The government of Iran has moved to criminalize the use of Gram, the representative cryptocurrency of the TON Blockchain being developed by instant messaging service Telegram, Tehran Times reported. Secretary of...

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) last month released a draft Code of Practice for Digital Asset Custody for consultation. According to the official release dated December 18, 2018, the code prescribes measures to...

Following recent reports that suggested that Indian authorities were considering introducing regulation for cryptocurrencies, Quartz has reported that the government is in no rush to finalize the rules. This could mean...

Italys Ministry of Economic Development has brought together 30 experts in a bid to boost the countrys blockchain strategy, CoinDesk reported. In September, the ministry had launched a call for applications for the...

A bill has been introduced in Wyomings state legislature to establish financial technology sandbox in order to boost innovation in this space. Introduced last week, the Financial Technology Sandbox Act seeks to create a...

Indian authorities are considering introducing regulation for cryptocurrencies instead of imposing a complete ban, The New Indian Express reported December 26th. Earlier this year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) banned...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is going to place particular emphasis on digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, coins, and tokens, in the forthcoming year. The SECs Office of Compliance...

Two U.S. lawmakers, Reps. Warren Davidson and Darren Soto, have introduced a new bill that seeks to exclude cryptocurrencies and certain other digital assets from the definition of a security, CoinDesk reported. The...

The UK Treasury Committee has published the responses of the government and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to its crypto-assets report. In September, the Treasury Committee published a report in which it made a...

The Australian Tax Office has issued warnings to the public to disclose their profits from cryptocurrency trading in their annual returns, Australian Financial Review reported. Last month, the ATO published Tax...

Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) is going to place the names of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under a single category crypto-assets, The Japan News reported referring to a report from The Yomiuri Shimbun. An...

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...