Regulation

Bakkt has become the latest crypto firm to get a BitLicense. This morning, the New York Department of Financial Services announced that Bakkt had become the 29th BitLicensee. First granted to Paxos in 2015, the BitLicense is New York’s program for regulating virtual currency firms. With it, Bakkt will have new access to offer crypto trading
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South Korean crypto exchanges that don’t take extensive data collection and identity verification measures could soon be subject to heavy fines.  According to an official announcement Wednesday, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has come up with a revised proposal for the regulation of virtual assets service providers, or VASPs. The proposal introduces new VASP penalty
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Six months after its first response to the European Commission’s crypto legislative proposal, the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications, or INATBA, has released a detailed report on key issues regarding the planned regulations. According to the recently published document, INATBA argued that the commission’s Markets in Crypto Assets regulations do not favor emerging cryptocurrency
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Disclaimer: This article’s headline was updated to reflect new information regarding the FSA’s statement.  Despite long claiming to be compliant with local laws, Huobi has not registered with the proper authorities, according to regulators in Seychelles. On Monday, the Seychelles Financial Services Authority, or FSA, posted an official statement saying that Huobi Global Limited is
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