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DECEMBER 12, 2019

The China Securities Regulatory Commission , China’s security watchdog, is setting up a technology regulation bureau and will announce Yao Qian as its new department chief, the Chinese business publication Caijing said on Wednesday (Dec. Yao was the head of China’s central bank digital currency initiative. .

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JULY 26, 2020

Bitcoin surpassed $10,000 on Sunday (July 26) for the first time since June, hitting $10,200, Reuters reported. Bitcoin has been negatively impacted by the pandemic over the past few months, halving for the third time in May and slicing the rewards bitcoin miners earn, per Reuters. ruled that bitcoin is money.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

For China: Digital currency, yes. But not bitcoin. But not bitcoin. The price of bitcoin, that marquee name in cryptocurrencies, has plummeted in the last several weeks, down roughly 20 percent at this writing to a recent $7,400, where the price had been more than $9,400 a month ago. Blockchain?

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MAY 22, 2020

The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. .

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

A small Spanish city has debuted an “Elio” digital currency to help with transactions, Finance Magnates reported. The digital currency, which is pegged to the euro, will let the City Council of Lebrija provide economic assistance to just under 600 chosen beneficiaries. In other news, GMO Internet Inc. dollar.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Bitcoin has had a good year despite numerous global challenges, becoming more popular than ever. But in doing so, it will now face more scrutiny from regulators, Bloomberg reported. at online trading platform eToro , said in the report there are "storm clouds" on the horizon for the form of currency.

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MARCH 9, 2020

The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus is reportedly intending to support a legal initiative that would allow them to seize digital currency from criminals, Cointelegraph reported. Belarus reportedly doesn’t have a law that would let it confiscate digital currency via enforcement actions.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton thinks inefficiencies in traditional payments are boosting favorability for bitcoin, a report from Coindesk says. Clayton, speaking on CNBC, said bitcoin's popularity came from that disappointment in mainstream payments.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Meanwhile, Trident Crypto Fund, which is based in Malta, has experienced a large data beach in the newest privacy leak to impact the digital currency industry, per a report from a Russian news outlet, CoinDesk reported. has put forward a warning about BitMEX, a digital currency derivatives exchange, CoinDesk reported.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

18) that the government says would make convertible digital currencies like bitcoin less attractive to criminals engaging in crimes such as ransomware attacks. The proposed limits for reporting digital transactions are $10,000 for non-wire transactions and $3,000 for wire transactions – the same as with cash.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In this instalment, we address the regulatory landscape in the fintech and blockchain industries, with a focus on the need for compliance, transparency and the impact of regulations like MiCA, as well as the positive effects of regulatory advancements on the financial ecosystem and the growing interest in crypto ETFs.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Germany joined European governments pushing for global bitcoin regulation amid mounting alarm that the world’s most popular digital currency is being used by money-launderers, drug traffickers and terrorists.

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MAY 22, 2020

The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. .

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The Philippines is considering regulations for digital currencies as the government seeks to bolster protection for the increasing number of overseas Filipinos using bitcoin and its counterparts to send money home.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

BitOoda founder and CEO Tim Kelly said in the announcement, “I am thrilled by the explosion of interest in BitOoda’s unique business model, and the recognition of our pioneering success in bringing new, sophisticated products to the digital asset market.”. After making a selection, a user can see multiple exchange rates.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Russia’s central bank might one day launch its own digital currency. She added that the digital currency must ensure “reliability and continuity,” as “technologies must be mature, including technologies of distributed registries,” according to CoinDesk. Name of branch — not the [National Credit Regulator (NCR)] format.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Treasury Department is researching use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as well as drafting regulatory proposals for private stablecoins, U.K. Regulators are slow, and there’s a reason we’re slow,” she said, speaking at CoinDesk ’s Bitcoin for Advisors event. “We

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In Asia-Pacific (APAC), the payment landscape is rapidly evolving, driven by the integration of advanced technologies, growing use of alternative payment methods and the rise of digital currencies. Total spending in the region for digital wallets amounted to almost US$10 trillion in 2023, led mostly by China.

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JUNE 19, 2017

With many cybercriminals choosing bitcoin as their currency of choice, the U.S. Department of Justice has naturally done its best to set up regulations that would prevent criminals from using the cryptocurrentcy for nefarious purposes.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

In hopes of profiting from the lack of large, regulated institutions in the chaotic digital asset space, Fidelity is bolstering its digital currency custody business. Abigail Johnson, the investment group’s chief executive, sees the company’s digital currency custody business as a large selling point.

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Payments Source

JULY 14, 2017

India is considering tracking digital currencies like bitcoin through the central bank and capital markets regulator along with intelligence agencies to monitor money laundering and terrorist financing, people with the knowledge of the matter said.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission is getting into the bitcoin market, saying it will regulate the popular digital currency and other cryptocurrencies. Seeking Alpha noted the regulations apply to companies that use distributed ledger or blockchain technology for things like an initial coin offering or token sales.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Spending at darknet markets declined during the past two months even with a drop in the price of the digital currency, per Chainalysis data, as the coronavirus pandemic has impacted every part of the global economy, CoinDesk reported. Darknets are websites that facilitate the sale of products such as counterfeit currencies.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

When PayPal announced recently that its 350 million users can deposit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their accounts and spend it at 26 million merchants next year, it was characterized as the inevitable advance of digital currency. Bitcoin is like a [crypto] 101 version.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Malaysia’s initial coin offering (ICO) regulations are said to take effect on Tuesday (January 15) per a notice from the Securities Commission (SC) in the country, Coindesk reported. At the same time, it was said that those who engage in digital asset dealing will have to follow rules for anti-money laundering (AML), among other regulations.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Bitcoin gets all the headlines. But step beyond bitcoin and enter the world of cryptocurrencies approaching mainstream acceptance. At present, he said, a number of factors have inhibited the adoption of bitcoin as a transactional currency, including the fact that it’s expensive and can be very slow.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Meanwhile, Bottle Pay, the bitcoin payments startup, closed down, noting the AMLD5 European Union regulation that is taking effect early in January, Coindesk reported. The Bottle Pay app once let users send small portions of bitcoin via social media handles and texts from Twitter to Telegram.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

India intends to propose legislation prohibiting digital currency trading, while other economies in Asia have opted to regulate the market, Bloomberg Qint reported. Blockchain will be encouraged by the federal government, which is not enthusiastic about digital currency trading, according to two unnamed sources in the report.

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APRIL 2, 2019

And its reportedly the end of one of the first regulated exchanges for digital currencies, Gatecoin, The Next Web reported. The exchange, which was rolled out in 2013, had its main focus on ethereum, bitcoin and token markets based on ethereum. In other notes, bitcoin price reached the highest intraday level since Dec.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

China is planning to launch a digital currency in early 2020 that will make allowances for privacy, a senior central bank official said on Tuesday (Nov. The country is laying the groundwork to be the first nation to launch a digital currency and will balance privacy concerns with government oversight, Reuters reported.

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JULY 7, 2019

Are new bitcoin rules coming? Congress “is considering at least three bills that would resolve some of the murky legal issues surrounding digital money.”. regulators and politicians increase their focus on big tech and associated areas, with recent hearings targeting Facebook and Google. The move comes as U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Instead of making its own digital currency, the deputy, Zhu Min, is asking Xi to reconsider rushing that process. 26) reported that the debate on whether China should issue its own currency has been going on for some time now. hearing last October. China has actually been looking at making its own CDBC since 2014.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Bitwala has rolled out digital currency banking services in Germany through a partnership with a regulated FinTech firm that has a banking license, CoinDesk reported. Google Trends found that the top search definition in both the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a Bloomberg report, was “what is bitcoin?”

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MARCH 30, 2018

With fresh concerns about government regulation of cryptocurrency surfacing, Bitcoin and other digital tokens continued the recent declines in value, erasing $550 billion in value for the global cryptocurrency market since the start of 2018. That exchange provides pricing for CME’s bitcoin futures.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

CipherTrace noted in a report that digital currency theft has nearly topped $1 billion over the first three quarters of the year at $927 million, Reuters reported. The organization noted that digital currencies are not an effective store of value, unit of account or payment means.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Blockchain industry stocks are on the rise as bitcoin reaches new heights, Seeking Alpha reported. Bitcoin reached higher than the $13,600 level intraday. The price of bitcoin was $13,750.90 The Monetary Authority of Singapore will reportedly regulate the platform. 27) afternoon Eastern Time. as of 7:19 p.m.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

India is looking into a new bill that could ban private cryptocurrencies in favor of a national digital coin, a report says. The bill, titled the “Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill,” could create a framework in which the official digital currency is rolled out and issued by the Reserve Bank of India.

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