The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre had recently warned the public against online scams promoting celebrity-endorsed investment opportunities, some of them related to fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes. The institution had taken drastic against such websites during the past few months, as scammers target individuals aggressively in the online world. In one
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The cryptocurrency market continues to ride a wave of optimism, with valuations reaching new 2020 highs. Even though the momentum does not seem to be fading, for now, market participants need to consider several important aspects, in the long run, one of them being represented by the threat of tight
Based on a July 29th post from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) newshub, people are advised to avoid crypto trading scams that use celebrity endorsements fraudulently. Even though Australia is one of the countries that took a proactive approach to regulate the cryptocurrency industry, it looks like there
An interesting occurrence from a D.C. court had come to increased media attention since it involves a Bitcoin tumbler business. Additionally, the July 24th court ruling states that “unlicensed money transmission” had been the main wrongdoing, setting up a new precedent where a judge labels Bitcoin as a form of
Asian countries are leading in terms of testing central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and following the project initiated by the People’s Bank of China, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) is moving ahead with a similar project according to the local English newspaper The Nation. Several months ago, China implemented a
Some of the latest headlines suggest Japan will continue to remain a country that has a friendly approach to cryptocurrencies, due to unconfirmed news pointing towards a new appointment for the position of Commissioner for the Financial Services Agency (FSA). Since it had proven to be open towards crypto, Japan
Cryptocurrency-based companies had received some good news on June 23, after a summary of the US Supreme Court case Liu vs. SEC in the National Law Review, and from now on could face lower penalties, in case the Commission finds they breached the law. From now on, the US Securities
For almost two years, a battle had been going on between some of the most important Indian public entities: the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), The Supreme Court of Justice, and the government, on the matter of cryptocurrency regulation. According to Economic Times, there’s interest from the government to reconsider
Even though it had been in the spotlight due to the feud with Saudi Arabia and the United States surrounding its Nuclear Program, Iran is one of the countries active in terms of cryptocurrency activity. According to the Cambridge University’s Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), Iran holds 4% of the
A recent publication uploaded on the European Central Bank’s website talks about a regulatory and financial stability perspective on global stablecoins. Prepared by Mitsutoshi Adachi, Matteo Cominetta, Christoph Kaufmann, and Anton van der Kraaij, the release talks about the benefit provided by stablecoins and at the same time, highlights the
