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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In other news, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has partnered with the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne for a blockchain trial to see how the technology could automate the reporting of cross-border transactions. A new world of tokenized assets and blockchain is coming.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Japanese internet giant Recruit Holdings launched a $25 million blockchain fund, which closed in November and only became public after the company revealed an investment in Beam. Recruit has made prior investments in blockchain companies through its central corporate fund, Recruit Strategic Partners ( RSP ).

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Ripple, Coinbase and Circle all received licenses to operate under the nation's stablecoin regulations, which offer more clarity than American rules do.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

The global regulatory framework of cryptocurrencies and blockchain remains either fragmented, vague or simply nonexistent. However, Swiss officials recently took steps to get ahead of the regulatory uncertainty surrounding the world of blockchain, focusing on a particularly large hurdle for companies in the industry.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. This in the wake of the OCC’s Sept. This in the wake of the OCC’s Sept. The Pandemic Pop.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

A “future bank” focused solely on providing regulated services for digital assets is preparing to start, according to Coindesk on Monday (Feb. Called Avanti, the venture is put forward by Caitlin Long, a legislative champion for blockchain and a former Wall Street veteran. Because trust companies can’t custody securities in the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

According to CoinDesk , the agency, which serves under the country’s Ministry of Trade, has stipulated that crypto futures exchanges must be registered and approved before operating. The new regulations state that these futures exchanges and clearing houses need to have paid-up capital of at least 1.5 trillion Indonesian rupiahs.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Governments may not be too keen on bitcoin, but blockchain is another story. In fact, government authorities have begun to help fuel the proliferation of blockchain across the world. Local officials are hoping to use blockchain to improve public services and boost transparency.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in particular, the growing population of back-office enterprise apps, forcing users to toggle between platforms and manually move data from one portal to another, is among the most popular scenarios in which data integrations can support more efficient operations. and Canada.

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JULY 6, 2020

has now been approved to operate its derivatives platform, CoinDesk reported. Meanwhile, regulated crypto asset program Currency.com is now the holder of a Gibraltar distributed ledger technology (DLT) license, according to a press release. In other news, a subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken in the U.K.

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MAY 31, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the Associate Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Alessio Evangelista, spoke at the Chainalysis Links Conference in New York City on the topic of “The Intersection of Cryptocurrencies and National Security.” Responsible Innovation “.

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MAY 28, 2020

Earlier in the month, they had hit a high of around 201 BTC on May 21, reports from blockchain intelligence firm Glassnode say. Users pay fees to miners for transactions on the blockchain, and miners also receive a fixed amount of BTC for each block mined, which halves every four years.

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JULY 2, 2018

Citing anti-money laundering rules and other regulations, traditional banks in Switzerland have often refused to operate accounts for crypto companies. Switzerland isn’t the only country putting plans for a national crypto on hold.

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APRIL 24, 2017

The company operates on a “one-for-one” business model, which means that it donates one pair of shoes or glasses to communities in third-world countries for every pair sold to a first-world consumer. After all, meeting fair-trade regulations and standards is all about making sure that the right hands get rightfully paid for their work.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

The Chinese government has a complicated relationship with cryptocurrency: While it seems to be enthusiastic about the applications of blockchain technology, the country has banned initial coin offerings (ICOs) and blocked crypto trading sites. billion fund focused on the blockchain. Why WeChat?

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AUGUST 15, 2018

MIR, the payment system the Central Bank of Russia created in 2015, is accepted by Russian companies but is also gaining acceptance among international companies that have operations in the country, noted RT. The initiative eventually hopes to join banks and government agencies that collaborate on contract registration and regulation.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

High tech firms continue to build into software their addictive digital nation states. The vectors of change for software and money remain deeply anchored to the fractal of blockchain. banks, card issuers, e-commerce sites, point of sale terminals, regulators, and so on. The election’s end?—?and

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MAY 13, 2016

Of course, when the former commissioner, Bart Chilton, says bitcoin, he’s talking blockchain and all digital currencies. Because he believes there should be proper protection and regulation over them. How Bill Clinton’s administration dealt with the Internet in order to ensure it was not over-regulated. Fair point.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

The plan is for the electronic currency to operate via a smartphone app and QR codes that can be scanned in stores. With the Japanese central bank and financial regulator confirming their support for the new payment system, the bank consortium hopes to have it ready in time for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

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JULY 12, 2019

Visa is committed to its mission of ensuring smooth operation of non-cash payments for all participants of the payment system — banks, merchants [retail businesses] and consumers,” Visa said, adding that it won’t talk third-party opinions “based on assumptions and personal view of the author.”. We do not see reasons for concern.”.

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JULY 23, 2019

China’s banking regulator is introducing stricter requirements on banks and insurance institutions that provide supply chain financial solutions in an effort to curb fraud, according to China Daily reports last week. Regulators Step In. for Finance and Development’s Deputy Director Zeng Gang in an interview with China Daily. “How

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Blockchain? We might trace bitcoin’s recent rally and recent fizzle to October, when Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country should refocus efforts on blockchain. In November, five exchanges based in and operating in China said that they would no longer provide services to users in China. For China: Digital currency, yes.

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MAY 18, 2018

million in the largest investment round ever for a FinTech that operates exclusively in the continent. Blockchain. Cambridge Blockchain. With operations across Africa, Cellulant offers a digital accounts receivable solution with integrated payment reminder, collection, settlement and reconciliation capabilities.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Digitized, secure, and tamper-proof blockchain ledgers are promising to disrupt the database as we know it. We previously analyzed the 35+ industries where burgeoning blockchain startups are looking to make an impact. What is blockchain technology? Become an expert on blockchain in this briefing.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. In at least some nod to the technicalities, back in January, the central bank envisioned that the digital currency might be issued via blockchain platform.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

The world might be growing smaller and more connected, but regulations and authentication methods can create issues for international businesses looking to expand globally. From an operational standpoint, a big part of it was about trying to drill down on the cost.”. Now, companies and even governments, from the U.S. to the U.K.

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APRIL 29, 2016

Western Union just put its toe in the bitcoin/blockchain waters. It announced an investment in Digital Currency Group, a bitcoin/blockchain startup-focused investment firm, which includes former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who is serving as an advisor and also put money up. EU Backs Off Regulating Blockchain.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

In the most recent news , as noted by CNBC, Switzerland’s central bank is examining how digital currencies might be used in a trading environment, working in tandem with the Swiss stock exchange’s operator SIX Group. SIX, for its part, has reportedly been developing a digital exchange that will use blockchain to underpin those transactions.

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APRIL 10, 2019

In terms of the news itself, China’s government, through its National Development and Reform Commission, which regulates planning, has now said bitcoin mining stands on a list of 450 activities that are thought to be wasteful and should be eliminated. It has also said in the past that it would bring some mining operations to the U.S.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

Looking back at 2019, and at cryptocurrencies, we may well make the declaration that fraudsters got a lot more brazen … which may mean 2020 is the year lawmakers and regulators clamp down through a global, concerted effort to root out financial crime. North Korea stands out in this respect.

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APRIL 15, 2020

China is a notoriously challenging jurisdiction for foreign payment service providers to operate as the nation prioritizes local industry leaders. Strict financial regulations aren’t the only factor driving PSPs and other financial service providers to turn to M&A to enter into new markets.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”. And, of course, the crypto landscape extends well beyond bitcoin. Dollars Done Digitally.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

This hypothetical licensing program could put into place a nation-wide, unified regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchange platforms. Last week, Japan’s […].

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

Looking back at 2019, and at cryptocurrencies, we may well make the declaration that fraudsters got a lot more brazen … which may mean 2020 is the year lawmakers and regulators clamp down through a global, concerted effort to root out financial crime. North Korea stands out in this respect.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The most lucrative players are operating in the SME finance space, with a small business banking startup landing more than a quarter of the funding. million funding round for SME lending platform Bitbond, a company based in Germany that, only months ago, secured a license from regulators for its blockchain-based financial service.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

For airlines and hotels, catering to customers from around the world means dealing with a long list of complications, including accepting payments in a host of local currencies, complying with national and international regulations, and finding ways to afford or offset the high price of processing fees.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

B2B payments are an instrumental component of global trade and of setting the stage for currencies to operate as global instruments of cross-border trade. Research released by Atradius last October predicted the nation’s economic growth to slow. RMB usage made up 1.61 RMB usage made up 1.61

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