Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor has reportedly spoken about the prospects of India developing a central bank digital currency.

China’s smart courts are reportedly applying a variety of innovative technologies including blockchain and AI to decide on legal cases.

In a recent announcement, Thailand’s SEC has stated that it is currently studying ways to amend its royal decree on digital assets.

Securitize has announced a ‘seven-figure’ investment from Japanese financial services conglomerate, SBI Holdings.

The Reserve Bank of South Africa (SARB) is introducing new capital controls on digital currency movements.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalised and put in use a new tax form for crypto activity.

The Bank of Lithuania has announced in a press release that it will release a digital, blockchain-based collector coin in late 2020.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is seeking input on potential prudential regulatory frameworks for cryptoassets

According to recent reports, the Bank of China has issued $2.8 billion worth of bonds using blockchain technology.

The Ukranian government has approved the final version of a money laundering law that will handle virtual assets and VASPs.

On Sunday 8 December, the 8th hard fork of the Ethereum network, known as Istanbul, went live at block number 9,069,000

Former CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has announced that has he decided to join Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

Juventus have signed a multi-year strategic partnership with blockchain and crypto platform Socios.com to create the Juventus Fan Token.

The Banque De France, France’s central bank, has announced plans to begin testing a digital currency as early as the first quarter of 2020.

A local German news outlet, Handelsblatt, has reported that banking institutions in Germany can now provide digital assets to their clients.

Director of FinCEN has stated that anti-money laundering (AML) laws will be strictly enforced when it comes to cryptocurrencies.

Stablecoins have continued to rapidly evolve in consumption, leaving industry players extremely positive about the future of the industry.

Binance and Tron have been banned on China’s largest micro-blogging service, Weibo, amid crypto crackdown.