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Fintech Update: Regulatory Developments in Italy, Malta, and Mauritius

Cryptocurrency-related regulations have seen some significant updates in Italy, Malta, and Mauritius of late. While Italy has passed a definitions mandate, Malta is consulting the public on a...

| Feb 14, 2019 03:59

India Worries about Crypto Impacting the Rupee’s Stability

Although India’s government panel has reportedly reached the final stages of its report on how crypto should be regulated in the country, it appears uncertain if the release of the report could...

| Feb 13, 2019 04:29

Venezuela Begins Charging for Crypto Remittances

Venezuela has started regulating local cryptocurrency remittances with payable commissions of up to 15% on the amount to be remitted. A monthly cap has also been imposed on the remittance amount...

| Feb 13, 2019 04:00

Crypto Owes its Progress to Regulation Delays, says SEC ‘Crypto Mom’

Hester Peirce, a Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and informally known as “Crypto Mom”, has acknowledged to a conference (Feb 8) that the slowness in enacting...

| Feb 13, 2019 03:59

Iran Moves Toward Liberalizing Crypto Use

Details are beginning to emerge from Iran as to how the heavily US-sanctioned nation is making effort to bypass its very economic and financial restrictions – by leveraging the use of...

| Feb 05, 2019 04:08

Korea Bank Has No Plan to Issue Crypto In The Near Future

The Bank of Korea (BOK) reportedly has no plan to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) anytime soon, despite heated debate over cryptocurrency around the globe. A CBDC is a digital currency...

| Feb 04, 2019 04:01

India Govt Panel Report on Crypto Regulation in “Finalization Stage”

India has been mulling how it should regulate crypto for awhile. Now, it appears that an inter-ministerial committee’s (IMC) report on whether India should approve or ban crypto has reached...

| Feb 01, 2019 04:03

UK Financial Regulator Publicly Consults on Guidance for ‘Cryptoasset Activities’

The UK’s independent financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has revealed in a press release (Jan 23) that it is consulting on a guidance for what it calls “cryptoasset...

| Jan 29, 2019 08:00

Italian Senate Passes Amendment on Blockchain Regulation

Italy’s Senate has reportedly approved an amendment regarding blockchain industry regulation which is known as the “Decreto semplificazioni.” According to a published article on the Senate’s...

| Jan 26, 2019 17:32

Crypto is Not Money: Pennsylvania Clarifies after 3 Years

Pennsylvania’s Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) has declared that crypto exchanges and related crypto service providers are not required to apply for a money transmission license in order...

| Jan 26, 2019 04:00