2019-7-15 12:30 |
The U.K. government has drawn up an action plan aimed to combat financial crimes that it says will include a new regime for crypto assets. origin »
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The Bank of England's upcoming crypto regime would try to ensure that funds are returned to customers when certain crypto firms enter a crisis.
2023-3-29 12:21 | |
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The NEM (XEM) community has been too generous with development funding, according to leaders of its new investment arm. One of the General Partners of NEM Ventures says that many projects which reached the final stage of the old funding process would not have made it over the first hurdle under the new regime.
2019-5-23 22:46 | |
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By CCN: Intercontinental Exchange’s high-profile Bitcoin project, Bakkt, has faced severe pushback from the CFTC due to a fundamental concern about how its cryptocurrency assets will be stored. In response, Bakkt is looking to obtain a BitLicense and manage custody of the coins themselves.
2019-4-18 20:48 | |
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Many Chinese bitcoin miners migrated to Iran in 2018 for its cheap electricity amid China’s crackdown on crypto mining. However, they’re finding the harsh environment in the authoritarian regime unwelcoming.
2019-4-11 14:55 | |
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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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In a recent interview with right-wing media outlet Breitbart News, President Donald Trump said his administration is “very seriously” considering designating Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs).
2019-3-18 22:40 | |
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North Korea has Cryptocurrency. A lot of it. In a piece from Nikkei Asian review, it was reported that experts have testified to the UN that Kim Jong Un’s regime is sitting upon more than half a billion US dollars’ worth of Crypto.
2019-3-9 18:55 | |
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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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As the situation in Venezuela continues to escalate, artist cryptograffiti, crypto exchange AirTM and merchant services provider Cripto Conserje have teamed up for an all-day fundraiser to tear down – in whatever way they can – Maduro's regime.
2019-2-27 20:00 | |
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We must pay tribute to those who were preparing a “spontaneous” popular uprising in Venezuela. They waited a long time and chose the most appropriate moment when several factors “coincidentally” coincided, including the expected mass use of Petro cryptocurrency.
2019-1-31 00:34 | |
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The Bank of England denied a bid by Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s dictatorial ruler, to withdraw $1. 2 billion worth of Gold, reported Bloomberg. The move came after top US officials requested their UK counterparts to disconnect the Maduro’s regime from its assets abroad.
2019-1-26 18:00 | |
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The Venezuelan government has published a decree requiring taxpayers with crypto operations in the country to pay their taxes in cryptocurrencies. Similarly, operators of foreign currencies must pay their taxes in those currencies.
2019-1-9 08:30 | |
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Iranian National Crypto To Face Sanctions Imposed By US Lawmakers A number of western governments and international human right groups have increased pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran over their systemic violations of human rights.
2018-12-23 19:01 | |
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is going to implement new regulations and new licensing regime for cryptocurrency industry in coming months, Finance Magnates reported citing Japanese outlet Nikkei.
2018-12-17 17:58 | |
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In order to curb the use of cryptocurrencies for malicious activities such as money laundering and the funding of terrorism, the central bank of Netherlands, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), has decided that it would be issuing licenses to cryptocurrency service providers.
2018-12-15 19:00 | |
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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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Estonia, one of Europe’s most crypto-friendly nations, plans to tighten its licensing regime for cryptocurrency companies. The financial authorities in Tallinn want to introduce stricter regulations for fintech businesses registered in the Baltic country.
2018-12-1 10:30 | |
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The central bank of Singapore has finalized the country’s new regulatory framework for payment services, which now includes cryptocurrency. Crypto payment service providers, which fall outside of the current regulatory framework, will need to be licensed under the new regime.
2018-11-20 09:55 | |
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The central bank of Singapore has finalized the country’s new regulatory framework for payment services, which now includes cryptocurrency. Crypto payment service providers, which fall outside of the current regulatory framework, will need to be licensed under the new regime.
2018-11-20 09:55 | |
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As Representative Brad Sherman of California has helpfully pointed out, cryptocurrency is rat poison and only good for drugs and money laundering. Well, it might be okay if you live in Venezuela or Zimbabwe, or some other military regime where armed potentates have made honest markets impossible.
2018-11-7 19:28 | |
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The new regime includes banning retail investors from trading virtual coins via funds and possibility for a similar measure for exchanges.
2018-11-2 00:34 | |
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As per a tweet on KuCoin’s official Twitter handle, the firm has announced that it will be temporarily suspending all USDT transactions across its platform. While there appears to be no major reason for this sudden halt, it seems as though this move is part of a larger wallet maintenance regime that KuCoin adheres to […]
2018-10-15 08:40 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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On September 23, 2018, the Bitcoin Foundation sent a letter to the French Parliament asking that they reject a new crypto asset amendment being proposed in the PACTE Bill, which deals with the growth and transformation of France’s businesses and the country’s employee savings.
2018-10-4 22:10 | |
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Ever heard of the term crypto laundering? North Korea (DPRK) is trading, laundering and mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and possibly Monero (XMR) in order to evade U. S. sanctions, intelligence experts tell Asia Times.
2018-9-28 16:30 | |
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A new draft introducing amendments regarding the taxation of crypto incomes has been published in Poland. The bill differentiates between decentralized cryptocurrencies and centralized virtual money, and clarifies the tax regime applicable to crypto trading and mining.
2018-8-29 23:55 | |
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The Canadian government has postponed the release of its final regulations for cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The final published regulations were due this fall, but the government now says they won’t be published in the Canada Gazette until late 2019.
2018-8-28 20:18 | |
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“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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The new regime seeks to allocate up to 500 megawatts, in addition to 120 megawatts of already existing initiatives. The starting rate is reportedly 1 Canadian cent ($0. 0075) per kilowatt hour, which is 20 percent above the industry standard price.
2018-6-22 07:06 | |
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This follows the news from the US SEC which does not consider Ethereum a security. And, as with Bitcoin, applying the disclosure regime of the federal securities laws to current transactions in Ether would seem to add little value,” Hinman explained.
2018-6-15 17:30 | |
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Falls to $103,000 As Government Starts to Reopen, Trump Weighs Tariff Checks Bitcoin price dipped below $104,000 after briefly rising above $106,000, as traders weighed Trump’s proposed $2,000 “tariff dividend” stimulus, ongoing government reopening, and key technical levels near $99,000 support and $109,000–$111,000 resistance.
Ethereum Foundation President Aya Miyaguchi sat down with UNICEF innovation unit builder and Giga founder Christopher Fabian and talked about how the UN’s Children Fund came to embrace crypto and the blockchain.
Bill Dudley, the former chief of the New York Fed, warned against holding Bitcoin as a reserve and urged a focus on regulation. Dudley criticized a proposed federal Bitcoin (BTC) reserve championed by Donald Trump during his presidential campaign. In…
Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom renowned for its happiness index, has seen its Bitcoin holdings surge to over $1 billion as the crypto market rallies. Arkham, in data shared via X on Nov. 11, revealed that the Royal Government of Bhutan’s…
Government-held Bitcoin reserves highlight the significant influence of state actions on crypto markets, potentially shaping future digital finance regulations. The post Bitcoin held by governments near $33 billion mark appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Bitcoin's inability to surpass $60,000 despite reduced selling pressure from Germany highlights ongoing market volatility and external influences. The post Bitcoin struggles to break key level amid easing selling pressure from German government appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
His predecessor, Andrew Griffith, will head up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.