2020-1-8 23:00 |
The risk to the industry when crypto companies have to spend millions on compliance, plus new BTC mining in TX and the IMF on digital currencies.
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U.S. SEC will continue to prioritize crypto compliance in the coming year, but seems to be more interested in bringing the industry in from the cold
2020-1-7 22:16 | |
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One of the things which causes undue consternation for many holders of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is its taxable status. While some naysayers still consider the whole industry a tax avoidance scheme, most users just want to make sure they comply with the rules.
2019-12-5 16:00 | |
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A source has reported to news. Bitcoin. com that the Chinese government is attempting to directly manage the crypto exchange industry in the country. According to the source, this could lead to frozen assets for U.
2019-11-6 13:00 | |
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Malta's Crypto Island, was recently called out by European authorities. Andrea Enria, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) chair of the supervisory board, recently asked the local authorities to monitor the growth of the local crypto industry.
2019-10-4 23:43 | |
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Some giants in the cryptocurrency industry are coming together to rate tokens based on how likely they are to be regulatory compliant. Big names like Coinbase, Bittrex, and Kraken will join to form the Crypto Rating Council.
2019-10-1 05:34 | |
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PumaPay’s cryptocurrency billing solution now PCI compliant » CryptoNinjas PumaPay, a blockchain-based payment system, announced today that their crypto billing solution, PullPayment Protocol, has secured PCI (payment card industry) compliance.
2019-7-29 17:13 | |
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Crypto compliance and investigation provider Chainalysis has become the only blockchain company to make Forbes’ next billion-dollar startups list of 2019, joining the ranks of tech giants—Patreon and Duolingo.
2019-7-20 13:16 | |
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Canada introduces new KYC/AML compliance laws that require cryptocurrency exchanges to register with FinTRAC by June 2020. Regulation of virtual assets such as cryptocurrencies is picking up pace in 2019 as governments and financial authorities impose new laws for the growing industry.
2019-7-11 21:04 | |
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The crypto industry can fight money launderers effectively, but not the way FATF wants it to, a CEX.IO compliance officer writes.
2019-6-15 18:15 | |
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Representatives from some of the largest businesses in the crypto asset industry have attended a conference held by European law enforcement organization Europol this week. Wallet providers, exchange operators, and payment processors all attended the event to demonstrate their commitment to regulatory compliance.
2019-6-15 00:00 | |
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Stellerro is the first Technological Underwriter of its kind, spearheading an innovative umbrella for the emerging digital securities offerings industry, ensuring companies meet the right compliance conditions of numerous regulated jurisdictions.
2019-6-6 23:03 | |
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The cryptocurrency industry is now confronted with a restrictive change. Just recently in a compliance briefing with Elliptic London, a discussion was done on how industry stakeholders can create a thriving compliance operation despite the regulatory flux in and surrounding the UK.
2019-6-4 00:17 | |
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Several major cryptocurrency traders have reportedly begun discussing plans to enact an industry-wide blacklist of suspicious actors, to stem the tide of scams, theft and fraud in the crypto space.
2019-5-10 15:52 | |
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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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Blockpass To Integrate Its KYC Solution Into The Waves Platform Waves has announced a partnership with Blockpass to bring KYC compliance to the Waves Platform. Blockpass is a firm that offers KYC and identity management solutions for clients in the blockchain industry.
2019-5-8 01:13 | |
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San Francisco – OceanEx is excited to announce our strategic partnership with Koi Compliance. Our partnership with Koi aims to elevate OceanEx’s AML compliance to the highest standards in the industry while increasing the service and options available to our customers.
2019-5-7 14:46 | |
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Cryptocurrency businesses in Finland will now have to register with the country’s financial watchdog. As a result of the ACT OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY PROVIDERS, which comes into force on May 1, businesses will have to adhere with statutory requirements, including holding and protecting client money, segregating client money and own funds, and ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering regulation.
2019-4-29 17:31 | |
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CryptoNinjas OAX Foundation and Blockpass have announced today an agreement that will see the firms join forces to promote advanced compliance controls in the digital asset industry. The agreement reflects the shared goal of the firms to create an industry that is open, transparent and committed.
2019-4-29 13:16 | |
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Digital payments and compliance platform Alt Thirty Six is dedicated to banking the rapidly growing $10 billion legal cannabis industry, and replacing their cash with cryptocurrency. According to a recent press release, the startup, which plans to leverage Dash to help the largely-unbanked Cannabis industry, has just secured $10 million in a Series A investment […] The post Alt Thirty Six Raises $10 M For Dash- Powered Cannabis Industry appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-4-26 18:04 | |
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CryptoNinjas MediConnect, a DLT solution for the pharmaceutical industry using blockchain technology by Stratis Platform, today welcomed UK Meds as its first major commercial-only online pharmacy partner in its pan-industry platform for compliance with the UK General Pharmaceutical Council’s new regulation for online pharmacies.
2019-4-25 14:36 | |
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CryptoNinjas Alt Thirty Six, a digital payment and compliance platform designed to help the cannabis industry go cashless, has announced $10 million in Series A funding to help accelerate company growth and enhance development capabilities.
2019-4-24 09:03 | |
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the U. S. Department of the Treasury, has imposed its first-ever penalty on a peer-to-peer crypto exchange for violating AML regulations, among other violations.
2019-4-20 23:38 | |
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On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced their alliance with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in relation to the 2019 National Compliance Outreach Program for Brokers-Dealers.
2019-4-19 01:15 | |
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Part 2 of China’s regulatory history with cryptocurrency exchanges and communication channels. Exchanges & ICOs Wiped Clean The PBoC began 2017 by initiating regulatory checks on Bitcoin trading platforms in January to survey operations to ensure they were in compliance with regulatory protocols, backing their earlier opinion that Bitcoin or any form of virtual currency […] The post Taming the Chinese Dragon: Movement and Communication attacked; regulation vows to cripple industry appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-4-15 16:45 | |
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The international watchdog's draft recommendation for KYC compliance are unrealistic and may be harmful to the crypto industry, says Chainalysis.
2019-4-12 12:25 | |
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Binance has partnered with Medici Ventures’ portfolio company IdentityMind, a risk management and regulatory-technology compliance platform, in a bid to enhance its fraud protection and compliance protocols.
2019-3-28 18:08 | |
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According to a March 18, 2019, working paper published by former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad, the large gap in crypto-regulations in the U. S. has led to continual frauds and weak investor protection in the budding cryptocurrency ecosystem.
2019-3-21 00:00 | |
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As anxiety grows around every new twist and turn in the ongoing QuadrigaCX drama, along with extensive QuadrigaCX media coverage, Canada’s mainstream media has been calling on the government to bring in better oversight and regulation of cryptocurrency businesses, especially cryptocurrency exchanges.
2019-3-20 18:42 | |
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The creation of new tokens and tokenized physical assets has been an integral part of the growth of the crypto industry. ICON has made some changes involving token specifications that apply to market participants, which makes it possible for DLT-focuses securities and tokenized physical assets to be developed. The new IRC16 token standard creates a […]
2019-3-10 02:12 | |
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Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data.
2019-3-5 23:58 | |
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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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At least 51 cryptocurrency ATMs operate in compliance with the current regulations in Russia, estimates a new report. According to the study produced by the country’s crypto industry association, the average monthly turnover of each of these teller machines is around $27,000.
2019-2-1 19:48 | |
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Securitize, a compliance platform that handles the issuance and lifecycle management of digitized securities on the blockchain has joined the IBM blockchain technology accelerator program in a bid to revolutionize the $82 trillion corporate debt industry, reported Forbes on January 21, 2019.
2019-1-23 18:00 | |
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U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase has hired a new U.K. head of compliance with three decades of experience in the industry.
2019-1-21 16:00 | |
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Last week, two of the largest banking regulators within the European Union released reports calling for uniformity in the regulations of crypto assets and Initial Coin offerings (ICOs) across the continent.
2019-1-16 01:54 | |
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In a report by the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the cryptocurrency space has been named as a priority. The body states that the industry may pose high levels of risk to retail investors.
2019-1-12 00:00 | |
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Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.
2019-1-11 21:17 | |
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The Tron Foundation’s regulatory efforts will now be guided by finance industry veteran David Labhart who joined the company as new head of compliance on Wednesday. The company announced that Labhart would be spearing their efforts to navigate blockchain’s interaction with the financial authorities of the world.
2019-1-10 14:59 | |
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Press Release Reveals Tron’s New Chief Compliance Officer – David Labhart, Former Attorney Of The SEC Many of the cryptocurrency platforms in the industry are being forced to comply with the latest regulations, despite having a difficult time deciphering them.
2019-1-10 22:05 | |
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In today’s edition of The Daily, we feature a couple of stories that show how the U. S. is potentially stifling the development of the local cryptocurrency industry by burdening companies with costly compliance.
2019-1-6 16:00 | |
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A former exec at U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has left the industry giant to join stablecoin issuer Trust Token
2019-1-5 16:01 | |
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In an exclusive interview with news. Bitcoin. com, Japan’s top financial regulator revealed its expectations for the self-regulation of cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan. The agency has approved a self-regulatory organization, which it is working closely with to ensure compliance.
2018-12-27 07:59 | |
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One of Alan Sugar’s earliest apprentices and author of Tokenomics: The crypto shift of blockchains, ICOs and tokens, Thomas Power took to the seats of the Hard Fork Decentralized Exchange this afternoon to discuss his vision of our blockchain future.
2018-12-14 17:42 | |
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General data protection regulation (GDPR) and blockchain is one of the industry’s most contentious debates at the moment. Some believe that public permissionless blockchains cannot be GDPR compliant, and that private blockchains might be the answer to blockchain’s regulatory woes.
2018-12-14 14:59 | |
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Blockchain technology has unfolded a whole new industry and novel opportunities for business. Entrepreneurs constantly launch new start-ups, trying to apply the nascent technology to real-world applications and improve existing corporate-grade operations.
2018-12-13 16:59 | |
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BitGo has a new CEO for its custody business. The cryptocurrency solution provider has recruited Richard Corcoran as its new chief executive officer. Having retired some years back after over 30 years in the traditional banking and finance industry, Corcoran has come out of retirement to lead the BitGo Trust Company, BitGo's crypto custody arm.
2018-12-8 21:38 | |
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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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A reading of Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk on the inappropriateness of comparing the energy consumption of bitcoin and Visa transactions.
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