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
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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
Although the pandemic triggered by the SARS-COV-2 is one of the greatest human tragedies in a century, some people see the situation as an opportunity to make money fraudulently. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) had managed to seize a corona domain
The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had issued a draft order on April 16th, which approves the usage of L-Band radio frequencies for 5G and Internet of Things (IoT), according to Cointelegraph. A lot of controversies had emerged around the proposal, with several Congressional defense committee members urging Donald
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) had planned a blockchain implementation for its current system from processing equity transactions, a.k.a. Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS), but the latest COVID-19 outbreak seems to have taken authorities by surprise. According to an announcement dated March 25th, 2020, the ASX is forced to
Sweden’s central bank had impressed in February, when it began testing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), in what would be a pilot program that will last until February 2021. It became the second country, after the Bahamas to start such an innovative project and now the institution wants to
Cryptocurrencies continue to be recognized as assets and another proof with that respect is related to a defamation case from New South Wales (NSW), Australia. According to the Australian Associated Press, Judge Judith Gibson recognized crypto assets as a “form of investment”, allowing them to be used as collateral. A
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had made an important revelation in the 2021 budget proposal, where it states the existence of a Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program (CIP), aimed at identifying unlicensed capital flows. In the absence of cryptocurrency regulation, there is a growing concern and clear evidence that shadow
The legal battle between the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Telegram continues, but now it looks like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is willing to enter the ring as well. At the present time, Telegram is the second-largest ICO, having raised more than $1.7 billion from
