The Irish government is making efforts to implement stricter laws to fight money laundering and terrorism financing activities using cryptocurrencies. According to the Irish Times, the Cabinet has approved a bill that...

The government of South Africa has set up a crypto assets regulatory working group to look into all the aspects of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, BusinessDay reported. In response to a parliamentary...

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill last month that would now see the state forming a cryptocurrency task force. According to the bill, the task force will provide the governor and the legislature with...

The Republican unitary enterprise Chernomorenergo, a state-owned power company of Abkhazia, has announced that the government has cut power to some cryptocurrency mining farms due to concerns over electricity consumption,...

The government of Iran has moved to criminalize the use of Gram, the representative cryptocurrency of the TON Blockchain being developed by instant messaging service Telegram, Tehran Times reported. Secretary of...

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) last month released a draft Code of Practice for Digital Asset Custody for consultation. According to the official release dated December 18, 2018, the code prescribes measures to...

Following recent reports that suggested that Indian authorities were considering introducing regulation for cryptocurrencies, Quartz has reported that the government is in no rush to finalize the rules. This could mean...

Italys Ministry of Economic Development has brought together 30 experts in a bid to boost the countrys blockchain strategy, CoinDesk reported. In September, the ministry had launched a call for applications for the...

A bill has been introduced in Wyomings state legislature to establish financial technology sandbox in order to boost innovation in this space. Introduced last week, the Financial Technology Sandbox Act seeks to create a...

Indian authorities are considering introducing regulation for cryptocurrencies instead of imposing a complete ban, The New Indian Express reported December 26th. Earlier this year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) banned...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is going to place particular emphasis on digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, coins, and tokens, in the forthcoming year. The SECs Office of Compliance...

Two U.S. lawmakers, Reps. Warren Davidson and Darren Soto, have introduced a new bill that seeks to exclude cryptocurrencies and certain other digital assets from the definition of a security, CoinDesk reported. The...

The UK Treasury Committee has published the responses of the government and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to its crypto-assets report. In September, the Treasury Committee published a report in which it made a...

The Australian Tax Office has issued warnings to the public to disclose their profits from cryptocurrency trading in their annual returns, Australian Financial Review reported. Last month, the ATO published Tax...

Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) is going to place the names of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under a single category crypto-assets, The Japan News reported referring to a report from The Yomiuri Shimbun. An...