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Russian Central Bank Wants Banks to Flag Crypto Deals as ‘Suspicious’

Russia’s Central Bank has unveiled a plan to ask banks in the country to flag account holders who deal with cryptoassets as “suspicious.”Per news outlet RBC, the Central Bank has submitted a request to make amendments to the key 375-P protocol, a document that outlines the way...

, by Tim Alper

Will “No KYC” Exchanges Survive in a Regulated Crypto Industry?

For those of us who have been around since before the great crypto boom of 2017, having to undergo KYC (know your customer) procedures at digital asset exchanges was somewhat of an anomaly. “Back in the day” you were able to register to most crypto trading platforms using an email...

, by Alex Lielacher

Cosmetics Giant AmorePacific Takes the Blockchain Plunge + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption newsSouth Korean cosmetics behemoth AmorePacific has joined the Kakao Group’s Klaytn blockchain...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Here’s What Crypto-Related Lawsuits Can Teach Us

There’s a number of different ways one can get in trouble offering, selling or promoting unregistered and non-exempt tokens or coins, says Barrington Dyer, tech attorney and shareholder at Polsinelly law firm. But the past litigations can teach us a lesson on the blockchain law in the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Second-Best Month For Bitcoin Futures on CME + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Exchanges newsChicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), a major financial derivatives marketplace, said today that...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

UK Regulator Tells Stablecoin Savings Firm: Get Your Ads off the Tube

The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered the London Underground to take down advertisements for startup Zeux – a company that uses stablecoins as part of a high-interest savings offering.The FCA appears to have expressed concern that Zeux’s business model involves using...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Ukraine Says it Will Not Regulate Cryptocurrency Mining + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Crypto mining newsThe Ukrainian government has indicated that it will take a laissez-faire attitude to crypto mining....

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Don’t Get Too Excited About Crypto Mom’s ICO Plan, Lawyer Warns

An audacious proposal from the American Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC)’s so-called “crypto mom” Hester Peirce to end the nation’s initial coin offering (ICO) impasse could come to naught, warns a crypto lawyer.Peirce told attendees at a blockchain event earlier...

, by Tim Alper

Russian Parliament Could Pass Digital Financial Assets Bill Next Month

Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, could pass its long-awaited crypto laws as early as March – and it appears that the impasse between pro-crypto businesses and the crypto-skeptic central bank may finally be over.Anatoly Aksakov, the chairman of the Duma’s financial committee, a...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

BitPay to Enable Merchant Payments From All Bitcoin Wallets + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption newsMajor crypto payments provider BitPay said that it will soon allow all BitPay invoices to be paid from any...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Politician to Form Blockchain-powered Party + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Blockchain newsFormer presidential candidate, tech entrepreneur and leading South Korean politician Ahn Chul-soo will...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Russian Companies Pushing Gov’t for Crypto, Blockchain Legislation

The man charged with putting together a legal framework for Russia’s cryptocurrency and blockchain technology industry has insisted that legislation will be in place before the year’s end, and has hinted that Russian companies are keen to begin blockchain and cryptocurrency...

, by Tim Alper

Open Letter to India’s Finance Minister on Crypto Sector Potential

Sumit Gupta is the CEO of cryptocurrency trading platform CoinDCX, which Gupta co-founded in early 2018. __________An Open Letter to the Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, on the Potential of India’s Cryptocurrency Sector and the Benefits it Presents to the Indian EconomyDear...

, by Sumit Gupta

Lack of Regulations Driving Crypto Firms to the Verge of Ruin – Report

A new report claims that more South Korean cryptocurrency and blockchain technology companies could fold soon following a closure announcement earlier this week from much-vaunted wallet service BitBerry.As previously reported, BitBerry operator and Dunamu subsidiary RootOne Soft said that...

, by Tim Alper

US Presidential Hopeful Yang Calls for National Crypto Regulations

American presidential candidate and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang has reiterated his calls to developing a framework of cryptocurrency regulations ahead of the key Democratic Party caucuses in Iowa on February 3.Yang told Bloomberg, in an interview with the news agency,“Right now we’re...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Spanish Tax Agency to Step up Bitcoin and Altcoins Monitoring Efforts

A Spanish tax agency says it intends to intensify its scrutiny of cryptocurrencies in 2020.In an official communiqué released by the Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria (AEAT), the nation’s top tax authority, called monitoring cryptocurrencies “one of this...

, by Tim Alper

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