India Keeps Ban on Crypto Services
This week, the Supreme Court of India refused a request for a temporary injunction against restrictions imposed on banks regarding cryptocurrency. The restrictions, put...
Zimbabwe Bans Crypto Trading, Claims for Safety
The reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered all financial institutions in the country to immediately stop trading or transacting in cryptocurrencies. Norman Mataruka,...
Market Drops: Mt. Gox & Upbit
Cryptocurrencies fall because Mt. Gox moves 8,000 BTC and 6,000 BCH out of their cold storage. Upbit's computers were seized by investigators and police...
New Five-Point Plan for Japanese Exchanges
Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) pushes out new regulatory standards for exchanges in order to avoid being hacked.
Major hacks on exchanges, most notably the...
South Korea working on a bill to legalize ICOs
South Korean Representative, Hong Eui-rak, and 10 lawmakers announce they are working on a bill to legalize ICOs.
In late September 2017, South Korea issued...
Japan’s FSA: Stop Trading Privacy Coins
On April 30, 2018, Forbes reported Japan’s Financial Services Authority (FSA), is putting pressure on cryptocurrency exchanges from trading privacy altcoins such as Dash...
‘Cryptodad’ Speaks on Bitcoin (BTC) Regulation and Is He Retiring?
Christopher Giancarlo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner, was interviewed by Michelle Lee on CNBC, on April 30th, about the current state of regulation...
Crypto Easier to Track than USD says HK FSA
Hong Kong's Financial Services and Treasury (FSTB) has released a report on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment. This report comes amongst a...
Japan’s Bitcoin (BTC) and Cryptocurrency Exchanges Create Brand New Self-Regulatory Body
It seems Japan’s 16 registered Cryptocurrency Exchanges have reached a formal agreement in the effort for self-regulation. A news report by the local news...
Kraken CEO Will Not Comply With New York’s Cryptocurrency Exchange Probe
Jesse Powell, CEO of the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, refuses to comply with the New York Attorney General’s request for information.
New York Attorney...