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Cryptocurrency Projects Are Upping Their Privacy Game
4.9.2019
What you do with your digital currency ought to be nobody else’s business. Unfortunately, law enforcement, regulators, blockchain forensics firms and other opponents of civil liberties are constantly seeking to usurp this basic human right. As a result, crypto developers are caught in...
Dutch Central Bank Prepares to Start Regulating Crypto Sector
4.9.2019
The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing to supervise the country’s crypto sector. The bank has requested crypto exchanges and wallet providers to come forward and submit some information. Once the law takes effect, these operators will be required to register with the central bank...
Why Portugal’s Tax-Free Crypto Trading Matters for Bitcoin
3.9.2019
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong desire to tap into their incomes and profits goes hand in hand with failure on behalf of authorities and regulators to fully understand the nature...
Kyrgyzstan Proposes a Law to Tax Cryptocurrency Mining After Banning The Same In 2014
1.9.2019
According to reports from the regional news outlet Kabar, the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic has submitted a draft law “On Amending the Tax Code”. The law will introduce taxes on cryptocurrency mining activities. Back in July 2014, the central law authority of the country had explicitly...
Kyrgyzstan Proposes Draft Law to Introduce Crypto Mining Taxation
31.8.2019
After banning cryptocurrencies in 2014, Kyrgyzstan has now submitted a draft law that will allow taxation on cryptocurrency mining
Amanie Advisors Support Ether’s Compliance With Islamic Finance Law
31.8.2019
Islamic finance and Sharia advisory firm Amanie Advisors put forward Ether’s compliance with Islamic religious law
US SEC Reaches $10 Million Settlement With Digital Assets Issuers
29.8.2019
The US SEC has settled with a Dallas-based digital assets company and its founders for $10 million
Bitmain Chip Supplier Faces Infringement Lawsuits From Competitor
29.8.2019
TSMC, the world’s top semiconductor foundry and chip supplier for Bitmain, faces multiple infringement lawsuits from GlobalFoundries
United States SEC Chief: No Securities Law Changes for Crypto
28.8.2019
The chairman of American financial regulatory body the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says he is “not looking to expand securities laws” dating back some 85 years to make provisions for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Speaking to Bloomberg, SEC chief Jay Clayton...
US SEC Chairman Says the Rules Won’t Change for Cryptocurrencies
27.8.2019
The chairman of the U.S. SEC says he won’t bend the rules to accommodate crypto projects
Crypto News From the German-Speaking World: Week in Review
25.8.2019
This week’s top news from the German-speaking world, assisted by Cointelegraph auf Deutsch
US FTC Settles With Alleged Crypto Pyramid Scheme for $500,000
24.8.2019
The U.S. FTC settles with alleged crypto pyramid schemes Bitcoin Funding Team and My7Network for a total of over $500,000
Initiative to Curtail Negative Interest Rates Gains Traction in Germany
24.8.2019
Negative interest rates, a common occurrence in Europe these days, are unpleasant for both banks and clients. And financial institutions have been increasingly transferring the bulk of the burden on to their customers. Some political factions in Germany, however, aren’t happy with the trend...
Bitpoint Taiwan Sues Parent Exchange for Overbilling After July Hack
22.8.2019
Taiwan subsidiary of hacked exchange Bitpoint files a $9.4 million damages suit alleging overbilling by parent exchange
US Treasury Targets Crypto Addresses of Alleged Narcotics Traffickers
21.8.2019
The U.S. Treasury has blacklisted three Chinese citizens and their cryptocurrency addresses
Indian Supreme Court Orders RBI to Answer Crypto Exchanges, New Date Set
21.8.2019
After hearing the arguments against the banking restriction by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in detail, the Indian supreme court directed the central bank to reply to the representations filed by crypto exchanges. Since the RBI has not adequately answered them, the court set a new date to resume...
Bitfinex and Tether Respond to New York Judge, Will Pursue Appeals
20.8.2019
Bitfinex and Tether respond to judge’s ruling that the New York Attorney General has jurisdiction in the ongoing case against them
SEC’s Top Crypto Cop Joins Coinbase’s Law Firm
20.8.2019
Robert A. Cohen will join corporate law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell as partner after 15 years with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Supreme Court has Ordered Bitfinex to Provide Documents Demanded by NYAG
20.8.2019
The supreme court of the state of New York has decided that the office of Attorney General of New York (NYAG) has authority over Bitfinex the cryptocurrency exchange. As per the court filing, the decision has let NYAG continue the investigation and demand the documents as and when the...
Judge Rejects Multimillion Dollar Asset Plea in Vanbex Crypto Fraud Case
20.8.2019
A Supreme Court judge in Canada has upheld the seizure of assets in a crypto fraud case