2023-3-17 18:07 |
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In the wake of the FTX bankruptcy, many crypto companies have been affected and are looking for better alternatives to handle digital assets. Even jurisdictions are calling for regulators to be more strict on cryptocurrency to avoid a repeat of…
2022-11-18 01:45 | |
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Even though the legality of crypto in India is still a matter of debate, new crypto tax laws are already affecting businesses and individuals.
2022-11-14 17:15 | |
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Morocco has joined a growing list of countries pivoting towards drafting and passing comprehensive cryptocurrency laws, even as the adoption rate of digital assets in the North African country continues to surge.
2022-6-29 21:51 | |
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Western states are embracing digital currencies with some even considering taking tax payments in Bitcoin and other cryptos. India wants to slap a 30% tax on all gains. For the rest of the US, tax is anywhere between 10 – 37% depending on how long you hold your cryptos. The latest report shows a growing […]
2022-2-8 22:21 | |
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Uncertainty continues to derail the seemingly improving rapport between regulators and crypto leaders, even as mainstream adoption of Bitcoin, Ether, USDT, continues to buoy up. Notabene, a firm that helps crypto firms navigate through regulatory complexities recently published a 60-page report showing that uncertainty remains the biggest deterrent to achieving sound crypto laws. The report […]
2022-1-31 20:06 | |
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Pressure is mounting on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC]. Since, not just fintech stakeholders, but even senators call on Congress to clear the muddied waters of crypto laws The post 'Federal agencies should answer questions' about crypto regulations, says U.S. Senator appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-12-4 11:30 | |
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To bolster its fair notice defence in a lawsuit filed by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple (XRP) claims two of their sitting Commissioners have spoken out about the lack of clarity on how securities laws apply to crypto.
2021-7-24 07:00 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is renewing its efforts to impose “long overdue” rules for the registration and regulation of security-based swap execution facilities, including tokenized stocks, said Chair Gary Gensler on Wednesday.
2021-7-23 17:35 | |
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You don’t have to be a crypto novice to fall prey to a crypto scam. They’re all over the market in all kinds – and often dupe even the most experienced crypto investor. While cryptocurrency may be in the regulatory grey areas in most markets, these crypto scams are, by most laws, still illegal.
2021-3-31 17:06 | |
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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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Creatives have a hard time protecting their work. Writers, musicians, illustrators, and others can bitterly narrate how their masterpieces have been duplicated even with protection from Intellectual Property (IP) laws.
2020-6-5 19:00 | |
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The legal status of digital coins continues to remain doubtful in the U.S, with the country having financial laws with strict regulations in place, while even denying any permission for foreign exchanThe post United States' growing 'trade savvy' in crypto will ensure it's not left behind appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-22 18:30 | |
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Even if the US pass prohibitive laws to "tame" cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) will survive. China and India are trying only publicizing the coin's ability. The post Bitcoin (BTC) Will Survive Even If Exchanges Are Shut Down appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-7-19 17:00 | |
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Today’s Ripple (XRP) News The idea of blockchain and cryptocurrencies in general is to bring about an even play field. That doesn’t sit well with those in power. Besides, given that blockchain, dubbed the fourth industrialization, is not in isolation but must work within jurisdiction where applicable laws must be followed. The likes of China-and […]
2019-7-15 16:22 | |
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There are more than a few countries in the world where cryptocurrency is largely frowned at. China, for example, isn’t the most receptive to crypto as the government not only openly condemns it but also tries to pass laws that ensure that the growth of the cryptocurrency sector is as stifled as possible. Even though […]
2019-6-6 23:33 | |
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Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize the African continent. Through Bitcoin, millions of unbanked Africans will have access to financial services. These and many more such statements exist across the internet.
2019-6-1 21:48 | |
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published an update on how it intends to regulate crypto-related businesses and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
2019-6-1 19:04 | |
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The popular peer-to-peer bitcoin trading network LocalBitcoins has shut down all trading operations for Iranian users. LocalBitcoins’ website offers a variety of pages for users of different nations and, as of May 24, 2019, the Iranian page displays a message that “LocalBitcoins is currently not available in your selected region,” in English only.
2019-5-25 20:14 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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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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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Most countries around the world are scrambling to regulate Bitcoin. Some, like Bolivia, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, have even tried to outright ban it. The problem is, no matter what regulators say, there are four major reasons why Bitcoin is unbannable.
2019-4-23 20:00 | |
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Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are one of crypto's more novel and ambitious applications — one that Bitcoin, until recently, has had nothing to do with.
2019-4-19 18:33 | |
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“A statement may be both true and dangerous. The previous sentence is such a statement. ” - David Friedman Freedom of speech is a topic that many internet communities have struggled with over the last two decades.
2019-4-19 04:03 | |
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VIMee is a social network being developed on the Waves high speed blockchain technology that supports community building and social interaction with cryptocurrency rewards. VIMee combines the simplicity of centralized social media, with the security of decentralization, and the flexibility cryptocurrency brings.
2019-4-16 17:03 | |
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Ripple prices stable below 34 cents Security laws relating to blockchain still fuzzy says, David Schwartz Transaction volumes shrinking as prices consolidate David Schwartz, the CTO of Ripple Inc, believes that existing security laws are vague and are therefore a hindrance.
2019-3-18 21:00 | |
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On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry.
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
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A bill proposed by the Texas legislature will require that all receivers of cryptocurrency in regular transactions verify the identity of the cryptocurrency sender before accepting any payment.
2019-3-12 01:04 | |
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A new working group in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched by the state’s chief securities regulator is looking to clear up some of the murky regulation for blockchain innovators. The olive branch couldn’t have come too soon as Western U.
2019-3-11 23:45 | |
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Since it came to life in early 2009, Bitcoin has begun disrupting the world of finance. Over the years, this decentralized digital currency came to mean different things for different people.
2019-2-18 18:30 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-9 23:59 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-12 23:59 | |
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Given the cumbersome character of the European Union, it’s no surprise that Brussels has been slow to take even tentative steps towards crypto regulation. There is no shortage of new committees to ponder decisions and make recommendations.
2019-1-25 01:20 | |
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Whenever I claim that bitcoin is the only decentralized cryptocurrency, I get one of two arguments:My X coin is also decentralized. Bitcoin isn’t decentralized because of Core and/or miners.
2019-1-21 21:52 | |
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For investors whose first time investing in bitcoin was in 2018 or after late 2017, there is a high likelihood that they have incurred substantial losses for the fiscal year of 2018 if they haven’t sold yet.
2018-12-29 02:01 | |
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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 new e-mail based cryptocurrency scam discovered Community of the popular website Reddit found a new cryptocurrency-related scam that is currently being circulated on the internet. The scammer thought it wasn’t enough to break the average anti-fraud law and instead decided to try his hand at breaking a couple of anti-terrorism laws as well.
2018-12-14 01:16 | |
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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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Ripple’s legal team in their ongoing securities suit is attempting a new tack: to have the claim proceed at the federal level. In a move that legal commentator Jake Chervinsky described as “seriously crafty,” Ripple has filed a formal notice-of-removal motion to have their most recent securities suit, Zakinov et al v.
2018-11-14 00:41 | |
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Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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Even though transacting over blockchain platforms is legal, fresh efforts by Chinese regulators and agencies to further bog down privacy is of great concern. Proposals by the Cyberspace Administration of China may be conflicting with laws.
2018-10-23 05:15 | |
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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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Nouriel Roubini, an economist best known for his predictions of the 2008 housing bubble, and Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center’s director of research, testified before the U.
2018-10-12 18:06 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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With the recent swings in the prices of numerous cryptocurrencies, many governments around the world have begun to take an even closer look at the world of cryptocurrencies. The UK has usually been amongst the precurses when it comes to passing laws to meet the world’s latest issues! This week kicked off with Lord Taylor […] With Brexit Around the Corner UK Still Plans No Regulations on Cryptocurrencies was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-9-19 18:59 | |
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The tax policies in the United States are complex, and when it comes to cryptocurrencies, they are even more difficult to navigate. Regardless of the government’s stance on digital currencies, taxation laws in the country don’t allow users to make use of their bitcoins.
2018-8-25 21:30 | |
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The regulators have awoken. SEC Director William Hinman introduced novel concepts to the securities law analysis such that sellers of digital assets may have an escape valve.
2018-8-10 22:24 | |
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Coinbase has announced that it has renewed its money transmitter license in Wyoming three years after terminating its activities in the state. The move marks a significant shift in the working relationship between the crypto exchange giant and state regulators following the expiry of the previous license in June 2015.
2018-8-7 23:08 | |
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WhiteBIT EU secures a MiCA license in Austria, enabling the crypto exchange to expand regulated digital asset services across the European Economic Area.
The EU’s Regulation 2024/1624 will cap cash payments at €10,000 and require crypto service providers to perform KYC on occasional users, impacting anonymous.
New Glassnode analysis shows 6.04 million BTC, or 30.2% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply, have public keys exposed on-chain, theoretically vulnerable to.
Earlier in the year, Europe’s Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde insisted that Bitcoin would not be included in the reserve portfolios of central banks under the ECB’s umbrella; the statement was intended to draw a firm boundary around sovereign engagement with digital assets.
European Central Bank officials kept a clear target this week: launch the digital euro in 2029. That goal was described as realistic by senior ECB figures, even as the bank said it will carry on with preparation work beyond the formal end of its current phase in October 2025.
Bitcoin price fell to a low of $ 107,385 on Friday as stocks and crypto plummeted. BTC slipped alongside Wall Street after US President Donald Trump recommended a 50% tariff on European Union. Per Coinglass data, the total 24-hour liquidation spiked to more than $550 million.
The registration paves the way for the Switzerland and Singapore-based banking group to expand into the European Union and European Economic Area.