Australias Department of Industry, Innovation, and Science has revealed that it is developing a National Blockchain Roadmap to shed light on the opportunities presented by this technology across the entire economy, ZDNet...

The Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB), the financial regulatory and supervisory agency of the country, has started developing a regulatory framework for the countrys cryptocurrency sector, Cointelegraph reported citing...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to place particular emphasis on digital assets. The SECs Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has announced its 2020 examination...

A South Korean Presidential Committee has proposed allowing financial institutions to launch cryptocurrency products, such as derivatives, Business Korea reports. Launched in Oct. 2017, the Presidential Committee on the...

The Virginia General Assembly, its state legislature, is looking to blockchain technology in a bid to enhance the election process, Cointelegraph reported. A new bill was pre-filed on Dec. 27 and is slated for offering...

The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) last month announced that virtual asset services may not be carried out in or from the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). As per the official announcement shared by the...

Chinas National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) is clarifying the rules for examining patent applications, which will come into effect on Feb. 01, Cointelegraph reported. Last month, the NIPA announced that...

Following the recent blockchain push in China spurred by President Xi Jinping, the countrys securities regulator is suspecting serious violations of the Announcement on Preventing the Financing Risk of Tokens made in...

Frances Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) (or Financial Markets Authority) has published new rules regarding the licensing of digital asset service providers (DASPs) and the cybersecurity requirements to...

The government of China is planning to undertake a study on foreign exchange reforms in order to deal with cryptocurrencies, an official at the countrys foreign exchange regulator was quoted saying by Reuters. Speaking...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it will be postponing its decision about the proposed U.S. Treasury bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) by Wilshire Phoenix. The regulatory body is slated to...

Members of the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to provide more clarity about crypto tax. In October, the IRS published tax guidance for anyone operating in the...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is trying to broaden the definition of who is qualified to be considered as an accredited investor. At the moment, the regulatory body defines accredited investors as...

U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard has raised concerns about the impending launch of the Libra stablecoin currently being developed by Facebook and its associates. Several governments have already expressed their...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has shown interest in the development of a digital currency amidst the rise of stablecoins and the negative connotations associated with it. In her first conference as head...