South African Financial Sector Regulator Declares Crypto Assets a Financial Product – Regulation Bitcoin News
According to a general notice published in a government gazette, crypto assets are now treated as financial products under South...
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BTC Mining Investment Platform Declared Pyramid Scheme by South African Consumer Watchdog – Regulation Bitcoin News
According to the National Consumer Commission, about 4,000 South Africans who invested in a bitcoin mining equipment supplier, Obelisk, may...
Japan to Relax Cryptocurrency Listing Rules – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA) plans to allow crypto trading platforms to list coins without going...
India Freezes Additional Bitcoin Amid Mobile Gaming App Investigation – Regulation Bitcoin News
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) says it has frozen 44.5 more bitcoins as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation into...
Hong Kong Mulls Letting Retail Investors Trade Crypto, Removing ‘Professional Investor-Only Requirement’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
The director of licensing and head of the fintech unit of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has confirmed...
France’s 3rd Largest Bank Societe Generale’s Subsidiary Obtains Registration as Digital Asset Service Provider – Regulation Bitcoin News
Societe Generale-Forge, a subsidiary of France’s third-largest bank, has obtained registration with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the French...
EU Commissioner Urges US to Create New Crypto Rules — Says ‘We Need to Look at Global Regulation of Crypto’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
The European Commission’s commissioner for financial services has reportedly urged U.S. lawmakers to establish new rules to regulate the crypto...
Portugal working on new crypto tax legislation to levy 28% capital gains tax
An official report released by the Portuguese government shows that the country is working on a new cryptocurrency tax legislation...
US Treasury Charges Bittrex With Sanctions Violations, Crypto Exchange Agrees to Settle With Regulator – Regulation Bitcoin News
On October 11, the U.S. Treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...
US Lawmaker Calls on SEC to Issue Crypto Regulations — Says ‘a Formal Regulatory Process Is Needed Now’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
A U.S. senator has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue crypto regulations now “through a transparent...
Key EU Parliament Committee Approves MiCA Deal to Regulate Crypto – Regulation Bitcoin News
European Parliament’s economic committee has backed the adoption of the comprehensive Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. It has also...
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Defines Rules to Classify Cryptocurrency Assets as Securities – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has clarified the criteria by which different cryptocurrency assets can be considered securities....
Ripple CEO Anticipates Answer in SEC Lawsuit Over XRP in the First Half of 2023 – Regulation Bitcoin News
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says he thinks “we’ll have an answer in the first half of next year” in the...
Coinbase Receives In-Principle Approval to Provide Crypto Services in Singapore – Regulation Bitcoin News
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has given Coinbase “in-principle approval” allowing the crypto exchange to “offer...
EU Council Endorses Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) Legislation – Regulation Bitcoin News
Council of the EU, one of the European Union’s legislative bodies, has approved the proposed regulatory framework for the European...
Latest EU Sanctions Expected to Stimulate Russia’s Own Crypto Market, Exchanges Maintain Services – Regulation Bitcoin News
The new crypto sanctions imposed by the European Union are likely to spur the development of the country’s digital asset...
India’s Central Bank RBI Publishes Digital Currency Details — Confirms Digital Rupee Pilot Launching ‘Soon’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says it will soon commence “limited pilot launches” of the country’s...
Google to Require Government Authorization to Provide Advertising Services for Financial Products in Spain – Regulation Bitcoin News
Google, the web search and software monolith, has announced that it will require authorization from government entities to lend advertising...
Brazilian Presidential Candidate ‘Lula’ Da Silva Signals Support for Central Bank of Brazil Involvement in Crypto Regulation – Regulation Bitcoin News
The presidential candidate that obtained most of the votes in the first Brazilian ballot round, Luis Inacio Da Silva, better...
South Korea Reportedly Freezes Do Kwon’s Crypto Worth $40M — Luna Founder Says the Funds Are Not His – Regulation Bitcoin News
South Korean authorities have reportedly frozen $40 million in crypto assets, including bitcoin, allegedly belonging to Luna founder Do Kwon....
SEC Chair Gensler Insists Most Crypto Tokens Are Securities — Says ‘the Law Is Clear’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has reiterated that most crypto tokens are securities,...
SEC Charges Socialite Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Ethereummax – Regulation Bitcoin News
On Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against the celebrity and socialite Kim Kardashian for unlawfully...
