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...

The Federal Council, a seven-member cabinet making up the Swiss government, believes that the countrys legal framework needs some selective adjustments to better deal with emerging technologies, including...

The European Union is going to strengthen the rules to combat fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment. The current rules on criminalisation of non-cash payment fraud, which dates back to 2001, do not...