UK Watchdog Welcomes First Crypto Startups to Regulatory Sandbox The U.K.’s financial regulator is allowing startups focused on blockchain and crypto assets into its regulatory sandbox for the first time.… Read More
FINRA Wants to Know All About Member Firms’ Crypto Activities The U.S. financial self-regulatory body is asking member firms to submit every detail of their existing or future activities in cryptocurrency. … Read More
Maltese Parliament Passes Three Blockchain Bills into Law The Maltese Parliament has passed three bills into law that establish a regulatory framework for the country’s blockchain sector, Malta Today reports.Just last week, the Parliament “unanimously voted” to approve …… Read More
Romania Drafts Bill to Regulate Cryptocurrencies Romania has drafted an emergency ordinance to regulate cryptocurrency issuing.… Read More
Another Ripple Lawsuit Claims XRP Is A Security A third investor in three months is suing Ripple on grounds that the XRP cryptocurrency is a security issued by the firms. … Read More
Among Blockchain-Friendly Jurisdictions, Malta Stands Out Malta is writing laws for tomorrow’s economy rather than trying to impose yesterday’s rules upon it. Consider the way it is legally recognizing DAOs.… Read More
Crypto Exchanges Are Suddenly Being Censored In Iran Iranians using cryptocurrency to hedge against inflation have recently hit a roadblock, an apparent outage of domestic onramps to the market.… Read More
International Task Force Notes Use of Cryptocurrencies in Financial Crime Tax authorities from five different nations are coming together to combat international financial crimes, with a focus on cryptocurrencies.… Read More
Court Says India’s Crypto Exchange Bank Account Ban Will Continue India’s central bank won a key victory in court this week. … Read More
SEC Seeks Comments on Another Bitcoin ETF The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking comments on another bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). The proposal in question calls for the listing and trading of SolidX bitcoin shares, and stems…… Read More