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“# With Yellen confirmed, Treasury moves forward with stalled crypto monitoring rule ” The United States Treasury Department’s now-infamous proposal to require information on crypto transfers from exchanges to self-hosted wallets is back in motion. Per a Tuesday announcement from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, stakeholders will have another 60 days to respond to…
“# New Hawaii bill seeks to create state-led blockchain working group ” A new partisan bill introduced by Democrats in Hawaii’s House of Representatives on Monday, Jan. 26, is advocating a targeted strategy for studying and supporting the use of blockchain technology by individuals, firms and state agencies. Hawaii House Bill 622 (HB622) calls for…
“# Philippines’ central bank to license crypto trading and custody firms ” In keeping with the emergence of clear-cut crypto regulations across Southeast Asia, Philippines’ central bank, BSP, has enacted a broader licensing regime for digital asset firms in the country. According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, all crypto financial service firms in the country…
“# Dutch crypto exchange users bemoan additional KYC requirements ” Crypto exchange platform Bitstamp is reportedly demanding additional Know Your Customer compliance steps for Dutch-based users. According to a notice sent to Twitter user “Bitcoin Marcus,” — a Bitstamp user — the platform says account holders in the Netherlands have until the end of January…
“# BoE Governor: cryptocurrencies of today are destined to fail long term ” Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey thinks it is unlikely that the current generation of crypto assets lack the design and structure needed to ensure long term regulatory survival. Speaking during the World Economic Forum’s Jan. 25 online panel “Resetting Digital Currencies”…
“# Goldman Sachs CEO: Regulators should be ‘hyperventilating’ at Bitcoin’s success ” Goldman Sachs senior chairman Lloyd Blankfein has stated that regulators should be “hyperventilating” in response to Bitcoin’s recent success, characterizing the crypto asset as undermining the capacity for lawmakers to monitor the financial system. While appearing on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Jan. 25,…
“# Reserve Bank of India ‘exploring the possibility’ of a digital currency ” Less than a year after the Indian supreme court overturned the Reserve Bank of India’s ban on crypto businesses, and the bank’s position on digital assets is looking slightly more bullish. According to a booklet on payments released today by the Reserve Bank of…
“# Ripple ran crypto’s most expensive lobbying program in 2020 ” Ripple Labs spent $690,000 on lobbying in the United States in 2020, which still didn’t save the firm from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Per legally mandated disclosures for 2020, Ripple’s lobbying program dwarfed those of other firms in the crypto industry. Coinbase, which…
“# Bitkub submits improvement plans to Thai SEC and resumes trading ” Bitkub, Thailand’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, resumed its services on Jan. 23 following a brief period of shutdown enforced by the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission. The shutdown followed a number of brief service outages which occurred due to large spikes in traffic when…
“# Bahrain central bank licenses Sharia-compliant crypto exchange ” CoinMENA, a soon-to-launch cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has obtained a license from the Central Bank of Bahrain, or CBB. The newly acquired “Crypto Assets Services Company License” allows CoinMENA to operate fully as a regulated crypto exchange and onshore platform, the company…