The Supreme Court of India has overturned a ban on cryptocurrency trading in India, effectively legalizing cryptocurrencies in the country. According to a report from Bloomberg, a commission of three judges, led by Justice Rohinton F. Nariman, ruled that the ban on cryptocurrency tr...
The Economic Crime Plan (2019–22) released by the U.K. government and the trade association UK Finance details regulatory action on cryptocurrencies to prevent their use in criminal activities. According to the document, the government is working closely with businesses to bring toge...
From France to The Netherlands, Europe seems to be bracing up to the challenge to outdo Asia in hosting high-quality blockchain events in 2019 owing to regulatory developments, an industry insider said. Karim Sabba, the co-founder of Paris Blockchain Week shares a view in line with...
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has launched new regulatory framework for crypto funds and exchanges yesterday. The new rules typically target the virtual asset portfolio managers and fund distributors and enforce them under the supervision of the SFC. Meanwhile, ...
India's Reserve Bank's stance on cryptocurrencies is being put to a test at the moment. As a potential huge market for cryptocurrencies, the bank had in April barred its regulated entities from dealing bitcoin-like cryptocurrencies but it recently set up an inter-departmental group to study and...
2018 was touted to be the year of regulation in the crypto space. Some market reports shared the view that the gaze of major countries will be on the industry to make their assessment and proffer ways to clear several issues usually associated with the evolving space. However, not much has been se...
The Korea Blockchain Association (KBA) affirms the security standards of 12 cryptocurrency exchanges on Wednesday, including major players such as Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Gopax. According to their report, 12 out of 14 Korean crypto exchanges have shown positive result in the re...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand announced on Wednesday that regulations on ICOs will take effect from July 16 according to Reuters. The SEC said in a statement that the digital token issuers must be registered under Thai law and will be able to provide ...
June 19, the overseas version of People’s Daily reported that, Taiwan intends to incorporate Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and bitcoin trading into its regulatory framework due to the ICO and cryptocurrency craze on this island. In early May, Taiwan-based cryptocurrency platform B...
June 13, a South Korean campaigner who is also a blockchain and cryptocurrency lover has won the race to become mayor of Jeju Island. Won Hee-ryong, the new mayor of Jeju Island have told voters ahead of the country’s local elections that he is about to support Jeju-based companies wor...
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