Brazilian Financial Authorities Announce Regulatory Sandbox For Blockchain
“This initiative is an answer to great transformation”, the regulators said.
“This initiative is an answer to great transformation”, the regulators said.
The head of Russia's central bank has said the institution is investigating the possible future launch of a digital currency.
Wall Street watchdog FINRA has sat for as long as 12 months on roughly 40 broker-dealer applications by blockchain startups.
Russian hackers, not North Korean, may be the bad actors behind probably the biggest ever theft from a cryptocurrency exchange.
Five South Korean crypto exchanges have been forced to update their terms and conditions to accept liability for potential hacks and service issues.
The crypto industry can fight money launderers effectively, but not the way FATF wants it to, a CEX.IO compliance officer writes.
The SEC's complaint against Kik, after it raised $100 million in an ICO, seemed pretty brutal, but not so fast, we're only hearing one side of the story. Watch more here as three lawyers discuss the case, its merits and its potential impacts for the crypto industry as a whole.
Philosophical disagreements with crypto experts have slowed the development of Facebook's GlobalCoin, sources say.
The European crime fighting agency is developing a game to teach law enforcement officers how to trace cryptocurrencies in criminal investigations.
U.S. self-regulatory organization FINRA has fined and suspended an investment adviser over undeclared cryptocurrency mining activities.
Legal & General has turned to Amazon's services to launch what it claims is the first blockchain system for bulk pension deals.
KB Kookmin, the largest bank in South Korea, is partnering with a blockchain startup to launch a digital asset custody offering.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will continue to regulate cryptocurrency use in the country, senior officials have said.
Insurance brokerage Aon has lined up coverage for institutional clients of crypto custody tech provider Metaco.
The G20 has reaffirmed it will apply standards to counter money laundering and terrorism funding, soon to be finalized by the Financial Action Task Force.
Cryptography advances are converging to help developers bring blockchain uses to their core decentralizing principles, writes Michael J. Casey.
The Australian Taxation Office is hunting down major tax avoidance schemes using cryptocurrencies, according to a report.
The Marshall Islands has set up a not-for-profit organization to oversee the Pacific nation's digital legal tender, the SOV.
Insurtech startup Nexus Mutual and wallet provider Argent have teamed up to bring bank account-like protection to ethereum.
The SEC filed fresh fraud charges against Longfin Corp. on Wednesday, alleging the company falsified its accounting. Longfin's stock price jumped after it announced a crypto pivot in 2017.
Malta should increase its anti-money laundering policing to match the growth in financial and crypto services, according to the EU.
Japanese tax authorities are said to be planning to take action on the under-reporting of cryptocurrency-based profits.
The disgraced crypto CEO Mark Karpeles has a new book and a new mission: to secure bitcoin.
The SEC seems to have a strong case on the facts in its complaint against Kik and its 2017 token sale, according to legal experts.
A promoter of the now-shuttered crypto fraud BitConnect has again been charged over a different claimed cryptocurrency scam.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bits of Gold has won a notable legal victory over an Israeli bank in its bid to keep access to banking services.
SEC officials demonstrated a deeper grasp of crypto than many industry members were expecting at last week's forum.
Hackers have breached over 50,000 servers across the world to mine cryptocurrency using unusually sophisticated tools, according to a new report.
An Egyptian web firm is building Dmail on Blockstack to bring bitcoin-friendly privacy tech to the Middle East.
The head of Germany's central bank has said central bank digital currencies could destabilize financial systems and worsen bank runs.