Among other proposals, the bill will «strengthen Austrac's investigation and enforcement powers» as well as «close a regulatory gap by bringing
digital currency exchange providers under the remit of Austrac,» the announcement reads, adding that:
The Australian government then gave the go ahead for the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrade) to monitor cryprocurrency exchanges, with legislation also requiring
digital currency exchange providers to enrol with Austrac and register on its Digital Currency Exchange Register.
The amendments to Australia's AML laws will ensure that «bitcoin exchanges» will be regulated and will impose reporting and record - keeping obligations on
digital currency exchange providers, and require them to enrol and register on the Digital Currency Exchange Register maintained by Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) and to comply with protocols to identify and mitigate the risks of money laundering and terrorism financing.
For example,
digital currency exchange provider Bitstamp is also a Ripple Gateway, meaning users can buy and sell XRP among other digital currencies on the service.
Digital currency exchange provider Coinbase has expanded to Australia, bringing the total number of countries its supports worldwide to 33.
Not exact matches
Japan is the only major advanced economy with a licensing regime for
digital currency intermediaries such as
exchanges and payment
providers.
The European Union has updated its latest Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) to include crypto
exchanges and custodian wallet
providers, the first of many expected moves to account for ongoing concerns surrounding
digital currencies.
Bithumb, one of Korea's largest
exchanges with a daily volume of approximately $ 511 million (~ 64,000 BTC), is partnering with mobile payment services
providers as a way to bring
digital currencies to retailers.
«Internationally, it is considered that the extension of AML / CTF regulation to include convertible
digital currency exchanges would encourage innovation and investment by ensuring service
providers have greater certainty and security in their dealings with
digital currency businesses, while reducing the money laundering and terrorism financing risks associated with this emerging technology.»
PECUNIO is a multifunctional investment platform, a cryptocurrency debit card, a free
digital currency exchange and an asset backed token
provider.
TOKYO (The Japan News / ANN)- The Financial Services Agency is debating whether to allow the registration of quasi-operators of cryptocurrency
exchanges, in the wake of the recent massive theft of
digital currency from
exchange service
provider Coincheck Inc..
Chinese
digital currency provider HaoBTC has officially rebranded and renamed itself Bixin today in the midst of shutting down its
exchange operations.
In practice, this suggests Circle will provide similar services to bitcoin
exchanges and wallet and storage
providers - essentially housing these functionalities to remove some of the pain points commonly associated with
digital currencies.
The bitcoin processing integration was provided by Latin American - focused bitcoin
exchange provider Bitso, which recently raised an undisclosed seed round led by
Digital Currency Group and launched a payment processing service, BitsoPagos.
In a blog entry today, popular U.S. headquartered
digital currency exchange Coinbase CEO & Co-founder Brian Armstrong discussed how Coinbase is transitioning into a full
provider of cryptocurrency, not just bitcoin, which of course, is the leading
digital asset.
The firm stated that, «the proposed legislative amendments do not seem to contemplate for the likely scenario that an individual can simply choose to
exchange with a
digital currency provider outside of Australia's national jurisdiction.»
They also added that, «What is unclear is whether the legislative amendments capture a person who
exchanges with a
digital currency provider outside of Australia.
Centra Tech, the Florida - headquartered blockchain startup, is a multi-blockchain debit card
provider that allows users to spend
digital currency anywhere where bank cards are accepted with zero percent
exchange, spend, and withdrawal fees.
TradeBlock, a leading New York - based
provider of institutional trading tools for
digital currencies today announced that major Chinese cryptocurrency
exchange OKCoin will no longer be included as a constituent of the TradeBlock XBX index.
International money transfer services
provider Western Union (WU) has launched a campaign against wire transfer transactions involving
digital currency exchanges.
Satoshi Citadel Industries calls itself a «
provider of bitcoin solutions» and manages a range of different
digital currency services and sites, including Bitmarket, in - beta
exchange Coinage, photo - sharing site Bitstars.ph, and remittance service ReBit.
However, with CBOE enabling the first derivative products for the
digital currency in December 2017, there has been a rush for
providers of these
exchange - traded funds to push the authorities to get them to approve their new resources based on bitcoin futures rather than tracking the
digital currency itself.
As for tightening the regulations, the ECB (European Central Bank) supported EU lawmakers» directive require
digital currency exchanges to license or register, including wallet
providers.
Launched in 2013 as the first cloud mining
provider, CEX.IO has become a
digital currency exchange.
International money services
provider Western Union has launched a campaign against wire transfer transactions involving
digital currency exchanges.
Decentralized
exchanges that use peer - to - peer (P2P) technology to bypass the need for a central
exchange provider are an interesting option that could make blockchain - based
digital currencies much more resilient.