Regulation

Following the example of its UK peers and the heist of Coincheck, Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchange operators and other industry players announced plans to form a self-regulatory body ...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an advisory warning people of pump-and-dump schemes that can occur in thinly traded or new “alternative” virtual currencies and ...

Following months of uncertainty, the South Korean authorities appear to still be on the fence about cryptocurrency trading and continues to send mixed signals, as per most recent ...

Japan’s Financial Services Authority (FSA), which is also in charge of overseeing the cryptocurrency operators in the country, has warned the Macau-based company Blockchain Laboratories to stop soliciting ...

Seven of the largest players in the cryptocurrency industry in the UK have set up CryptoUK – the first self-regulation organization in the largely unregulated sector, reports The ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) have published a joint pan-European warning of ...

Iceland, whose electricity is almost entirely produced from renewable sources (hydro and geothermal), might tax the profits of the cryptocurrency miners in the country, as per a comment ...

Between GBP 3 and 4 billion of criminal money in Europe is laundered though cryptocurrencies, the head of Europol Rob Wainright told BBC. According to the estimates of ...

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market  is reviewing and considering a robust and risk-appropriate regulatory and oversight regime for cryptocurrency exchanges and intermediaries, ...

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) is drafting regulatory requirements for the initial coin offerings (ICOs) with dedicated rules for the cryptocurrency sector, to become the first watchdog ...