The European Parliament is moving to amend the anti-money laundering (AML) legislation which will require crypto exchanges to disclose information about their customers' anonymous transactions. The new amendment seeks to…
Due to the fast-growing adoption of cryptocurrencies amongst households in the U.S., the U.S. Department of the Treasury is launching an education campaign to raise awareness about the risks of…
Washington, United States, 10 March 2022—President Biden will sign an Executive Order “outlining the first ever, whole-of-government approach to addressing the risks and harnessing the potential benefits of digital assets…
The US Federal Reserve Chair Pro Tempore Jerome Powell, while testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on the state of the economy, said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could…
The provision that proposed to ban cryptocurrencies with proof-of-work (PoW) mining, such as bitcoin, has been removed from the updated version of the European Union (EU)’s Markets in Crypto Assets…
The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, on Friday 26 February 2022, called for the quick approval of regulation for Bitcoin in order to prevent Russia from…
The South African Treasury announced that it is anticipating the amendments to the country’s financial laws to be finalized in June 2022. The amendments will enable crypto asset service providers…
The Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in mid-February 2022 voted in favour of the amendments proposed by the country’s President to the Law on Virtual Assets. Up to 272 Members of…
The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has revealed plans to regulate the country’s fintech space, according to a report by CoinDesk on 14 February 2022. As part of the plans, the…
IThe Russian government and the Central Bank of Russia have agreed to accept bitcoin as a currency. This is coming barely four months after El Salvador also adopted bitcoin, but…