75 percent annual yield on its stablecoin, the Digital CHF (DCHF), a press release on Mar 16 reveals.
2021-3-18 15:00 | |
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Cryptocurrencies in the UAE could be on their way to public adoption, with the government setting the pace. KIKLABB, a government-owned licensing body has become the first public entity in the Arabic country to accept crypto payments.
2021-2-18 20:20 | |
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The central bank of the Kyrgyz Republic wants to provide crypto investors with the same level of protection that is already in place in traditional finance.
2021-2-13 16:32 | |
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After revoking licenses for many crypto firms, Estonia’s parliament is considering even stricter cryptocurrency laws.
2021-2-6 13:33 | |
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Bequant is on its way to becoming a fully licensed prime broker for digital assets, with the option for more securities licenses in Malta.
2020-12-24 01:08 | |
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Estonia has withdrawn permits from one thousand crypto companies this year.
2020-12-17 05:10 | |
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UK regulators have granted an extension to crypto firms that have already applied for operating licenses until July 2021 while the agency works to clear the registration backlog. Meanwhile, crypto businesses that failed to meet the Dec.
2020-12-16 14:10 | |
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The cryptocurrency firm had falsely claimed to have an impressive executive team, as well as 38 state money transmitter licenses.
2020-12-16 13:41 | |
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Over 1,000 cryptocurrency firms’ licenses have been revoked in Estonia this year as the country tightens the oversight of the crypto industry amid heightened money-laundering concerns. 1,000+ Crypto Firms Lost Their Licenses This Year The Estonian Ministry of Finance revealed Friday that the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has revoked more than 1,000 crypto companies’ […] The post Estonia Revokes More Than 1,000 Crypto Firms’ Licenses This Year appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-12-15 10:30 | |
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The National Superintendency of Crypto Assets (Sunacrip) and the National Electricity Corporation of Venezuela (Corpoelec) signed an agreement to establish guidelines to “improve the development” of bitcoin and other crypto mining activities across the country.
2020-12-11 18:30 | |
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The STABLE Act would force all stablecoin issuers to have bank licenses, a shot across the bow that portends an emerging legal challenge for the industry.
2020-12-4 21:43 | |
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Foremost cryptocurrency exchange Crypto. com has achieved another regulatory milestone. The company has bagged a preliminary approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) that governs how fintech companies operate on the island.
2020-11-25 21:58 | |
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The MFSA is finally issuing the first licenses formed under the crypto laws introduced in 2018.
2020-11-25 12:38 | |
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The Hong Kong-based crypto firm received preliminary approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) for two financial licenses.
2020-11-24 11:18 | |
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The “Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act” from the State of New Jersey is now before the Senate under Bill 3132 sponsored by Senator Nellie Pou. Similarities with New York’s Bitlicense If passed, the act shall introduce a raft of changes similar to the stringent Bitlicense stipulations of New York.
2020-11-10 23:00 | |
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The Wyoming Division of Banking will receive training and two software licenses from blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis.
2020-9-18 15:57 | |
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has granted licenses to two crypto exchanges operating in the country, Archax and Gemini.
2020-8-21 04:53 | |
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South Korean exchange UpBit received four licenses to operate a digital asset exchange in Thailand.
2020-8-13 09:57 | |
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The regulator responsible for issuing licenses to crypto firms in NY greenlisted 8 coins for trading, including all 3 Paxos tokens.
2020-8-10 08:38 | |
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Iran has reportedly issued permits for 14 bitcoin mining farms and will cut up to 47% off of the electricity tariff in order to support authorized cryptocurrency mining centers. Crypto miners will soon have to register with the government.
2020-7-15 15:15 | |
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Bitcoin broker River Financial has closed a $5.7 million seed round to secure additional U.S. money transmitter licenses.
2020-6-18 16:00 | |
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Estonia has canceled 500 cryptocurrency firms’ licenses, about 30% of the total, as part of a crackdown on illicit financial flows following a $220 billion money-laundering scandal involving Danske Bank.
2020-6-15 20:10 | |
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“My job here is not to protect incumbents,” says acting Comptroller of the Currency (and Coinbase veteran) Brian Brooks of his fintech-forward agenda.
2020-6-10 20:00 | |
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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 […]
2020-5-31 16:23 | |
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The MFSA issued a public warning on two crypto exchanges and clarified they don’t have any licenses
2020-3-29 22:30 | |
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A New Jersey lawmaker introduces a bill to regulate the cryptocurrency and digital assets industry. The bill states each virtual asset company must obtain and maintain their operation license with the authorities in the state.
2020-2-22 19:32 | |
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Coinspeaker BitGo Acquires Security Token Platform Harbor to Expand Its ServicesWith the Harbor acquisition, BitGo becomes the first firm in the crypto space wherein a single company holds broker-dealer, transfer agent, and qualified custodian licenses.
2020-2-19 12:56 | |
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Companies increasingly adopting blockchain technology while new legislation further propelling the demand Crypto virus has spread all over the world and with prices yet again gaining steam, everyone wants a piece of them, even banks.
2020-2-11 19:41 | |
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With Singapore’s Payment Services Act coming into effect, crypto exchange platforms can now apply for operating licenses in the country. Crypto Exchange Platforms Now Legalized in Singapore Back in September 2019, Singapore’s parliament passed the Payment Services, Bill, into law, creating the Payment Services Act with the new law coming into effect on Tuesday (January 28, 2019).
2020-1-28 12:31 | |
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Iran is regulating crypto miners after a new licensing regime has been introduced by the country’s government. According to an official representative from the Iranian ICT Guild Organization (IIG), which is a body that represents Iran’s computing sector, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has given more than 1,000 licenses to crypto miners. The […]
2020-1-27 20:36 | |
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According to recent reports from Iran, the country’s government is reportedly making a move that will benefit crypto miners by granting them over 1,000 mining licenses. New development in Iran favors the crypto mining industry Governments around the world are making significant progress with regulating the crypto industry, especially with regards to overseeing crypto mining operations.
2020-1-27 15:55 | |
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Stryking, a hub for blockchain-based digital collectibles centered around popular sports licenses, announced today it has commenced the auction for 18 unique official FC Bayern Munich licensed digital collectibles.
2019-12-3 18:56 | |
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Fidelity Investment’s digital currency arm has been licensed by the New York Department of Financial Services to operate a platform on which individuals and institutional investors can store, purchase, sell, and transfer bitcoin.
2019-11-20 08:30 | |
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Hong Kong has introduced new measures that seek to officially regulate the crypto exchanges operating within the city. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong made public a draft regulatory regime on Nov 6, 2019, which will see the securities regulator grant operating licenses to crypto exchange firms, the Medium reports. Last year, […]
2019-11-7 22:21 | |
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Opt-in based framework; limited impact expected. Still PI only. Overview Hong Kong is stepping up its efforts to formally regulate cryptocurrency exchanges in the city. The Securities and Futures Commission just released a newly drafted regulatory framework, which allows the securities watchdog to issue licenses to crypto trading platforms.
2019-11-6 16:15 | |
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The securities regulators of Hong Kong started to let companies apply for a crypto fund license about a year ago, but not many licenses were issued so far. According to a recent report made by Reuters, the Securities and Futures Commission of the region is denying most of the applications, which is getting in the […]
2019-11-6 02:16 | |
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A crypto exchange claiming $1.7 billion in daily trades on its website and $1.4 billion in daily trading volume on CoinMarketCap had reportedly displayed false license data.
Hackers attempted to infiltrate CoinsPaid infrastructure directly starting in March 2023 but switched their approach to targeting individuals through fake high-salary job offers.
The number of registered crypto firms in Estonia has dropped by 80% after it enacted a new law to prevent money laundering. The money laundering regulator in the country, Financial Intelligence Unit, published a report stating that the validity of 389 authorizations has expired, and there are only 100 active authorizations for virtual assets service […] The post New law pushes around 400 crypto firms out of Estonia appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Bit4You learnt of CoinLoan's insolvency on April 24 and that it no longer has the necessary registration as a digital asset custodian.
On Sunday, the Estonian Ministry of Finance squashed reports that it would prohibit cryptocurrency ownership and trading. According to their new draft legislation for virtual asset service providers (VASPs), customers will not be banned from possessing or trading virtual assets.
After initially embracing cryptocurrencies five years ago, Estonia is now reconsidering its position in light of a policy review. The post Policy Review Forces Crypto Crackdown in Estonia appeared first on BeInCrypto.