On December 7, 2021, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) started the operation of its digital payments system in two additional regions, the British overseas territory of Montserrat and the Commonwealth of Dominica. In March 2021, the ECCB in...
The paramount bank and regulatory authority in Thailand, The Bank of Thailand, has banned commercial banks in the country from getting involved in crypto activities, especially trading crypto assets. Chayawadee Chai-Anant, the central bank chief executive, released an edict...
The director of the Russian Federal Tax Service (SNSF), Daniil Egorov, has announced during an interview with a Russian publication- RBC- that the agency is currently monitoring the crypto scene to stop tax evasion activities. In the interview, he...
An Australian Senator, Jane Hume, has affirmed that decentralized finance (DeFi) is here to stay and it “presents enormous opportunities” for those residing within the country. She added that it will act as “a forerunner in innovation and economic...
A member of the London Assembly and a previous co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Sian Berry, has announced that it was paramount that crypto ads on buses and trains were stopped. She made this message...
Recently, an investigation began when allegations that a senior Chinese provincial official was illegally involved in crypto mining activities. The investigation was done by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and once he was found guilty, the...
The Russian government has actively been involved in analyzing cryptocurrency, and recently the Russian State Duma decided to launch a working group that will research ways to handle and regulate the cryptocurrency mining business. Vyacheslav Volodin, the State Duma...
The SEC Commissioner, Caroline Crenshaw, has stated that in the first issue of the international journal of blockchain law that it was high time the blockchain space cooperated with the US SEC, and worked to reduce pseudonymity and increase...
CityCoins have in the past partnered with Miami, a US state in the past. It was able to raise over twenty million dollars from the Miamicoin, and is presently trying to replicate it in another state. This crypto protocol...
Many countries are currently working on their digital version of their currencies or CBDC. Some countries like Nigeria have released their CBDC version of their legal tender, while others are researching the intricacies concerning the best way to release...
