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Report: Five South Korean Crypto Exchanges Respond to Litecoin MWEB Upgrade by Delisting the Coin

12.6.2022
Five South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges recently said they will delist litecoin because the crypto asset’s Mimblewimble Extension Blocks (MWEB) upgrade violates the country’s laws. As a result, the exchanges’ users cannot use the Korean won to trade the crypto asset, which...

Nigerian Court Sentences Crypto Fraudster to One Year in Jail, Accused Given Option to Pay Fine

11.6.2022
A Nigerian court has convicted and sentenced a man to one year in prison who is accused of duping an unsuspecting cryptocurrency investor. On its charge sheet, the prosecution said that the man had contravened Nigeria’s anti-fraud laws and hence should be punished accordingly. Fake...

Human rights activists take aim at privileged crypto critics in letter to Congress

8.6.2022
The group of 21 activists provided examples of how crypto assists people around the world, saying “tens of millions” rely on Bitcoin (BTC) and stablecoins as a way to access financial tools

Indian Terra Investors Brace for Another Blow After LUNA 2.0 Airdrop Under New Tax Laws

6.6.2022
Terra network coin holders in India are facing a “double whammy” following the LUNAC and UST crash last month – and could be hit with 30% tax bills from the recent LUNA 2.0 airdrop. The genesis airdrop was made on May 30, with LUNAC holders distributed tokens now known as LUNA. However...

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6.6.2022
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Diablo Immortal Won’t Launch In Some Countries Due To Loot Box Laws

31.5.2022
Well, here’s some bad news for people who live in Belgium or the Netherlands and are excited to play Diablo Immortal, Blizzard’s upcoming free-to-play dungeon crawler out June 2 on PC and mobile devices. It turns out, due to local loot box laws, that Blizzard’s next action RPG won’t be released...

China state media signals tighter crypto regulations in Terra aftermath

31.5.2022
China has used its Economic Daily media outlet to signal that further regulatory action may be taken toward stablecoins in the wake of the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin

Aussie consumer group calls for better crypto regs due to ‘lagging laws’

31.5.2022
Australian consumer group CHOICE outlined its crypto regulatory framework in a submission to the country’s Treasury calling for the new federal government to prioritize crypto in its financial services reforms

Nigerian Presidential Hopeful Says He Supports Digital Currencies but Wants the Industry Regulated

30.5.2022
Nigerian presidential hopeful, Bukola Saraki, recently said he supports the digital currency industry which he claimed has created opportunities for the country’s youth. However, he insisted that there is a need for the enactment of laws that guide players in this space. Digital Currencies...

Spain’s Basque Country Readies its Own Crypto Tax Laws, Exchanges to Be Forced to Report on Clients

20.5.2022
While central governments continue to hum and haw about the how, whens, and whys of crypto taxation and regulation, some provincial governments have decided to go it alone – particularly in the Basque Country, Spain. El Indipendiente reported that all three of the Basque Country’s major Western...

Texas Game Studio Will Help Employees Fleeing Anti-Trans, Anti-Abortion Laws

20.5.2022
As large areas of the United States grow increasingly hostile toward trans folks and abortion rights, one Texas game studio CEO is promising to assist employees who want to leave the state should it come to that (h/t GamesIndustry.biz).Read more

Coinbase launches new crypto think tank to help shape policies

19.5.2022
Coinbase’s new “crypto native think tank” features an advisory board of finance and law academics from top United States universities and will publish original research to shape policies around crypto

German BaFin official calls for 'innovative' EU-wide DeFi regulation

18.5.2022
Highlighting Germany’s crypto license as an example of attractive regulation, Birgit Rodolphe writes that similar frameworks should be the same throughout the EU to “prevent a fragmented market.”

German Regulator Calls For New DeFi Laws

16.5.2022
BaFin's Birgit Rodolphe said decentralized applications like insurance, lending and securities could be subject to significant fraud and losses, and called for EU-level laws

UK Promises New Laws to Promote, Seize Crypto

10.5.2022
Prince Charles promised legislation on economic crime and financial services as he formally opened a new session of parliament

Uganda Central Bank Tells Licensed Entities to Stop Facilitating Crypto Transactions

4.5.2022
The Ugandan central bank has warned licensed entities and the public against facilitating crypto-related transactions as well as the practice of converting cryptocurrency into mobile money and vice versa. The central bank warned it will not hesitate to act against entities found to be in breach...

Central Bank of Cuba Introduces Specific Virtual Asset Service Providers Regulation

29.4.2022
The Cuban government has issued new regulations concerning the operation of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in the country. In an official resolution, the Bank of Cuba establishes specific procedures that these individuals or companies must follow to operate legally in the country, after...