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Crypto Investors in Thailand to Pay 15% Capital Gains Tax, Report Unveils
7.1.2022
Crypto-related profits, such as those resulting from the trading of digital currencies, will be taxed at a rate of 15%, a finance ministry official has revealed to the local press in Thailand. After last year’s significant market growth, the department intends to improve surveillance...
DeFi Companies Reach Out to Finance Ministry for Crypto Regulations
16.12.2021
The recently-proposed crypto regulations are harboring attention as DeFi companies reach out to the finance ministry. The firms seek more clarity on the regulations, propositions, and effects. Most of these firms revolve around offering interest on crypto-insurance, loans, and deposits. The primary...
Cyprus’ finance ministry recommends ‘capacity building’ for crypto
14.12.2021
Cyprus’s finance ministry stressed the need to accelerate its capacity building for the crypto industry
Japan’s Finance Ministry to Take Action Against Mizuho
25.11.2021
The Japanese finance ministry has decided to take punitive actions against the Mizuho Financial Group. According to the Ministry, the banking arm of the finance company has failed to maintain compliance with Japan’s foreign exchange rules and regulations. According to Nikkei Business Daily reports...
Indian Prime Minister Modi Chairs Crypto Meeting After Consulting With RBI, Finance Ministry
16.11.2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly chaired a comprehensive meeting on cryptocurrency and related issues in India. The meeting was an outcome of a consultative process involving the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Ministry of Finance, and the Home Ministry. PM Modi...
Austria Plans to Tax Cryptocurrencies Like Stocks, Vows Equal Treatment
12.11.2021
As a growing number of governments are looking to tap into crypto profits, authorities in Austria have indicated their intention to tax gains from digital asset investments just like those from stocks and bonds. The move is expected to increase trust and access to cryptocurrencies. Austria to Apply...
Slovenia Launches Public Consultations on Crypto Taxation Law
28.10.2021
Authorities in Slovenia have prepared new legislation tailored to determine how crypto holdings and transactions are taxed in the country. The proposal, aimed at clarifying the matter, has been submitted for public consultations this week, local media reports revealed. Slovenia to Amend Tax Rules...
Slovenian finance ministry seeks public opinion on crypto tax laws
27.10.2021
Slovenia's crypto tax bill proposes a 10% tax on fiat-crypto conversions and payments made with cryptocurrencies
Spain’s Finance Ministry Intensifies Scrutiny of Crypto Wallets, Pay Firms
21.9.2021
of Finance. The ministry’s Union of Technicians (known locally as GESTHA) was quoted as stating that it “has been monitoring” the “[crypto] situation for several years” and had gradually succeeded in “establishing control measures to stop money laundering” efforts that make use of
Digital Ruble to Help Curb Use of ‘Money Surrogates,’ Russia Says in Financial Strategy Document
15.9.2021
The launch of a digital ruble will be among Russia’s key priorities of digitalization this decade, the country’s financial market development strategy has confirmed. The document claims the issuance of a digital national fiat will help the central bank to prevent Russians from using...
Seychelles Examines the Pros and Cons of Licensing Crypto Trading Platforms
10.9.2021
Seychelles’ Financial Services Authority (FSA) together with the country’s finance ministry, is reportedly working on a policy to either prohibit or license crypto trading platforms as registered international businesses. Increase in International Investigations of Crypto Platforms...
Polish Lawmakers Press Finance Ministry on Crypto Firms' Bank Accounts
3.8.2021
In the light of Poland’s looming crypto exchange regulations, a group of lawmakers has filed a request for information to the country’s Ministry of Finance, asking whether the ministry plans to facilitate making bank deposits for Polish crypto companies, and if it aims to develop regulations...
Indian Government Clarifies Status of Cryptocurrency Trading, Regulation, Investor Protection
3.8.2021
India’s Ministry of Finance has answered some questions regarding the status of cryptocurrency trading in the country as well as crypto regulation and investor protection. The minister of state for the finance ministry has indicated that the recommendations in the draft bill proposed by...
Mexico’s Finance Minister: Cryptocurrencies Are Prohibited From Being Used in Financial System
30.6.2021
Mexico’s central bank, finance ministry, and banking regulator have jointly issued a warning about cryptocurrency. Finance Minister Arturo Herrera emphasized that cryptocurrencies are prohibited from being used in Mexico’s financial system. The central bank of Mexico, the finance...
Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority Wants Government to Formulate a Crypto Regulatory Framework
25.5.2021
Uganda’s Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) says it wants the country’s Finance Ministry to help formulate a regulatory framework for crypto service providers. According to the FIA, this call for the government’s intervention has prompted by the Ugandan crypto industry’s...
Russian Finance Ministry, Central Bank at Loggerheads over Crypto Tax - Report
15.4.2021
The Russian Ministry of Finance and the nation’s Central Bank are still at odds over crypto tax laws, per a local media report.
According to Interfax, an anonymous “source familiar with the talks” between the two parties, who must forge the nation’s crypto policy, “cannot agree” on a number of...
RBI Governor Says Government and Central Bank Agree on Cryptocurrency Approach
26.3.2021
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says that there is no difference of opinion between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the finance ministry on cryptocurrencies. While the finance minister said that the government will not shut off all options and will take a calibrated position regarding crypto...
Vietnam’s finance ministry warns about crypto trading risks
4.3.2021
Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance reminded the public that cryptocurrencies have no legal framework in the country
Turkish finance ministry to study cryptocurrency with local regualtors
2.3.2021
Regulators are taking a hard look at crypto in Turkey, but local experts welcome the oversight
India's crypto ban is coming, hodlers to be given transition period: Bloomberg
12.2.2021
An anonymous Indian official has claimed the country’s parliament will soon introduce a blanket bank on crypto assets, and give hodlers three-to-six months to liquidate