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...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week announced that it has settled charges against two world-renowned celebrities professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer Khaled Khaled (aka DJ Khaled) ...

The regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs) will go into effect in Malaysia by the first quarter of 2019, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng was recently quoted saying by The Star. Guan Eng...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that it has added digital currency addresses to the sanctions list, administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), for the first time. CoinDesk reported...

The government of Norway has decided to end a power subsidy currently enjoyed by bitcoin miners, CoinDesk reported referring to a report from Aftenposten. In its state budget, the government said that normal electricity...

The government of India is reportedly inching closer to establishing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. A government panel set up by the finance ministry last November could come up with draft regulations for...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, is going to consult on crypto perimeter guidance by the end of this year, Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy and...

Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) last week announced its plans to regulate cryptocurrency wallet services, Bitcoin.com reported. At the recently held ninth cryptocurrency study group meeting, the regulator...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against two companies that sold digital tokens in initial coin offerings (ICOs). These are the SECs first cases that impose civil penalties solely...

Thailands Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expects to certify the first initial coin offering (ICO) portal this month, the Bangkok Post reported. At least one ICO portal will be certified in November, then we...