The Blockchain Technology Act came into effect in the U.S. state of Illinois on January 01, recognizing smart contracts and other blockchain-based digital records as legal instruments, CoinDesk reported. J.B. Pritzker...

Cryptocurrency regulation is one of the key focus areas for the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for the next couple of years, CoinDesk reported. On Thursday, ESMA published its 2020-2022 priorities...

Australias Department of Industry, Innovation, and Science has revealed that it is developing a National Blockchain Roadmap to shed light on the opportunities presented by this technology across the entire economy, ZDNet...

The Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB), the financial regulatory and supervisory agency of the country, has started developing a regulatory framework for the countrys cryptocurrency sector, Cointelegraph reported citing...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to place particular emphasis on digital assets. The SECs Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has announced its 2020 examination...

A South Korean Presidential Committee has proposed allowing financial institutions to launch cryptocurrency products, such as derivatives, Business Korea reports. Launched in Oct. 2017, the Presidential Committee on the...

The Virginia General Assembly, its state legislature, is looking to blockchain technology in a bid to enhance the election process, Cointelegraph reported. A new bill was pre-filed on Dec. 27 and is slated for offering...

The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) last month announced that virtual asset services may not be carried out in or from the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). As per the official announcement shared by the...

Chinas National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) is clarifying the rules for examining patent applications, which will come into effect on Feb. 01, Cointelegraph reported. Last month, the NIPA announced that...

Following the recent blockchain push in China spurred by President Xi Jinping, the countrys securities regulator is suspecting serious violations of the Announcement on Preventing the Financing Risk of Tokens made in...