Judge John Coughenour of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington has denied a citizens petition to stop the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from auditing his bitcoin holdings on Bitstamp, a crypto...

South Korea is moving ahead with a bill that will create a legal basis for cryptocurrencies, Korea JoongAng Daily reported. The bill, which will categorize cryptocurrencies as digital assets, has been passed by the...

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to amend the royal decree on digital asset businesses in 2020, Bangkok Post reported. On May 14, 2018, the Royal Decree on the Digital Asset Businesses B.E....

China is currently cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges that are operating within its borders. The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) the countrys central bank is spearheading this campaign in an attempt to halt crypto...

South Korea is threatening bigwigs of crypto exchanges that if they dont register with the Financial Services Commission (FSC), theyll be thrown behind bars. The announcement comes amidst stricter regulation concerning...

The Dubai Future Council has launched the Dubai Blockchain Policy during the recently concluded 9th Smart City Expo World Congress, which was held in Barcelona. The initiative aims to push Dubai as one of the leading...

The Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) is reportedly seeking to set industry standards across the financial sector to guide the application of new and cutting-edge technologies. According to a report from Xinhua News Agency,...

The verdict on Libra, Facebooks proposed stablecoin, is still up in the air and its still unclear how regulators will categorize it once it launches. Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Heath...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking comments on proposed regulation of cryptocurrency derivatives on approved exchanges. The last date to submit comments is Dec. 20. The MAS today published a...

The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is clamping down hard on stablecoins amidst fears of money laundering and terrorist financing. FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco said during the Chainalysis Blockchain...