The Federal Council, a seven-member cabinet making up the Swiss government, believes that the countrys legal framework needs some selective adjustments to better deal with emerging technologies, including...

The European Union is going to strengthen the rules to combat fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment. The current rules on criminalisation of non-cash payment fraud, which dates back to 2001, do not...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has noted the efforts by the UK government to implement a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchange providers. The FATF last week announced that it conducted an assessment...

Two U.S. congressmen from Florida and North Carolina have introduced bipartisan bills that aim to prevent cryptocurrency price manipulation. Congressman Darren Soto and Ted Budd have introduced the bills that direct the...

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today issued a joint statement on the regulation of digital assets in the country. The statement follows recent comments from Finance Minister Lim...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA on Monday published the guidelines for FinTech Licence, a licence introduced by the Swiss parliament with relaxed requirements. During its meeting on 30 November...

Financial authorities in South Korea are considering imposing cryptocurrency tax, Finance Magnates reported referring local news reports. In response to a question by a member of South Koreas Democratic Party, the...

At the recently held G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, world leaders have reiterated their commitment to regulate crypto-assets. The G20 Leaders Summit ended on December 01 with a joint declaration on Building consensus for...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is interested in applications of blockchain forensic analytics, a new pre-solicitation notice has revealed. The pre-solicitation notice has been published by the DHS Small...

Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) is going to implement new Initial Coin Offering (ICO) regulations in a bid to protect investor interests, Cointelegraph reported referring to a report from Jiji Press. Taking note...