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Japanese Banks Form Blockchain Consortium

August 20, 2016 by JP Buntinx at Business, News

Exchange services seem perfectly suited for embracing blockchain technology. With faster settlement times and a public ledger to record transactions, the opportunity is well worth exploring. A new consortium of Japanese banks will work on using the blockchain for centralized domestic and foreign exchange services. Japanese Banks See The Value...

South Korea Establishes Fintech Center for Bruneian Startups

August 20, 2016 by Joseph Young at Business, Finance, News

The Korea Fintech Industry Association (KFIA), which has been heavily involved in the development of fintech services and platforms in South Korea, have announced their plans to secure a strategic partnership with Brunei that will allow startups to collaborate and build innovative financial technologies. At the Brunei-Korea ICT conference, KFIA...

Physical Bitcoin Exchange Office Opens in Moscow

August 17, 2016 by JP Buntinx at News

When it comes to dealing with Bitcoin exchanges, novice cryptocurrency users struggle with the concept of not dealing with physical entities. While very Bitcoin exchanges have an office in a physical location, one cannot just walk inside to buy or sell Bitcoin. That is coming to change, in Moscow of...

Blockchain Law Evolves: Feature Interview With Jason Weinstein

August 16, 2016 by Michael Scott at Interviews

As a partner with the Washington D.C. office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Jason Weinstein has enjoyed a busy career as a litigator, focusing on white-collar defense and government investigations pertaining to privacy, cybersecurity, and financial technologies. He is a former deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of...

Russia to View Bitcoin Use as Currency Transactions

August 11, 2016 by Nuno Menezes at Bitcoin, News, Regulation

The Russian Tax Agency has advocated classifying all purchases and sales of digital currency made in the country as currency transactions. The decision comes amidst debates about whether bitcoin and different digital currencies should be completely banned or regulated and allowed for specific uses. Since last May, the Russian Tax...

UK and South Korea Collaborate to Build Fintech Bridge

July 31, 2016 by Joseph Young at News, Regulation

The UK and South Korea have signed a strategic partnership to create a ‘fintech bridge’ for startups and government agencies to establish both countries as the leading nations in the fintech sector The UK, London in specific, is known as the global fintech and blockchain hub to startups and investors...

U.S. House Resolution Calls for National Bitcoin and Blockchain Policy

July 21, 2016 by Joseph Young at Finance, News, Regulation

During the second session of the 114th Congress, Representative Adam Kinzinger introduced the bipartisan House Resolution 835 (H.R. 835) which proposed the establishment of a national policy that will increase the availability of financial tools and technologies. The resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, described...

E.U.’s Latest Anti-Terrorism Communication Targets Digital Currency

July 7, 2016 by Lori Brown at Commentary, News, Regulation

In a move that could threaten bitcoin users’ privacy, a recent Communication from the European Commission to the European Parliament and Council has made recommendations intended to counter hidden terrorist funding by requiring entities and business owners to reveal their true identities on record, and to examine financial transactions completed...

Monetary Authority of Singapore Proposes Regulatory Sandbox for Fintech

June 8, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Business, News, Regulation, Tech

On June 6, 2016, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a consultation paper detailing guidelines for a ‘regulatory sandbox’ enabling both financial and non-financial institutions to experiment with financial technology solutions. Promising innovations may be stifled and opportunities missed as firms may be unclear on whether a new product...

Bitcoin Regulations May Be Coming to Philippines After $81M Cyber Heist

June 7, 2016 by Evander Smart at News, Regulation

Many countries around the world, despite media depictions, have a laissez-faire approach to Bitcoin at the present time. Bitcoin isn’t bothering the government, and hasn’t worked into the mainstream as of yet; in return, governments haven’t bothered bitcoin in most parts of the world. Bitcoin has begun to pick up...

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