Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies

Global regulators to grill Facebook about its planned Libra project

Representatives from Libra will be interviewed by officials from 26 global central banks on Monday in a bid to ease worries about its impact on the financial market. At the same time, investor interest in crypto seems to waning.

French finance minister warns that Facebook’s Libra project would put an end to states’...

Bruno Le Marie, France’s finance minister, said on Thursday that Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra should be stopped as it put “the monetary sovereignty of states [in] jeopardy.”

U.S. Treasury warns Facebook’s Libra that it must face tough AML and anti-terrorism funding...

Facebook’s cryptocurrency project has already faced a lot of concerns from lawmakers. Now, the U.S. Treasury warns the social media giant that it must conform with American regulations to trade in the US.

The Dutch central bank is warning cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallet providers to get...

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) has announced that cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the Netherlands will be supervised by the central bank from January 10 2020.

ECB warned Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency could undermine its ability to set monetary policy

Yves Mersch, a board member of the European Central Bank, has called for Europe to ignore the “treacherous promises” of Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra.

North Korea denies UN cryptocurrency hacking allegations and compares the accusers to Hitler

Last month, a UN report claimed North Korea had hacked banks and cryptocurrency exchanges. Now, the country denies it.

Nevada regulators are trying to reel in unlicensed cryptocurrency ATMs

The US state Nevada has seen a rise of cryptocurrency ATMs. Now, the Nevada Financial Institutions Division (NFID) has decided how to regulate them.

FBI and ASIC partner up in new cryptocurrency probe

Australian and American authorities are undertaking a joint international criminal investigation into cryptocurrencies.

Libra backers mostly unfazed by regulatory scrutiny as the company taps Coinbase-linked lobbyist

Facebook’s cryptocurrency project has faced a lot of political and regulatory backlash since being announced in June. Now it has hired FS Vector, the public policy advisory firm, to lobby on its behalf in Washington.

Swiss regulator reminds blockchain FinTech companies that they “cannot be allowed to circumvent” AML...

Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has issued new guidance for blockchain and cryptocurrency FinTech companies, warning them against breaking anti-money laundering (AML) laws.

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