Regulation Archive
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Earlier this month, the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) published a circular, wherein it laid out its plan to issue permits to bitcoin exchange platforms and other …
By satoshi
March 22, 2019
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Japanese regulators have reportedly approved draft amendments to the country’s financial instruments and payment services laws, introducing stricter regulations for margin trading of digital assets. A …
By satoshi
March 20, 2019
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Canadian regulators have frozen the assets and activities of a blockchain firm and instructed investors to step forward. The AMF (Autorité des marchés financiers) issued a …
By satoshi
March 19, 2019
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An Israeli court ruled on March 17, 2019, that banks can’t enforce a blanket ban against all accounts linked to cryptocurrency. Instead, the court said, banks …
By satoshi
March 19, 2019
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As anxiety grows around every new twist and turn in the ongoing QuadrigaCX drama, along with extensive QuadrigaCX media coverage, Canada’s mainstream media has been calling …
By satoshi
March 19, 2019
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Québec’s financial regulator has asked investors in Blockchain Lab to come forward, now that the entity faces injunctive orders over alleged violations of securities laws
By satoshi
March 19, 2019
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A joint forum on crypto assets and fintech was held by the United Arab Emirates Banks Federation and the Abu Dhabi Global Market
By satoshi
March 17, 2019
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Many cryptocurrency investors and entrepreneurs have anxiously awaited a green light from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). A …
By satoshi
March 15, 2019
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On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, …
By satoshi
March 14, 2019
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), a supranational banking watchdog, has warned that the growth of crypto assets like bitcoin pose a threat to banks …
By satoshi
March 13, 2019
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CipherTrace, a blockchain analytics company, is partnering with the Republic of Malta’s sole financial regulatory agency to ensure that all crypto transactions within the country are …
By satoshi
March 13, 2019
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Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a portal that would screen Initial Coin Offering projects (ICOs). The securities regulator told the Bangkok Post they interviewed …
By satoshi
March 13, 2019
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The Russian central bank seeks to impose new regulations on cryptocurrency. The central bank wants unqualified investors to be limited in how much cryptocurrency they can …
By satoshi
March 12, 2019
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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton has formally confirmed existing staff analysis that Ethereum and other similar decentralized cryptocurrency assets are not securities, even if …
By satoshi
March 12, 2019
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An untitled bill before the Texas legislature is just ridiculous. House bill 4371, which is less than 500 words long, calls for people to “verify” the …
By satoshi
March 12, 2019
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A bill proposed by the Texas legislature will require that all receivers of cryptocurrency in regular transactions verify the identity of the cryptocurrency sender before accepting …
By satoshi
March 11, 2019
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A new working group in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched by the state’s chief securities regulator is looking to clear up some of the murky regulation …
By satoshi
March 10, 2019
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Security and utility tokes, ICOs: Japan’s JCBA issues recommendations aimed at regulating the industry
