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New York Approves Its First Publicly Available Japanese Yen Stablecoin
29.12.2020
The New York State Department of Financial Services, the Bitlicense regulator, has authorized GMO to issue U.S. dollar and Japanese yen-pegged stablecoins. The latter “will be the first of its kind available to the public.” To date, the regulator has given out 27 charters and licenses...
Can Decentralized Finance Ever Be Regulated?
20.12.2020
Iwa Salami, Senior Lecturer in Financial Law and Regulation, University of East London.
As stock markets around the world struggle through the pandemic, bitcoin (BTC) has seen a steady rise in its price. In December, the cryptocurrency surpassed its all-time high of USD 20,000 and hit USD 24,000...
Hong Kong Grants First License to Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
18.12.2020
Hong Kong now has its first regulated cryptocurrency trading platform. The Securities and Futures Commission has just given out the first-ever crypto license to OSL Digital Securities which will soon commence trading for several cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Hong Kong Gives Out First Crypto...
CryptoBiz Exchange Launches in India
10.12.2020
Recently, cryptocurrency trading in India has spiked and grown at an unprecedented level. As the Bitcoin rallies and grows strength by strength, the Indian crypto community has multiplied and with this, a fair and regulated market has been on the top of their demands. Amidst the ever-growing...
Paxos seeks approval to become fully-regulated crypto bank
10.12.2020
The stablecoin issuer and PayPal partner wants to increase its range and scope of services by becoming the first crypto services provider to be regulated at both state and federal levels
Crypto Startup BitPay Files to Become Federally Regulated US Bank
9.12.2020
Crypto payments firm BitPay has filed to become a national bank in the U.S
India’s State-Regulated Digital Payments Network Is Dominated by Google and Walmart
9.12.2020
A shared payments infrastructure initiated by the state and joined by major Indian banks, the United Payments Interface (UPI) accounted for over 2.2 billion transactions in November
Nexo Launches Buyback Program, Commits Initial $12M
3.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Nexo, the leading regulated digital financial institution with over $2 billion in assets under management, today announced the details of its buyback program. The company’s Board of Directors approved an initial repurchase of $12 million of its NEXO Token on an open-market...
CME Group Outpaces Competition Becoming the World’s Largest Bitcoin Futures Market
29.11.2020
Financial derivatives products for bitcoin have grown massively during the last few months. On Friday evening (EST), Arcane Research explained that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has surpassed Okex as the largest bitcoin futures provider. The regulated derivatives market at CME has doubled month...
Huobi launches regulated crypto exchange in Malaysia
27.11.2020
The new entity is called Huobi Labuan, and its brokerage license allows it to offer crypto spot and derivatives trading for an initial nine-month trial period
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Explains US Crypto Regulation, Calls Bitcoin a Store of Value
23.11.2020
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has explained how the U.S. government is regulating cryptocurrency. He calls bitcoin a store of value, noting that its rise is driven by the inefficiencies of the current payment system. How Bitcoin Is Regulated in the US...
Travel Tech Firm Monaker Group Eyes Regulated Thai ICO Market
19.11.2020
Monaker Group, which builds booking platforms for the travel industry, is venturing into tokenized assets with the indirect acquisition of Thailand’s Longroot initial coin offering (ICO) portal. The Nasdaq traded company took an “indirect controlling stake” in the entity that owns...
Major Chinese Bank Selling Bonds Worth $3 Billion for Bitcoin
11.11.2020
China Construction Bank, one of the “big four” banks in China, is selling $3 billion in bonds that can be paid for with bitcoin. The bonds will be listed on a regulated Malaysian digital asset exchange. Beijing-based China Construction Bank (CCB) is selling $3 billion in bonds...
CoinLinked seeks to raise $5m in regulated Security Token offering
8.10.2020
CoinLinked, the social network platform launched by Wall St. veteran Jenny Q Ta, hopes to raise $5 million in a regulated security token offering
US-Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives Market Bitnomial Raises $11.6M
6.10.2020
The disclosure comes shortly after U.S regulators' crackdown on retail competitor BitMEX
Regulated US Exchange Gemini Now Offers Confidential Zcash Withdrawals
29.9.2020
Gemini said that adding shielded zcash withdrawals showed regulators could be made to be comfortable with privacy coins
Crypto mining activities are now regulated by the Venezuelan gov
23.9.2020
But there is always a catch when it comes to Maduro’s government
Canadian Regulated Cryptocurrency Exchange Wealthsimple Begins Trading
23.9.2020
Following the regulatory sandbox approval by Canadian regulators, Wealthsimple announced that it has launched “Canada’s first regulated crypto platform.” The new crypto exchange is regulated by the federal government as well as regulators in 13 provinces and territories in Canada....
Canada’s first regulated crypto exchange Wealthsimple Crypto goes live
22.9.2020
Winklevoss brothers-founded Gemini powers the first regulated crypto exchange in Canada
Bitcoin Should Be Regulated Like Stocks in India, Says Think Tank Founder
7.9.2020
Since it's similar to other financial assets, India should legitimize bitcoin by regulating it like a corporate stock, according Deepak Kapoor