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BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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Mar 20, 20202 min read
ASIC takes 'no action' position on hybrid, virtual and deferred AGMs
ASIC announced it will adopt a two-month 'no-action' position on hybrid, virtual and deferred AGMs until 31 July 2020.
Mar 20, 20202 min read
Hawaii hints at relaxing rules to lure crypto firms
Hawaii's Division of Financial Institutions has relaxed its transmitter license requirement to lure crypto firms.
Mar 20, 20202 min read
Caitlin Long's Avanti crypto bank hires C-suite
Avanti, slated to be the first digital currency focused bank based in Wyoming to be approved as an SPDI, has announced its executive team.
Mar 18, 20202 min read
Illinois to acquire abandoned digital currencies
Illinois State Legislature has introduced a bill to add "virtual currencies" to the list of assets that can be repossessed by the government
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French financial regulator proposes new regulatory sandbox for security tokenisation
The French financial markets regulator has proposed a Europe-wide regulatory sandbox to enable digital currency businesses
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China champions central bank blockchain trade finance platform
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) is set to receive 32.35 million yuan (around AUD$7.2 million) in "special funding".
Mar 13, 20202 min read
Mar 11, 20202 min read
US Congressman canvasses Crypto Currency Act of 2020
A United States congressman, Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ), has introduced the Crypto-Currency Act of 2020
Mar 10, 20201 min read
Brazil Ministry of Education fights fake diplomas with blockchain
Brazil Blockchain beats dodgy diplomas with the government and 14 universities moving to trial blockchain secured qualifications.
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Supreme Court of India quashes crypto banking ban
The Supreme Court of India has reversed the Reserve Bank of India's 2018 decision preventing crypto exchanges from banking services
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Bank of China: Coronavirus causing crawl on CBDC release
It has been reported that the coronavirus outbreak has mitigated the pace of work on China’s proposed central bank digital currency.
Feb 28, 20203 min read
Australian Stock Exchange details billions of efficiency in distributed ledger deployment
On 20 February 2020, the ASX gave evidence to the senate FinTech committee, with the Senators showing interest in the ASX DLT project
Feb 28, 20201 min read
Feb 27, 20202 min read
France, Austria combine forces to combat crypto crime
French blockchain security company NIGMA Conseil, and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), have signed an agreement of cooperation.
Feb 27, 20202 min read
South Korea proposes tangible taxation framework for cryptocurrencies
Tax experts in South Korea have advised the Korean government to apply a low-level trading tax on cryptocurrency profits.
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