Not exact matches
Russian officials have previously suggested that the EAEU countries should
work together to align their policies
on cryptocurrency regulation and that they should all share an official «virtual currency.»
Firouzabadi said in November of last year that although the HCC «welcome [s] Bitcoin,» they also see a need for regulating
cryptocurrencies within the country and are
working with the Central Bank of Iran
on a crypto study that aims to clarify how
regulations could
work.
Reserve Bank of South Africa To Initiate Trial Run Of
Cryptocurrency Regulations The Reserve Bank of South Africa discussed possibilities of rolling forwarded a digital currency
working on the wings of Blockchain technology back in February 2017.
Malaysia's Securities Commission is
working together with the country's central bank
on a
cryptocurrency regulation framework.
South Korea, which became a hotbed of
cryptocurrency activity last year, is also tightening oversight as it
works on a comprehensive set of
regulations, though it has allowed exchanges to keep operating for now.
With
cryptocurrency regulation still being
worked on India, the future remains a bit uncertain for the industry.
Senior officials in Ukraine are forming a new
working group
on cryptocurrency regulation, the country's government announced
on Thursday.
ZB began
work on November, 1, the next day after other Chinese
cryptocurrency exchanges ceased their operations due to the recent
regulation tightening in China.
Japanese Industry Groups Promise Tighter Self -
regulation as Experts Warn of Gov» t
Regulations Leading lights of the Japanese
cryptocurrency and blockchain scene have declared their intention to
work together to prevent further hacks, following a massive 526 million XEM hack
on exchange platform Coincheck last week.
Regulators in South Korea have been
working to set new
regulations on the
cryptocurrency industry, effectively ensuring that trading of the different coins will slow down within the country.
Finance minister Gigaba speaks out
on Bitcoin
regulation in South Africa — «while
cryptocurrencies are currently not regulated — they operate without the authority of central banks — a number of institutions were
working to address this»
However, the Chinese are rapidly
working behind the scenes
on cryptocurrency regulations and blockchain technology.
According to Reuters, Choe Heung - sik, the governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), told reporters, «The whole world is now framing the outline (for
cryptocurrency) and therefore (the government) should rather
work more
on normalization than increasing
regulation.»
CryptoUK will
work with the UK
on issues like preventing Bitcoin (BTC) and
cryptocurrencies from being used in money laundering and other illegal activities, but will not deal with ICO
regulation.
Earlier this month, Abu Dhabi's Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) announced that they are
working on regulations for
cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), and crypto exchanges, which are as of yet unregulated throughout the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Korean authorities have been relatively friendly towards
cryptocurrencies, but according to reports, authorities are
working on the
Cryptocurrency and ICO
regulation in the country.