Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Despite the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies in India, lawmakers remain deeply divided on implementing a proper regulatory framework. According to a report from...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A government agency in Uzbekistan has published a list of unauthorized crypto exchanges that residents of the country have been advised to avoid. The trading platforms collect personal data and bear no responsibility for the cryptocurrency transactio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The deadline for cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet operators to comply with the new regulatory requirements to stay open in South Korea is this week. So far, only one crypto exchange has been licensed to continue operations. About 60 crypto exchang...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
State Bank of India (SBI) has reportedly blocked payments to cryptocurrency exchanges using its Unified Payments Interface (UPI). Payment processors have been told to disable the bank’s UPI for crypto merchants.
Payment Processors Instructed t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The authorities of Spain must prepare a registry of cryptocurrency exchanges and custody providers to comply with legal requirements to address transparency and terrorism financing issues. This registry is specified by the Prevention of Money Launder...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrency businesses have continued to receive pressure globally from different regulatory bodies. For example, the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) recently released a warning to many financial markets and crypto-related bus...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
Ukrainian authorities have allegedly reported that cryptocurrency exchanges are involved in illicit financial activities, including money laundering.
Ukraine’s Security Service, known as SBU, has closed down various crypto exchanges reported to have...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) has put forward a proposal to tax digital asset exchanges operating in the country. The authority calls for the legalization of their activities, fearing restrictions could negatively affect tax collecti...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
The Financial Services Commission, the top financial regulator in South Korea, is supposedly staging a closedown for some cryptocurrency exchanges. This move is linked to allegations of fraud in these exchanges.
The first move from the FSC is to temp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
South Korea’s top financial regulator will shut down 11 cryptocurrency exchanges allegedly engaged in fraudulent bank account schemes, local media reported. Meanwhile, the deadline for all crypto exchanges to comply with the country’s reg...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Santiago Nieto Castillo, leader of the UIF, the Mexican financial regulator, has issued an alert that 12 cryptocurrency exchanges are operating illegally in the country. The regulator is now producing the necessary data for Mexican authorities to act...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Brazilian authorities seized $33 million linked to a money-laundering investigation involving cryptocurrency exchanges. The operation, called “Exchange Transaction” by the Brazilian police, involved six search warrants in different lo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A major British bank, Natwest, has put a limit on fund transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges over concerns of fraud and scams related to cryptocurrencies. The bank is also blocking payments to a number of cryptocurrency asset firms. Natwest says the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Portugal now has two approved cryptocurrency exchanges. The country’s central bank, the Banco de Portugal, has licensed Mind the Coin and Criptoloja.
In Portugal, the central bank is responsible for registering entities that intend to act as v...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Several major global cryptocurrency exchanges are reportedly exploring ways to enter the Indian crypto market. “The Indian market is huge and it is only starting to grow, if there was more policy certainty by now Indian consumers would have bee...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The new chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, is pushing for more regulation around cryptocurrency exchanges, citing the need for investor protection in this area. He has asked Congress to weigh in.
SEC Chairman...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrencies have been a cause for concern in Teheran as the digital assets have attracted capital from other, traditional markets. The parliament’s leadership has now asked the tax agency to profile the owners of Iranian platforms facilita...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The local tax authority could soon hunt tax evaders who trade cryptocurrencies in Argentina following a notice sent to domestic crypto exchanges. The Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) ordered them to report all virtual currency-related...