ESMA Director: Blockchain Could Enhance Securities Trading Process
The executive director of the ESMA has said the agency believes blockchain tech could enhance the post-trade process.
The executive director of the ESMA has said the agency believes blockchain tech could enhance the post-trade process.
Payments company Qiwi is pushing ahead on a cryptocurrency project despite an uncertain climate for the tech in Russia.
Japan's national Diet proposed changes to current legislation today to include a definition for virtual currencies under domestic law.
Germany’s top securities regulator has published a report that explores blockchain tech, offering early hints at how it views the technology.
A European Parliament event in Brussels today saw experts and regulators discuss the potential for encoding oversight into blockchain applications.
A legislator in Japan’s ruling political party has called for bitcoin purchases to be exempt from an 8% consumption tax, a news source says.
The head of Australia’s top securities watchdog said earlier this month that blockchain technology will have “profound implications”.
A new European Parliament draft report on digital currencies calls for the creation of a task force specifically devoted to the technology.
The US government now believes a corrupt Secret Service agent may have stolen additional bitcoins during the Silk Road investigation.
Regulators in Japan have reportedly proposed treating digital currencies such as bitcoin as conventional currencies.
A meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee discussed how blockchain could reshape the derivatives market.
The UK FCA has said it does not plan to regulate the blockchain industry for now as it believes it needs "space" to grow.
A US district judge has ruled that bitcoins are a kind of intangible property in an ongoing civil case in California.
An international organization composed of the world’s top securities regulators is set to delve into blockchain technology research.
Swedish prosecutors are set to indict an individual arrested following a serious assault at a data center in Boden, Sweden, used by KnCMiner.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said that Australian banks did not collude in blocking services for bitcoin firms.
A group of European heads of state are pushing for greater oversight of digital currency activity in the European Union.
The deputy chair of Russia’s central bank has reportedly told banking representatives that they should prepare for the spread of blockchain tech.
The Financial Stability Board, a group of central bank governors and financial regulators, has begun working on blockchain technology issues.
An advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly spoken out against bitcoin.
The Commonwealth has released a new report that calls on its 53 member countries to speak out on the legality of digital currencies.
The European Commission has said that it plans to tighten reporting standards for digital currency exchanges in the region.
A former Secret Service agent who pled guilty to crimes committed while investigating Silk Road has been arrested again.
A draft bill that would ban “money surrogates” was submitted to the Russian Parliament last month. But what might it mean for digital currencies?
Europol has found that there is no evidence to back up reports linking the Islamic State (IS) to the use of bitcoin.
A European Parliament committee held a public hearing into virtual currencies this week.
A group of Wyoming legislators has introduced a bill that would ease a regulatory burden on money transmitters in the state that work with bitcoin.
A legislative effort that would have allowed New Hampshire residents to pay their tax bills using bitcoin has been defeated.
The IMF has released a paper looking at the benefits of virtual currencies and recommending balanced regulation that would not stifle innovation.
The chairman of Russia's Investigative Committee has said bitcoin should be banned before it reaches widespread use in the country.