France’s financial regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has approved the country’s first application for an ICO.

South Korea’s biggest telecom company, KT, just announced the launch of a local blockchain-based currency for the city of Busan.

Global banking regulator Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has called for a prudential treatment framework for crypto.

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

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

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.

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

The Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) has partnered with Algorand to develop a blockchain platform for copyright management

The Australian Payments Network Summit on 10 December 2019 included a panel on Libra between the RBA, Piper Alderman and others.

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

The Federal Council of Switzerland has proposed updates to a suite of laws to improve its legal framework for DLT/blockchain

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.

Consensys has compiled a list of government or regulator-led blockchain projects in various stages of development around the world.

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