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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on November 9, 2016, that 500 and 1000 rupee notes would be taken out of circulation in an effort to …
By satoshi
January 11, 2017
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The European Commission’s recent decision to delay new anti-money laundering legislation by six-months is the latest in a string of new developments impacting digital currencies in …
By satoshi
December 5, 2016
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The effective management of regulatory requirements is vital to the continued advancement of the digital currency industry. Dash, a privacy-centric, open-source, digital money ecosystem, has therefore …
By satoshi
October 7, 2016
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Compliance efforts are a tall task for many financial services and other organizations worldwide. New regulatory requirements are leading to greater demands to collect relevant client …
By satoshi
September 26, 2016
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has advised the European Commission to establish a regulatory regime specific to virtual currencies such as bitcoin. Commenting on the commission’s proposal to …
By satoshi
September 15, 2016
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Last month, the European Commission published a draft directive proposing to extend anti-money laundering (AML) regulation to both virtual currency exchange services and custodial wallet providers. The …
By 1BitcoinNews
August 3, 2016
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The divided regulatory policies and frameworks on digital currencies, including Bitcoin, in the United States have created an impractical ecosystem for startups to operate in. The …
By 1BitcoinNews
August 1, 2016
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Canada’s central bank, the Bank of Canada, and five other Canadian banks (like a growing number of banks around the world) are experimenting with blockchain technology …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 28, 2016
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The European Commission published a draft directive last week proposing to amend existing anti-money laundering rules to include virtual currencies such as bitcoin. If adopted, exchanges as well …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 14, 2016
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The European Commission published a new directive draft last week proposing to extend strict anti-money laundering (AML) regulation to both virtual currency exchange services and custodial …
By 1BitcoinNews
July 13, 2016
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China’s government has signaled that it is warming up to digital currency with a new proposed civil law that may recognize people’s legal right to own …
By 1BitcoinNews
June 29, 2016
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The top five blockchain crowdsales bore out of the Bitcoin 2.0 movement have raised more than a quarter-of-a-billion dollars in “initial coin offerings,” “token sales” and …
By 1BitcoinNews
June 29, 2016
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a discussion paper titled “The Distributed Ledger Technology Applied to Securities Markets” for a public consultation on …
By 1BitcoinNews
June 9, 2016
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European Parliament members (MEPs) voted to take a hands-off approach to regulating blockchain technology, Ars Technica reports. Following the vote, unnamed sources told Ars Technica that …
By 1BitcoinNews
June 3, 2016
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In April when the Bitcoin community began preparing for Australian Craig Wright’s “Satoshi Nakamoto reveal,” there was another announcement from Down Under that was overlooked. …
By 1BitcoinNews
May 25, 2016
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The recent hacks at ShapeShift, a sort of vending machine for altcoins, has been one of the biggest stories in Bitcoin for the past few weeks. …
By 1BitcoinNews
May 18, 2016
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Lawmakers and regulators in the United States could be doing a much better job attracting innovative fintech startups to the country, Coin Center Executive Director Jerry …
By 1BitcoinNews
April 25, 2016
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Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry, who heads an independent department in charge of supervising all U.S. national banks, stated in a speech April 7 …
By 1BitcoinNews
April 13, 2016
