We asked prominent crypto and blockchain actors how they would summarize the year 2019 for the industry. Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam I think the year of 2019 was a year of big hopes for wider adoption and some disappointments. The Libra debacle was one of the big events that, in my view, influenced the […]
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From Switzerland and Malta to North Korea and Iran: Overview of experimental crypto regulations around the globe. This is the final part of a three-part series covering the regulatory landscape for cryptos in 2019 and thinking about the prospects for 2020. The first two parts covered the “Insiders” of Europe, North America and the Pacific […]
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A working paper raises concerns about a run on the banks in times of financial instability, with tiered interest rates proposed as a solution. The European Central Bank (ECB) remains open to the idea of a digital euro equivalent but would want to stop citizens holding too much of it. That was the conclusion of […]
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An overview of the stances of the U.S., countries of Western Europe and the Pacific Rim toward crypto regulation. In 2019, we witnessed crypto regulations leave the domain of stuffy legal pontification and enter the realm of geopolitics (as a stuffy legal pontificator, I have mixed feelings about this). We saw President Trump tweet about […]
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Euro-backed stablecoins could make a digital currency truly borderless and more global than ever before. We live in the days of next-generation digital money emergence. Ultimately, the world lacks a clean balance sheet and an asset that has significant appreciation potential to create more loans against it. Euro-backed stablecoins can help boost the crypto-lending sector […]
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The New Year is a time for self-development as well as splashing the cash. Here’s how you can spend like royalty in Europe. A new year heralds the opportunity for a new beginning. The start of a new life cycle. As the clock strikes midnight on Jan. 1, the year 2019 will be dealt a […]
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Crypto exchange Poloniex announced a new account tier allowing for up to $10,000 in daily withdrawals that only requires an email address and password. Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announced a new account tier — dubbed Level 1 — allowing for up to $10,000 in daily withdrawals without requiring full Know Your Client (KYC) onboarding. According to […]
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U.S. Congressman introduces bill which aims to bring regulatory clarity to cryptocurrency industry. Paul Gosar, an Arizona Congressman, has introduced a draft bill, aimed at finally bringing regulatory clarity to the cryptocurrency industry in the United States, according to a Forbes article published on Dec. 19. The Crypto-Currency Act of 2020 sets out which Federal […]
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U.K.-based crypto data and wallet provider Blockchain.com has added a British pound gateway to its crypto exchange, The Pit. United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency data and wallet provider Blockchain.com has added a British pound gateway to its crypto exchange, The Pit. On Dec. 19, Xen Baynham-Herd — executive vice president of product at Blockchain — told Cointelegraph […]
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New legislation called 5AMLD places crypto firmly under the EU’s regulatory umbrella. The deadline is rapidly approaching. 5AMLD — the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive — is a piece of legislation that brings fiat-to-crypto exchanges and custodial wallets across the European Union under a new first-of-its-kind regulatory framework. Exchanges must achieve compliance with the rules by […]
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