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Japan’s Regulator Just Caught Another Crypto Intruder

Japan’s regulatory Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued a public warning to a supposedly Gibraltar-based cryptocurrency exchange, asking it to stop wooing Japanese customers.The FSA sent a public letter to SB 101, a suspicious looking exchange with multiple landing pages that does not...

, by Tim Alper

CME CEO: Government’s Stance Crucial Before Institutionals Go Crypto

Until governments really start to accept cryptocurrencies of some way, shape, or form, it’s gonna be very difficult for the major institutional investors to tap into crypto, according to the CEO of futures exchange operator CME Group, Terry Duffy.“We’ll have to do a wait and...

, by Fredrik Vold

Yahoo Japan Doubles Down on Crypto, Rakuten in Regulatory Push

Some of Japan’s biggest internet companies are making big moves in the country’s cryptocurrency industry – with Yahoo Japan making a large-scale investment, and a Rakuten-fronted group pushing for the regulator to reform and clarify proposed crypto tax and initial coin offering...

, by Tim Alper

SEC Commissioner on Crypto Regulation ‘From Inside the Machine’

According to Hester M. Peirce, commissionaire at the SEC, when the tokens are not being sold as investment contracts, they are not securities. The SEC is working on a guidance in order clarify when securities laws might apply to crypto token sales.This is a speech by Hester M. Peirce, pro-crypto...

, by Hester M. Peirce

People Don’t Trust Blockchain Systems – is Regulation a Way to Help?

Blockchain technology isn’t as widely used as it could be, largely because blockchain users don’t trust each other, as research shows. Business leaders and regular people are also slow to adopt blockchain-based systems because they fear potential government regulations might require...

, by Kevin Werbach

Latin American Crypto-boom in Full Swing

Much of the world has found itself in a crypto funk thus far in 2019, but in Latin America, crypto-mania appears to be hitting top gear.Per CoinDance statistics, trading in Venezuela has hit a massive all-time high with well over 8,000 transactions logged since the start of the year. The Venezuelan...

, by Tim Alper

Anything is Still Possible for Crypto in South Korea

All may not be lost for the cause of initial coin offerings (ICOs) in South Korea – in the wake of a decision by the country’s top financial regulator to uphold a ban on ICOs, announced last week. The regulatory Financial Services Commission (FSC) has announced that the ban would remain...

, by Tim Alper

After ‘a Crushing Blow’ to ICOs, S Korea Targets Fake Crypto Projects

South Korean cryptocurrency devotees have voiced their dismay after the government decided to uphold its ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs). However, the bad news may not stop there for South Korea’s crypto-community. The regulatory Financial Services Commission (FSC) had been charged with...

, by Tim Alper

New Crypto Regulations Coming for Russia and Central Asia

Region-wide crypto-regulations look to be forthcoming in Russia and its European and Central Asian ally states.Per Russian news agency Tass, the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), a political and economic union comprising Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, has been told to form...

, by Tim Alper

A Legal Battle Every ICO Project Must Follow: Kin vs. SEC (UPDATED)

Social-media startup Kik Interactive Inc. of Waterloo, Ontario, intends to fight the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in court over the categorization of their token as a security, arguing that “the tokens represent a new kind of asset that shouldn’t be subject to the same...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

S Korea ICO Ban Ruling Forthcoming – Bad News Incoming?

South Korean financial regulators will make an announcement on the status of the country’s controversial initial coin offering (ICO) ban within the next few days, say experts – but the country’s crypto-community is braced for the worst.The regulatory Financial Services Commission...

, by Tim Alper

An Interview: The New Hot Beam Coin is Live. What Comes Next?

The MimbleWimble privacy focused protocol is going to change the face of the crypto industry and it will be applied to more and more projects, believes Alexander Zaidelson. He’s the CEO of the Beam cryptocurrency project, which is currently one of the only two cryptocurrencies to integrate...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Strengthens in New York, MIT Develops Data-lite Token

Cryptocurrency-related developments are coming thick and fast in the United States – with New York’s financial regulator approving two more traders and academics at MIT claiming a major technological breakthrough.The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has handed what...

, by Tim Alper

Is Blockchain a Technology or Philosophy? The Debate

Blockchain as a simple technological tool versus a completely new philosophy accidentally became one of the main topics of yesterday’s “Mapping the Future: Blockchain Solutions for Business” panel at the birthday of Blockchain Centre Vilnius. While the other participants in the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Are UK Crypto Regulations Coming this Summer?

The United Kingdom may be edging closer toward regulating cryptocurrencies – with a financial watchdog indicating it is ready to act, and legislation forthcoming as early as summer this year.Per an official statement, the regulatory Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult “later...

, by Tim Alper

“Crypto Is Too Small for Regulation,” Speakers at Davos

“I’ve spoken to the regulators and they very candidly say, ‘Well, there isn't really that much value going on in the [cryptocurrency] transactions, a lot of it is speculation. It’s a very interesting innovation, let’s let it roll and see what happens.’...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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