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Canada: Bitcoin Businesses Are Now Fully-Regulated, Listed as “Money Service” Entities

June 2, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin

Canada’s Bitcoin- and crypto-focused company owners can now rejoice. The country has regulated all digital asset businesses as of June 1, 2020, after a five-year-long negotiation with local Bitcoin players. Good for Bitcoin Ecosystem As per an amendment made to its financial framework, all Bitcoin businesses in Canada are now...

Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance Assembles Research Group to Study Cryptocurrency Policies

May 12, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Regulation

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance is set to assemble a research group to study and propose regulations and guidelines to manage cryptocurrencies and digital assets in the country, Vietnam+ reports May 11, 2020. Vietnam Mulls Establishing Crypto Regulations Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance is poised to introduce regulations for digital currencies...

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OKCoin Gets License to Operate Crypto Exchange in Japan

March 31, 2020 by Anthonia Isichei at Regulation

OKCoin Japan, a subsidiary of OK Group, has obtained a license from one of Japan’s regulatory authorities to operate a crypto exchange in the country. OKCoin Ready to Launch Crypto Exchange in Japan OKCoin announced the news of its license acquisition via a blog post on Medium on March 30,...

India: RBI Set to Challenge Supreme Court’s Crypto Verdict

March 6, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is putting preparations in top gear to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against the court’s verdict in favor of cryptocurrency trading in the state, reports the Economic Times on March 6, 2020. RBI Not Giving Up As reported...

India: Supreme Court Quashes RBI’s Crypto Ban; Crypto Now Legal in India

March 4, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Regulation

In a landmark ruling, India’s apex court – the Supreme Court of India – on March 4, 2020, ruled against the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) April 2018 diktat that prohibited banks from trading in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin (BTC). Supreme Court of India Quashes RBI’s Crypto Ban Two...

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Switzerland: Zermatt Town Now Accepts Tax Payments in Bitcoin

January 29, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Regulation

According to January 29, 2020, announcement by major crypto financial services company Bitcoin Suisse, the Swiss city of Zermatt has now become the second city in Switzerland which allows taxpayers to pay their taxes in Bitcoin (BTC). Zermatt Now Accepts Taxes in Bitcoin Bitcoin continues to undergo a slow and...

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Scores Reporting Company License from SEC

January 22, 2020 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Regulation

Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) has obtained approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to become a reporting company, thus registering the company’s shares with the Commission. World’s Largest Crypto Asset Manager Now SEC Reporting Coy Grayscale Investments, the parent company of GBTC announced the news of the SEC...

Bank of America Shuts Former PayPal Exec’s Bank Account and may have also Closed Justin Sun’s

November 18, 2019 by Anthonia Isichei at Bitcoin

Tron (TRX) CEO Justin Sun is the latest crypto executive to have his account terminated by a Wall Street Bank. Ex-PayPal executive Roelof Botha, also suffered a similar fate with commentators highlighting the need for greater crypto adoption amid financial censorship from mainstream actors. “Bitcoin Fixes This” Sun’s tweet was...

Indian Community Rejoices as Government Pulls Bill to Ban Crypto from Winter Parliament

November 15, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

The Indian government released the list of bills they plan on presenting in the parliament's winter session, and to the surprise of the Indian cryptocurrency ecosystem, the bill to ban virtual currencies was not on the list. While this is good news for the domestic industry in the short term,...

Chinese State Media Organization Prints Bitcoin Overview Article

November 11, 2019 by Anthonia Isichei at Bitcoin

A Chinese media agency recently published a detailed article on Bitcoin on the front page of its newspaper on November 11, 2019. This development is in line with China’s latest positive stance towards cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Some observers, however, believe that the new trend is a build-up to the...

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