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How EU Fight Against Money Laundering Affects Crypto

On 26 April 2018, the European Parliament confirmed the latest text of the European Commission proposed directive known as the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD). To this day, no specific laws or binding rules have been implemented at EU level to cope with risks in relation to virtual...

, by Darius Lengvinas

US-Canada Securities Regulators Begin ‘Operation Crypto-Sweep’

A group of state securities administrators in Canada and the United States that opened 70 investigations into potentially fraudulent cryptocurrency ventures last month says that almost half are set to face “completed or pending enforcement actions.”Per Reuters, a cryptocurrency...

, by Tim Alper

Russian Crypto Law Taking Shape

A Russian politician says the country’s forthcoming “crypto law” is already being considered as legally binding by the country’s courts.Alexey Mostovshchikov, chairman of the Council on Economics and Entrepreneurship of the Youth Parliament under the State Duma, said, per...

, by Tim Alper

Unexpected Candidate to Support Crypto – Mosque in UK

Masjid Ramadan or Shacklewell Lane Mosque in London seems like an unexpected candidate to drive crypto adoption forward, but that is exactly what they are doing. The mosque is set to become one of the first mosques to accept cryptocurrency for the mandatory almsgiving, zakat and sadaqah, CCN...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Trolling Buffett Is a New Hobby in the Cryptoverse

Many public personas have expressed their skepticism in regards to cryptocurrency, but none so vocally as Warren Buffett, the legendary stock investor and long-time bitcoin skeptic. However, crypto fans do not take very well to criticism - especially if all the arguments sound uninformed and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Ex-VISA Chief Appointed as CEO of a Crypto Bank

Russian-British cryptocurrency bank Crypterium has announced that it has appointed Marc O’Brien, the former head of a payment network Visa in the UK and Ireland, as its new CEO.O’Brien is also a former advisor at another payment network Mastercard, and advised Britain’s Royal...

, by Tim Alper

The Holy Grail of Digital Identity Is Not Entirely Sovereign

Self-sovereign identity would let people own the digital information that identifies them and choose when to share it. The ID information will still need to be established or underwritten by centralised institutions.In April, an American tech company IBM joined a little-known not-for-profit...

, by Simon Chandler

Chinese “Damas” Wade Into Blockchain

Pictures of Chinese damas posing at the World Blockchain Conference broke the Internet. Damas have already proved their power in the gold and real estate markets.With their silly dances to high-volume music in public squares, community centers or just on street corners across China, they are easy...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitfinex is Under Fire Due to Tax Information Request

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has recently distributed a letter to select users asking them to disclose their tax information. Following a Twitter exchange, in which they said they had “deliberately targeted users that we believe have an obligation to self-disclose,” they noted that...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

USD 1 Billion Under ICO Red Flag

Having reviewed documents produced for 1,450 initial coin offerings (ICOs), The Wall Street Journal reports finding 271 project with some sort of red flag, ranging from plagiarizations to fake teams. The red-flagged offerings have raised more than USD 1 billion total, while investors have so far...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Coincheck Owner Sets Sights on US Expansion

Monex Group, the new owner of Japanese exchange platform Coincheck, says it hopes to attain an operating license from the regulatory Financial Services Agency (FSA) “next month” – and plans to expand its operations to the United States. In an interview with Bloomberg, Monex CEO...

, by Tim Alper

S Korean IT Expert Calls for ‘Urgent’ Exchange Regulations

Oh Jung-geun, the chairman of the influential Korea Finance ICT Convergence Association, has urged the South Korean government to regulate the country’s cryptocurrency exchanges.Media outlet Hanguk Ilbo says that experts agree that government measures are “urgently needed to increase...

, by Tim Alper

PayPal Will ‘Certainly Support’ Crypto Once it Stabilizes

PayPal CFO John Rainey told CNBC that they don’t see much interest in cryptocurrencies due to volatility threatening the viability of their merchants’ businesses. However, he did not rule out that the payment giant will support crypto in the future.Rainey said in his interview,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Don’t Miss This Exclusive Opportunity! A Mock-ICO Lesson

Identifying fraudulent and scammy initial coin offerings (ICOs) can be a piece of work, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly often covered in the paperwork associated with investors cheated out of their hard-earned money.Therefore, the SEC created a fake ICO website...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The Jimmy Song-Joe Lubin ‘Bet’ Probably Won’t Go Ahead

On Monday, two prominent crypto figures infamously struck up a little wager. Joseph Lubin – the founder of Ethereum "production studio" ConsenSys – bet that there will be mainstream adoption of a blockchain-based platform within five years. His bet was picked up by Bitcoin Core...

, by Simon Chandler

Microsoft’s Bing to Ban Crypto-Related Ads

Microsoft’s Bing search engine will no longer show advertising for cryptocurrency, related products, and unregulated binary options, thus joining Google and Facebook in similar endeavours. A complete ban on these ads is set to come in late June or early July, but the change will be made to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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