Not exact matches
Remarks made by Philippine banking and regulatory
officials on November 21, 2017, put
cryptocurrency exchanges and crowdfunding via token offerings in the
local spotlight.
KICKICO recently co-organized a
cryptocurrency congress in Argentina, which took place from the 6th to the 10th of April in Cordoba and Buenos Aires.The event demonstrated a rapidly growing interest for blockchain technology and
cryptocurrencies with a KIKCICO - led group of Russian specialists meeting
local students, startups and government
officials.
According to Reuters,
officials from the National Tax Service raided the offices of both
local cryptocurrency exchange Coinone and Bithumb, which is the second largest virtual currency operator in the country.
The
official, Aleksandra Wiktorow, told
local radio broadcaster Polskie Radio that her office has filed an
official letter to the ministry in which it said that Poland's
cryptocurrency market is experiencing rapid growth and should be subject to regulations that would protect customers of
cryptocurrency exchanges.
6 Of 10 Exchanges Ordered To Pay As
local news media outlet Yonhap News Agency reports Wednesday, government
officials will press forward with penalties in what some commentators view as an increasingly promising sign of bringing the domestic
cryptocurrency industry under regulatory control.
Earlier this month, regulators began pressuring
local governments and utility providers to stop giving incentives to
cryptocurrency mining operations, a policy that
officials hope will make China less attractive to this burgeoning industry.
CCN also reported that central bank
officials are planning to block domestic access to
cryptocurrency trading platforms that are located off the mainland, widening its crackdown on centralized trading that began last year when regulators ordered the shutdown of
local exchanges.
The comment by Kim Dong - yeon on Wednesday comes as traders at home and around the world have been spooked by conflicting comments from government
officials in South Korea, a major hub for
cryptocurrency trade, that Seoul was planning to ban
local digital coin exchanges.
South Korean
officials believe that North Korean hackers stole tens of millions of dollars» worth in
cryptocurrencies last year, according to
local reports.
Officials will also work with residents and
local cryptocurrency miners over the next 18 months on the power issues.
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officials are hoping that the expanding
cryptocurrency industry can replace lost tax revenues from the diminishing
local banking sector.