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JANUARY 25, 2021

The announcement, first published on the Ministry’s website in December, is reportedly a move to fight corruption, according CoinDesk, citing Russian news site Forklog. Officials have until April 1 to divest from any foreign cryptocurrencies, although they won’t be required to report any crypto holdings for the year 2020, the report stated.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

The Chief of Russia’s Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina said she doesn’t see any pertinent or obvious reason to create a national digital currency, according to a report by Russian News Agency TASS. The regulator made the remarks at the Finopolis forum of innovative financial technologies.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

India is looking into a new bill that could ban private cryptocurrencies in favor of a national digital coin, a report says. In that case, the report says private cryptocurrencies would be banned in India, though exceptions would be allowed “to promote the underlying technology of cryptocurrency and its uses.”.

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JULY 22, 2020

The governmental body said that thrifts, along with state and national banks, have a lengthy history of offering custody and safekeeping for digital assets as well as tangible property. In other news, South Korea intends to levy a two-tenths tax on income made via digital currency transactions, The Block reported. 1 of next year.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There are many forms of nationalism. Ethnic nationalism. Cultural nationalism. Now comes cryptocurrency nationalism? Coindesk reported this week that, in the Netherlands, cryptocurrency firms based outside of Europe may “get the boot” amid new regulations. It’s a really nice step.

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MARCH 9, 2020

And, even though the committee is aiming to receive permission to seize digital currency, the outlet reported that multiple nations around the globe have been auctioning seized digital currencies. In other news, U.S. His proposal splits digital assets into cryptocurrency, crypto-commodity and crypto-security.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

In Ireland, reported CryptoGlobe , the Irish cabinet has approved legislation that will bring more regulation to the sector. The site noted that the new rules still await passage by the country’s legislative body. Separately, in India, the action toward crypto regulation seems to be … inaction.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

24), could put digital currency exchanges under one national structure, CoinDesk reported. The legislation describes a new structure for cryptocurrencies, which would provide them with a treatment like those of commodities with the Commodities Exchange Act. The Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020, which was proposed by a U.S.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Bitcoin is about to get even more scrutiny by regulators, on a global stage. As reported by Reuters this week, Lagarde said at a conference sponsored by the newswire that bitcoin should be regulated — worldwide. She went on to say that “there has to be regulation. She pointed to the crypto’s use in criminal activity.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Treasury’s financial crime unit is picking up enforcement of cryptocurrency platforms that don’t have strong internal mechanisms in place to prevent money laundering, according to a report in Reuters. The cryptocurrency platforms in the U.S. government will also urge other countries to implement more regulation of cryptocurrencies.

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BankBazaar

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Over the past few years, the sharp rise of cryptocurrencies has attracted investors from all over the world who want to diversify their portfolios and earn high returns. However, the impact of higher interest rates in the past year has impacted the cryptocurrency market, leading to a significant sell-off. What is Digital Rupee? .

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JUNE 24, 2019

Amid the announcement of a new cryptocurrency – that would be Libra – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which operates as global regulatory firm based in Paris with a membership roster of countries such as China and the United States, has said it will boost its examination of digital currencies with an eye on money laundering.

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MARCH 3, 2020

In today’s top news, Apple manufacturer and supplier Foxconn has returned to production, the Department of Justice charged two Chinese nationals with laundering over $100 million in cryptocurrency, and TurboTax’s deal to buy Credit Karma has sparked antitrust concerns. Apple Parts Maker Foxconn Back To Work In China.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

In other news, Gemini announced that it has joined the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN). While our industry is accustomed to cryptocurrencies operating 24/7/365 (like email), fiat currencies have for the most part remained shackled to ‘banking hours’ or ‘business hours.’ The current policy is a non-policy.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

He said that in his own state of Washington, state regulators have been looking at those issues for some time to determine the possibility of some sort of reciprocity or sharing of information. “It The pilot being run with those initial seven states will provide some answers for how state regulators can streamline the process.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Meanwhile, Trident Crypto Fund, which is based in Malta, has experienced a large data beach in the newest privacy leak to impact the digital currency industry, per a report from a Russian news outlet, CoinDesk reported. The watchdog claimed it has information that the exchange was dealing in regulated activities that needed its permission.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

B2B payments and international money transfer company B2B Pay has announced plans to become a regulated financial institution, and is looking to investors to fuel its growth. At the time, B2BPay supported payments to and from 34 nations. Existing backers have already committed about $164,000 of this funding round, Ambikar said.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Bank of Japan Head Haruhiko Kuroda spoke to business leaders in Osaka about the importance of having a coordinated global plan to regulate Libra and other cryptocurrencies, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Sept. He urged policymakers to ensure that the highest level of regulation is applied to such assets.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. billion of cryptocurrency reportedly was lost to theft or fraud – double that of the previous year. That’s according to the U.S. In the report from the U.S.

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JULY 5, 2019

The Bank of Japan ( BOJ ), Japan’s central bank, has joined in with other regulators and officials around the world in its worry over Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra , according to reports. . monetary policy and the dollar.

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MARCH 19, 2018

In an interview with The Financial Times , Sarker said Mastercard would be willing to facilitate if the coin in question was a national cryptocurrency that was legitimate and was used as a national digital currency issued by central banks. “If The pilot] is a toe in the water; we’re fully cognizant of the reputational risk.”.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The world’s first ICO regulations are coming, care of Gibraltar. The rapid global proliferation of initial coin offerings has become an issue of mounting concern among regulators and central banks around the world – in particular, the growth of ICOs has fueled massive growth in the cryptocurrency market in general.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Treasury Department proposed sweeping new rules late Friday (Dec. The rationale for the new regulations, as the government laid out in the Federal Register, is that "U.S. The publication of the proposed new rules in the Federal Register triggers a comment period before which a new regulation can become official.

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MARCH 27, 2017

As far as cryptocurrencies have come in recent years, a number of security and fraud risk elements still remain. This isn’t the only cryptosecurity news to come out of Denmark as of late. The ability to reliably tie cryptocurrency transactions to individuals could be a game changer for law enforcement.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, PayPal and Mastercard are adding more European Union (EU) countries to a debit card offering, while European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has called for a digital euro. Plus, the State Administration for Market Regulation in China has fined Luckin Coffee and other firms.

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JUNE 29, 2020

The European Union (EU) is preparing to update its cryptocurrency rules that could make it more difficult for stablecoin projects, such as Facebook Inc.’s Last fall, the Libra Association petitioned the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned cryptocurrency.

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JUNE 8, 2020

United Nations global blockchain expert Massimo Buonomo has foreseen a future where digital currencies could replace low-interest bank accounts, Coindesk reports. He said the regulators would need to have total control over a cryptocurrency-fueled system that replaced traditional banking.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Two individuals from Russia who were recently sanctioned by the Treasury Department purportedly put into place copycat websites for cryptocurrency exchanges that that tricked people into providing login information, CoinDesk reported. After that time, they purportedly stole ether, bitcoin and NEO to the tune of $20 million.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

He rebuked a suggestion from CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin that bitcoin would be able to be regulated as a security, instead saying that the coin "was much more a payment mechanism" as opposed to a security, Coindesk reports. I think we're going to see this mature and I think we're going to see more regulation around the payments space," he said.

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MAY 22, 2020

The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The OMFIF seeks to create connections between the traditional banking and cryptocurrency spaces.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Fizzle of the Week: Cryptocurrency Regulation. The saga over bitcoin and its relationship to various regulators has become something of the payments answer to a romantic comedy. Because, as of right now, the same basic question animates both plots: Will they or won’t they? So, time to panic in bitcoin land?

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

BitOoda founder and CEO Tim Kelly said in the announcement, “I am thrilled by the explosion of interest in BitOoda’s unique business model, and the recognition of our pioneering success in bringing new, sophisticated products to the digital asset market.”.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 26, 2017

I’m being asked this a lot as the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have increased ten-fold in the past few weeks. There are a range of factors driving the rise in cryptocurrency prices, particularly the craze for Initial Coin Offering (ICOs). Good for those who have some. Bemusing for those who don’t.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Regulatory hurdles still exist, but when PayPal announced that its 350 million users can transact with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the game changed. Daniel Gouldman, CEO of crypto banking platform operator Ternio, told Karen Webster that even Grandma can now access a new way to interact with currency. Top Trackers And Reports.

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MAY 22, 2020

The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The OMFIF seeks to create connections between the traditional banking and cryptocurrency spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The association meant to manage and handle the debut of Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra has been dealing with some setbacks involving its acceptance, especially from Germany and France, who say they won’t allow the currency to move forward. The currency will be backed by real-world assets, the Association said.

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