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Resistant to overseeing the space in the past, the agency said it now plans to work on the definition of virtual assets.
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The head of the FCA said the agency is expecting new powers for regulating crypto advertisements.
2021-12-9 16:19 | |
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These entry points can be used to contain DeFi-related issues “before this ecosystem attains systemic importance,” said the agency. The post Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says DeFi’s Governance Structure Is A Natural Entry Point for Public Policy first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-12-8 23:26 | |
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During his time as Fed chair, Powell has said the agency was “working proactively to issue a CBDC” but was unlikely to support a blanket ban on crypto.
2021-11-23 19:00 | |
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Rostin Behnam, the nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), wants the agency to have greater authority over the crypto market and be the “primary cop on the beat.” The CFTC is currently overseeing derivatives, but the Biden administration’s pick to head the CFTC said the explosive growth of digital tokens means their […] The post CFTC Chair Calls for ‘Expanding’ the Agency’s Authority as ‘Nearly 60%’ of Crypto Are Commodities first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-10-28 20:36 | |
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Rostin Behnam said it was "critically important to have a primary cop on on the beat" of an emerging market that included cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.
2021-10-28 19:44 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will be publishing its revised guidance for cryptocurrency firms very soon, said President Marcus Pleyer. The outcomes of the October plenary meeting of the FATF were released this week, in which the agency shared that it has finalized its guidance and plans to publish the updated version on October […] The post FATF to Publish Detailed Cryptocurrency Guidelines Late Next Week first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-10-23 20:58 | |
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"We’re not necessarily looking for more authority without more resources," said Dan Berkovitz in regards to crypto markets.
2021-9-22 00:31 | |
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One of the Commissioners of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dawn D. Stump, released a statement on Monday detailing the agency’s regulatory authority over digital assets. She said, “The CFTC’s regulatory oversight authority, as well as the application of our enforcement authority, must be well understood by the public.
2021-8-24 17:33 | |
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The state agency responsible for power generation and distribution reportedly said restrictions on bitcoin mining would be lifted next month.
2021-8-24 19:28 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency Commissioner Junichi Nakajima is open-minded about the potential benefits of crypto assets but said they are currently being used primarily for speculation and investment and not as a means of transferring money.
2021-8-10 19:02 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) Commissioner Junichi Nakajima said he is unsure whether access to cryptocurrencies should be made easier. The post Japanese Regulator Unsure of Easing Access to Crypto Investing appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-8-10 16:50 | |
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Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested four people suspected of money laundering a total of $155 million through cryptocurrency wallets and bank accounts. The city’s customs agency said this was its first case in which virtual money had been used to launder dirty cash.
2021-7-16 10:30 | |
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Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said that central bank digital currencies (CBDC) could disrupt financial systems as a result of disintermediation and cybersecurity threats. The post Fitch Ratings: CBDCs May Disrupt Financial Systems if Risks Not Managed appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-5-18 10:55 | |
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Global humanitarian agency UNICEF (the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund), received a $1 million donation in Bitcoin last week, it said a release shared with CryptoSlate. The post UNICEF explains how Bitcoin donations help its cause appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-4-10 20:00 | |
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The South African Revenue Service is likely "ensnaring" non-compliant taxpayers, a tax consultancy said in a news report.
2021-2-4 14:43 | |
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An FBI special agent has said it's unclear how the agency would respond to widespread criminal use of privacy-enhancing cryptocurrencies like monero.
2020-11-11 09:33 | |
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The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in a report dubbed “Building A More Resilient ICT Supply Chain: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” published on Nov 6, said the blockchain technology can help in resolving supply chain problems in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-11-11 00:00 | |
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The Chair of the U. S Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, has said that the agency is open to discussing tokenized exchange-traded funds (ETFs). He was speaking at a Chamber of Digital Commerce webinar held on Oct 2, where he highlighted that ‘It may very well be the case that […stocks] all become tokenized.
2020-10-5 17:03 | |
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An agency attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expects blockchain will play an important role in the sector's supply chains.
2020-8-11 12:51 | |
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The incoming commissioner of the Financial Services Agency has said the regulator will not soften rules on cryptos.
2020-8-7 11:41 | |
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Ryozo Himino, the newest commissioner of Japan’s Financial Services Agency, says the country will be cautious in its approach to private cryptocurrencies. According to Reuters, Himino said that deregulating crypto would not lead to technical innovation.
2020-8-7 17:25 | |
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Prominent US travel management agency CWT has paid 414 BTC amounting to $4.5 million to hackers who claimed to have compromised 30,000 computers and stolen sensitive corporate data from the firm. The report by Reuters said that according to data from the ransom negotiations, the cybercriminals attacked the firm’s systems using the Ragnar Locker ransomware […]
2020-8-1 16:06 | |
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Recently, the US government’s revenue service, the IRS made a few changes to its set of FAQs on crypto assets. Charity organizations that are generally exempted from tax collections have to report virtual currency based donations on Form 990, the agency said on December 26.
2020-1-3 17:00 | |
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According to a report from the AFP News Agency, France’s central bank will be launching a digital asset (decisively different than a crypto asset) in the coming year. France to Launch Digital Currency The outlet reported via Twitter, the Bank of France’s governor, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, said in a recent statement that his organization.
2019-12-5 00:19 | |
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In recent commentary at a New York blockchain conference, IRS Criminal Investigation Chief John Fort said the agency is now turning its focus to crypto ATMs and kiosks, as well as American users of foreign exchanges.
2019-11-18 12:35 | |
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Christoper Wray said crypto is becoming a "bigger and bigger" issue for the agency in a Senate hearing with Mitt Romney.
2019-11-8 15:13 | |
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FBI director Christopher Wray said that cryptocurrencies present a significant and growing problem for the agency
2019-11-8 00:30 | |
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Bitcoin will not see official acceptance in China, ratings agency Weiss Ratings has declared as hype continues over the country’s Blockchain stance. Weiss: Bitcoin ‘Antithesis’ Of Chinese Politics In a tweet on October 28, Weiss, which has become well known for its no-nonsense tone on social media, said China would “never” use Bitcoin .
2019-10-29 13:30 | |
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A trusted source has confirmed that the Internal Revenue Service is going to conduct audits on cryptocurrency activities. The source said that the tax collection agency is planning to unleash a batch of audit notices.
2019-10-26 19:51 | |
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Speaking at the Finopolis forum of innovative financial technologies, Elvira Nabiullina, Russian economist and head of the Central Bank of the country said the regulator doesn’t see a need to issue a national cryptocurrency, reported Russian News Agency, Tass.
2019-10-11 22:42 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued ICOBox and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov for conducting an illegal token sale of $14. 6 million and acting as unregistered brokers for other digital asset offerings, the federal agency said in its official statement.
2019-9-19 20:10 | |
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Former U. S. National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor Edward Snowden is being sued by the Department of Justice (DoJ) for his latest memoir. The agency won’t stop Metropolitan Books from publishing Snowden’s new book but the government will take the revenue he earns from the memoir instead.
2019-9-18 18:15 | |
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International news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported that PayPal is being quite cautious regarding the future of Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency project, Libra. On the company signing on to the Libra Association, Gabrielle Rabinovitch, Investor Relations VP, PayPal, said: “It’s a non-binding commitment, and obviously, I think there’s a lot of work to happen before […] The post PayPal is reportedly wary of Libra’s future appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-9-14 12:00 | |
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Bitcoin payment processing platform BitPay has blocked payments to the Hong Kong Free Press (Hong Kong FP), according to the chief editor of the nonprofit press agency. Tom Grundy accused BitPay of sitting atop their funds for almost three weeks.
2019-9-12 13:51 | |
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Texas officials have said that none of the municipalities impacted by the crippling ransomware attack last month have yielded to the ransom demand. In its first update since August 20, the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) — which is leading the investigation into the incident — said more than half of the affected entities have resumed usual operations.
2019-9-9 15:04 | |
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The FDA's acting chief information officer said the agency is rolling out a modernization plan using AI and blockchain.
2019-8-24 19:30 | |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to step up its efforts to monitor social media platforms more aggressively in order to detect potential threats. The move, according to the Wall Street Journal, clashes with Facebook’s privacy policies and “possibly its attempts to comply with a record $5 billion settlement with the U.
2019-8-13 10:03 | |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to step up its efforts to monitor social media platforms more aggressively in order to detect potential threats. The move, according to the Wall Street Journal, clashes with Facebook’s privacy policies and “possibly its attempts to comply with a record $5 billion settlement with the U.
2019-8-13 10:03 | |
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Iran’s government has given the green light to a cryptocurrency mining mechanism, thus recognizing the Bitcoin and crypto industry, local media portal TehranTimes reported on Monday, citing news agency Mehr.
2019-7-23 14:00 | |
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Hackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive data and defaced the website of SyTech, a major contractor working for Russian intelligence agency FSB (Federal Security Service). BBC Russia, which reported the breach, said “it’s possible that this is the largest data leak in the history of the work of Russian special services on the Internet.
2019-7-22 08:36 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX is being investigated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to Bloomberg, which cites people familiar with the matter, the CFTC is looking into whether BitMEX broke the rules by allowing American customers to trade on the platform, which is not registered with the agency.
2019-7-19 15:06 | |
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China has officially recognized Bitcoin as a valid phenomenon for a second time after a court determined it is “virtual property. ” Bitcoin Is ‘Valuable, Scarce And Disposable’ As reported by Caijing quoting the China Securities Journal, a national newsletter published by the Xinhua News Agency, a court in Hangzhou made the judgement during an ongoing dispute between a cryptocurrency exchange and one of its users.
2019-7-19 15:00 | |
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Hello and welcome to another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – where we take a look at the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain news. Here’s Hard Fork’s selection of last weekend’s top stories: 1.
2019-7-8 12:27 | |
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France Issues First 10-year Bonds At A Negative Interest Rate France has issued its first-ever 10-year bond at a negative borrowing rate, later this week. These negative yield banks mean instead of receiving, investors will pay interest for owning French sovereign debt.
2019-7-6 19:29 | |
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NASA yesterday announced details about its next major mission called Dragonfly, which aims to take a trip to Titan. The space agency said that it wants to launch a spaceship to Saturn’s moon by 2026, that’ll reach the moon’s surface by 2034.
2019-6-28 09:20 | |
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said his agency – as well as the rest of the federal government – will be looking carefully at Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. The Unspoken Advantage of Large Companies Entering Crypto He promised that Facebook would be held to very “high” standards, implying that the social media giant should be able […] The post Fed Chairman Swears ‘Very High’ Scrutiny Against Facebook’s Crypto Libra appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-6-27 15:21 | |
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said his agency – as well as the rest of the federal government – will be looking carefully at Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. The Unspoken Advantage of Large Companies Entering Crypto He promised that Facebook would be held to very “high” standards, implying that the social media giant should be able […] The post Fed Chairman Swears 'Very High' Scrutiny Against Facebook's Crypto Libra appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-6-28 15:21 | |
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Edward Snowden, the notorious American whistleblower, has confirmed he relied on the censorship resistance of Bitcoin to help leak data to journalists in 2013. Snowden made headlines across the globe after leaking highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) when he was a CIA employee and subcontractor.
2019-6-27 14:16 | |
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The Russian Ministry of Finance is working in order to add new legislation to a bill related to virtual currencies. Apparently, this legislation would legalize cryptocurrency trading activities. This is according to a report from the Russian news outlet Interfax.
2019-6-24 20:25 | |
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His predecessor, Andrew Griffith, will head up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Nigeria’s communication ministry said the Code Clubs will introduce young participants to coding and digital technology and encourage them to deploy creative problem-solving in their everyday lives.
According to official data available publicly, the state of Maine currently holds over $328 million in unclaimed property.
New blockchain-based apps like Truflation could be a “healthy development,” given that gauging inflation is more art than science.
From the growth of AI assistants to the rise of generative AI, here are some key trends that are expected to grow over the coming years.
From the growth of AI assistants to the rise of generative AI, here are some key trends that are expected to grow over the coming years.
Governmental and institutional cryptocurrency adoption has been a topic of significant debate and speculation in recent years. As we stand in 2023, it’s clear that the landscape is evolving rapidly, but the finish line is still somewhat distant.