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Zimbabwe Court Lifts Restrictions on Crypto

Zimbabwean cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinance will resume its business after the High Court of Zimbabwe reversed the decision of the country’s central bank to restrict cryptocurrency-related operations in the country.High Court judge Justice Alfas Chitakunye provisionally lifted the ban,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How to Regulate the Future Now and How to Unchain Blockchains

Countries need to experiment, learn, make mistakes and collaborate if they want to succeed in the emerging world of blockchains and tokens.This could be one way to summarize the content of talks delivered at a conference ‒ “Blockchain – The Game Changer of the 4th Industrial...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Ugandan President Defends Crypto From Central Bank Governor

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has accused the head of the Bank of Uganda of taking a “dogmatic” approach to cryptocurrencies.Speaking at a blockchain conference in Kampala, Bank of Uganda governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile claimed that cryptocurrencies “lack the...

, by Tim Alper

Cryptocurrency Is Not Money, Says South Africa Central Bank

Francois Groepe, the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank (SARB), South Africa’s central bank, has hinted that the country may be set to introduce cryptocurrency regulations.Per Bloomberg, Groepe stated that the SARB “wants to ensure or establish whether there is compliance with the...

, by Tim Alper

Indian Government May Retroactively Tax Crypto

The cryptocurrency regulations, or lack thereof, in India may be confusing, but the newest reports from the country are only adding fuel to the fire. The government is reportedly considering levying a type of consumption tax on cryptocurrency trading and even mining. However, this may also become a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Russian Parliament Approves First Readings of 3 New Crypto-laws

Russia’s parliament, the Duma, has overwhelmingly voted in favor of the draft cryptocurrency-themed On Digital Financial Assets bill, with 410 MPs voting in favor, and only one voting against, per media outlet Novaya Gazeta.According to the Duma’s official website, the Russian...

, by Tim Alper

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

European Parliament and Commission to Debate Blockchain in June

The Industry Committee of the European Parliament called the EU Commission to propose measures in order to promote blockchains and other Distributed ledger technologies. The matter should be debated during the June plenary session.Also, MEPs ask for the post-2020 EU long-term budget that is said to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

GDPR Begins to Count Blockchain-based Victims

The upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law in the EU was already predicted to pose new issues for businesses, especially those based on blockchain. This fear is not unfounded.The Parity ICO Passport Service (PICOPS) has announced it will close doors later this month on May 24 as a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Three Privacy Coins and Augur Lose Friend in Japan

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform Coincheck says it will stop trading in three so-called “anonymous” tokens, as well as the Augur (REP) token.Per Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the exchange will next month remove support for Monero, Zcash, Dash and Augur, and will convert any remaining...

, 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

Experts Call for American Regulators to End Indecision

The CoinDesk’s Consensus 2018 conference kicked off on Monday in Manhattan, New York, with blockchain experts calling on United States regulators to make up their minds about whether or not they want to regulate cryptocurrencies – or face an exodus of blockchain startups from the...

, by Tim Alper

Zimbabwe Hits Crypto Exchanges with Banking Ban

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the country’s central bank, has told the nation’s financial institutions they must cease doing business with cryptocurrency exchanges in 60 days’ time.Reuters quotes “an industry insider who follows cryptocurrencies in Zimbabwe” as saying...

, by Tim Alper

Belarus Bank Offers BTC-Dollar Trading, Ukraine ‘to Legalize Crypto’?

Minsk Transit Bank (MTBank), a Belarus commercial bank, will begin offering a tool that allows its customers to trade Bitcoin against the US dollar.MTBank says, per a statement, trading will be enabled via its MTBankFX foreign exchange platform, and claims users will be able to avoid having to pay...

, by Tim Alper

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