With all the
hype around cryptocurrencies these days, it makes sense to invest in what seems to be a guaranteed steady return in the crypto market.
He used an example of a association lifting large amounts of
income around cryptocurrency but indeed carrying an thought of what their business is yet.
The government's ban on using anonymous accounts, effectively a mandate that exchange providers perform know - your - customer (KYC) due diligence, is seen as the latest move to curb the trading
activity around cryptocurrencies in the country.
A former finance minister of Thailand has voiced his support for new regulations
around cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
According to news services VNA, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc tasked Vietnam's Central Bank, national FinMin and the Ministry of Public Safety to draw up a legal
framework around cryptocurrencies by the end of 2018 and to elaborate taxation regulation of cryptocurrencies by June 2019.
However, it's not certain whether this digital currency will take the form of a cryptocurrency or whether some other technological innovation will form the basis of this currency, he said in remarks during a press conference on Friday, in which he also took aim at
speculation around cryptocurrency markets.
Jean - Pierre Landau, a Sciences Po economic professor and former Bank of France deputy governor, will lead a task force to grapple with the
risks around cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, economy minister Bruno Le Maire announced Monday.
Challenges like the #Money2020 race go a long way towards creating much - needed
awareness around cryptocurrencies, but it's stories like Amelie's overnight conversion to bitcoin enthusiast, and the strong sense of comradeship of the bitcoin community, that are the most positive takeaways from such an event.
The latest to enter the fray is Plug and Play Tech Center, a California - based startup accelerator that in early March will commence a three - month program to help entrepreneurs build
businesses around the cryptocurrency.
In an introductory post at the Dechert blog Crunched Credit, lawyers Jonathan Gaynor and Krisia Ildefonso say the resource center will cover legal
developments around cryptocurrency and blockchain.
New York, thefinancial capital of the world (PDF) and California, thetechnology capital of the worldappear to going head to head with one another for regulatory
clarity around cryptocurrencies.
The expected move to submit the bill also comes months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered new regulations to be
developed around cryptocurrencies and blockchain, including rules specifically aimed at initial coin offerings (ICOs).
In statements, the company - which is a member of the Hyperledger blockchain consortium and has developed several products based on the technology to date - suggested that rising activity
around cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs) is driving demand for such services.