Cryptocurrency trading becomes increasingly popular and with it the concerns of financial regulators over the risk that the investors expose themselves. It is the case for Hong Kong, who looks like it will pay a closer attention to online platforms enabling cryptocurrency trading. Could the SFC take action? The
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Probably one of the most famous and one of the most reputable exchange platform in the cryptocurrency had made recent comments about the regulatory environment for digital assets in Japan. As some of you might know, Coinbase had announced in the first half of this year that it wants to
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS), which is basically like the mother of all central banks in the world, had been a study on the impact of cryptocurrency regulation-related news and the price variations. The coalition of 60 central banks found some interesting things about this subject, so in this
While big cryptocurrency markets like The United States and South Korea are struggling to implement a clear and effective regulatory framework for digital assets, a small island from Southern Italy managed to give them a huge and important lesson. It is the case of Malta, which will implement new
The United Kingdom could accelerate on the path towards cryptocurrency regulation after a report on digital assets published by the Treasury Select Committee on Wednesday called for more regulation in order to have a greater protection for consumers and for money laundering prevention. We have talked in our previous
At the EU finance ministers’ meeting that took place last weekend in Austria, Vienna, the subject of cryptocurrency regulation had been on the agenda. Judging by the official comments, it looks like the 28-member bloc will proceed with caution with that respect. The Irish Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe, had stated
The latest highlights are showing that Canada will postpone the adoption of a new cryptocurrency regulatory framework until late 2019. According to bitcoinmagazine.com, due to the fact that the country is already in the pre-election season, the new set of measures for blockchain and virtual currencies had been put
Cryptocurrency regulation continues to be one of the hottest subjects in 2018 since digital assets are currently facing the lowest trust of the wide majority of people. All cryptocurrencies had been heavily under pressure this year, some of them banking more than 90% in losses. Despite this lack of regulation
India had been at the center of attention since April 2018, when the Reserve Bank of India (aka the central bank) shocked the cryptocurrency market by blacklisting all exchange platforms from financial institutions. The ban that started on July 5th left all exchange operators with no liquidity and
In terms of cryptocurrency regulation, Asia seems to be one of the most active regions after the US. We’ve seen recently how India put crypto regulation in center stage and now news is coming from Japan. Following the huge surge in the cryptocurrency market cap that took place in
