Hawaii's Division of Financial Institutions has relaxed its transmitter license requirement to lure crypto firms.

Avanti, slated to be the first digital currency focused bank based in Wyoming to be approved as an SPDI, has announced its executive team.

Illinois State Legislature has introduced a bill to add "virtual currencies" to the list of assets that can be repossessed by the government

The French financial markets regulator has proposed a Europe-wide regulatory sandbox to enable digital currency businesses

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) is set to receive 32.35 million yuan (around AUD$7.2 million) in "special funding".

A United States congressman, Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ), has introduced the Crypto-Currency Act of 2020

Brazil Blockchain beats dodgy diplomas with the government and 14 universities moving to trial blockchain secured qualifications.

The Supreme Court of India has reversed the Reserve Bank of India's 2018 decision preventing crypto exchanges from banking services

It has been reported that the coronavirus outbreak has mitigated the pace of work on China’s proposed central bank digital currency.

On 20 February 2020, the ASX gave evidence to the senate FinTech committee, with the Senators showing interest in the ASX DLT project

French blockchain security company NIGMA Conseil, and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), have signed an agreement of cooperation.

Tax experts in South Korea have advised the Korean government to apply a low-level trading tax on cryptocurrency profits.

Across the globe, central banks have been experimenting, and implementing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

Chief Technical Counsel of Chainalysis, Michael Mosier, will return to FINCen in a new role as Deputy Director.