The Bank of England (BoE) chief cashier Sarah John encourages central banks to consider digital currencies saying that it is crucial before tech giants dominate. John, who is responsible for issuing banknotes at the...

The central banks are not very enthusiastic about blockchain technology. Representatives from central banks around the world gathered together for a one-day conference last week in Kyiv, Ukraine to discuss their central...

G20 finance ministers reiterated its statement about the risks of global stablecoins and urges countries to implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. A communiqué from the G20 Finance Ministers...

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis has partnered with cryptocurrency exchange CoinField to prevent money laundering. CoinField announced its partnership with Chainalysis in a press release stating that they want to...

Former Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Chairman (CFTC) J. Christopher Giancarlo encourages the Federal Reserve to issue a fully digital currency. Speaking with Yahoo! Finances On the Move on Thursday,...

Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has submitted a financial reform plan that calls for a clear regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies have become an asset class worth hundreds of billions of...

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has invited cryptocurrency firms and advocates to join a summit on March 3, Bloomberg Tax reported. The number of crypto startups invited was not disclosed. The meeting will focus...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued a Colorado resident and his firm for duping U.S. investors of thousands of dollars. In a press release, the CFTC announced that it has filed a civil enforcement...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, is working on new cryptocurrency regulations, Treasury Security Steven Mnuchin revealed during a hearing before the Senate...

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has released a list of key considerations to help regulatory authorities when regulating crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs). In the report titled...

The Italian securities regulator has shut down a total of eight FX websites for operating illegally in the country, Finance Magnates reported. Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) has shut...

Ukraines Ministry of Digital Transformation published a document on Friday announcing that the government will not be regulating crypto mining in the country, CoinDesk reported. The ministry, responsible for digital...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has proposed to lower the client identification threshold value for cryptocurrency exchange transactions from 5,000 CHF to 1,000 CHF (or USD$1,020), as stated in a...

The U.S. Treasurys Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes published a report on Thursday in which it has identified the top vulnerabilities that allow illicit proceeds to enter the domestic financial...

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking for a cryptocurrency expert who will work with it in the new area of cryptocurrency regulation and the fifth money laundering directive (5MLD) regulations, according to...