Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Japan will enforce stricter anti-money laundering (AML) measures to trace cryptocurrency transactions. The country’s cabinet has already approved the laws, which will become effective on 1 June, local Kyodo News reported.
Japan’s New Crypto Rules
The...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Binance,
the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, mixed up customer funds
with company revenue between 2020 and 2021, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing
“three sources familiar with the matter.” The act violates the US financial
laws t...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The International Organization of Securities
Commissions (IOSCO), a global body for securities regulators, has put forward
18 recommendations to regulate the global crypto industry. The recommendations
cover six key areas such as market manipulat...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
South Korea’s ruling party, the People’s Power Party is seeking to move
up the enforcement date for December to a new bill that will require lawmakers in
the country to declare their cryptocurrency holdings. Application of the new
bill is expected t...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Over a
month after gaining a virtual asset service provider registration in Lithuania, crypto exchange and copy trading
platform Bitget has secured a similar registration in Poland. Bitget is aiming to provide “a more secure and transparent trading...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
OKX has the latest cryptocurrency exchange to apply for a French digital asset service provider (DASP) license, aiming to make the country its regional hub.
OKX’s New European Hub
The application came after OKX, the second-largest cryptocurrency exch...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning against the crypto derivatives platform launched last month by Winklevoss twins-controlled Gemini Trust.
An Unregistered Crypto Derivatives Platform
According to the regul...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has ordered cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global to cease operating in the country, noting that the platform possesses no requisite authorization or registration. Additionally, the securities regulator asked th...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
In an ongoing probe into Rep.
Kim Nam-kuk's questionable cryptocurrency transactions, prosecutors conducted a
raid on Monday at the offices of Ozys PTE Ltd., the operator of the cryptocurrency
platform Klayswap, located in Seoul's Yeouido district.Of...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The cryptocurrency
derivatives exchange, BitMEX from May 29, 2023, will end its Hong Kong-based
users’ access to its website and application programming interface (API)
connections as provided by HDR Global Trading Limited, the operator of BitMEX. In...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Regulatory concerns are a growing issue in the cryptocurrency industry, and the gaps that are opening up between different global regions are impossible to ignore. In the EU, this week saw MiCA regulations signed off, with the rules expected to come...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Binance Australia has provided an update on its ongoing local payments situation, confirming that AUD withdrawals via bank transfers will be allowed until 1 June 5 pm (AEST).
Binance Australia Looks for a New Payments Partner
Meanwhile, the Australia...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Miami
International Holdings (MIH), a US-based exchange conglomerate, has finalized
its $50 million acquisition of LedgerX from the bankrupt cryptocurrency
exchange FTX and its debtors. LedgerX, one of the few solvent subsidiaries of the Founder of F...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
US
prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against a new suspect, Bryan Lee, 57, for his
alleged involvement in ‘CoinDeal’, a fraudulent investment scheme that raised
$45 million by selling unregistered securities. Neil Chandran, the mastermind
behind the s...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The Bank of Korea (BOK) released a report on Thursday emphasizing the
importance of introducing a comparable level of regulation that binds traditional banks into the cryptocurrency
market. In addition, the central bank highlighted
the potential risk...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
On Friday, a delegation of lawmakers from
South Korea's ruling People Power Party (PPP) conducted a visit to the office of Wemade, the
issuer of play-to-earn (P2E) cryptocurrency, Wemix. The visit is part of an ongoing investigation into the crypto h...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Australian stock market operator, ASX, has abandoned its ambitious project to replace the legacy clearing and settlements system, CHESS, with a blockchain technology-based platform.
CHESS Is a 30-Year Old System
The decision to completely abandon the...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) has rolled out a zero-fee subscription service, Coinbase One, allowing users to trade cryptocurrency at a zero fee and receive higher staking rewards.
A Subscription Model of Coinbase
The $29.99-a-month service has been opened...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Dr. Aisha
Ghaus Pasha, Pakistan’s Minister of State for Finance and Revenue, has said
cryptocurrencies will “never be legalized” in the South Asian country, local
media reports. The Minister reportedly suggested at a session of the country’s Senate
S...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced the integration of its spot
trading services with charting and analytics platform TradingView in a deliberate move to meet investors' growing interest in the cryptocurrency markets. By integrating with Tr...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Ripple, a technology company, has introduced the Ripple CBDC
Platform, a solution designed to facilitate the issuance of
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) by central banks, governments and
financial institutions. With over 90% of countries worl...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The Australian subsidiary of Binance has suspended Australian dollar services as its local payment service provider stopped support for the crypto exchange's service.
Binance Australia Faces Banking Troubles
According to a tweet on Thursday morning,...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
A
bankruptcy court in the United States has sanctioned the liquidation plans of the bankrupt crypto lender, Voyager Digital, permitting the firm to end its Chapter
11 reorganization efforts. Judge Michael Wiles gave the approval on Wednesday
during a...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The Indian government and central bank have received proposals requesting the restoration of access to the Unified Payments
Interface (UPI) for the cryptocurrency industry, CoinDesk reports, citing sources familiar with the
matter. The proposals have...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
A panel of cross-party British lawmakers is going against the government's stance and recommended trading of 'unbacked' crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ether to be regulated as gambling. The recommendations came when the UK government was working to r...