Regulation

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert has said that his entity is investigating Ethereum. Tarbert and other scientists carefully studied the inner processes of the Ethereum blockchain. Appears that the network will soon start changing itself to become a PoS-based system. Not only the miners but also the stakers will secure the transactions and blocks. On October 10, 2019, Tarbert concluded that Ethereum 2.0 tokens are likely to become virtual securities. Per Heath:“It is my view as chairman of the CFTC...

The new Thomson Reuters tax tool is set to report cryptocurrency taxes within the crypto space. Sources indicate that Reuters GoSystem Tax RRS Products will also include a “Virtual Currency Organizer”. This will enable users of the system to file form 1040 in the United States effectively. The new tool will also serve as a central hub for all things related to cryptocurrency for the users. They include reviews on payments, hard forks, cryptocurrency exchanges and so on.Reuters in a blog post...

Uzbekistan appears to be changing its stance towards cryptocurrency adoption as the President has made it illegal to purchase any, while citizens can actually sell them. Interestingly enough, this comes only a year after cryptocurrency usage was legalized.Uzbekistan Bans CryptocurrenciesAccording to a local report, the former Soviet republic is set to place a ban on cryptocurrency purchases within the borders of the country. It also states that investors owning digital assets can actually...

The Bitwise digital asset management is still very much interested in creating a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). On Wednesday, the firm sent a new letter to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), responding to the earlier published 112-page rejection letter it received from the SEC back in October.Published by the SEC on Friday, the new letter addressed the SEC’s manipulation fears. According to the SEC, one of the reasons the Bitcoin ETF could not be approved was the...

Indian banks may start turning down potential customers, because of their religion, as per a recent report. Furthermore, protesters in Hong Kong are boycotting one of the largest banks in the country, HSBC, due to the latest alleged political arrests. Naturally, among economic and financial turmoil of the kind, it’s hard not to bring Bitcoin’s decentralized nature, which solves all of the above issues.Banks To Judge By Religion?According to a recent local report, Indian citizens who want to...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to postpone the Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin ETF proposal. According to a document released by the commission, they will continue putting the proposal under review. By February 26th, 2020, the SEC will approve or disapprove the rule changes that will determine the status of the ETF. This decision essentially puts in limbo the status of the ETF. It also indicates the cold feet that the SEC has towards new Bitcoin and other...

The news recently got a splash because of the Twitter user reporting transaction censorship. Binance Singapore froze his money because he was sending them to a Wasabi Wallet.CZ Answers on Espionage Allegations by Twitter CrowdsChangpeng pointed out that there are lots of comments on Twitter under the post about a frozen payment. It shows that people still do not understand how the exchange regulation works, while its a broad topic. In terms of AML procedures, the exchange is obliged to...

On the official website of Lukka, users can create personal taxation accounts, and import the history of deals. Exchanges often give users the possibility to export all the operations in a convenient XLS or JSON file. Importing the data to Lukka will allow the user to report directly to the IRS, with Lukka accountant’s brief support. Lukka has CPA.com as their partners.Those guys are a separate entity working in the jurisdiction of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. They...

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) have discovered the project that is worth listing as the safe one. The company with a straightforward name “French ICO” aims to help people fund other projects using tokens.The token authors were applying for a visa according to the PACTE law. It prescribes ICO founders to send out a document with a detailed description of their ideas. The doc must contain relevant information, statistics, PR information and such. The information should contain no...

Cryptocurrency companies and services based in the EU have less than a month to adjust their business operations to comply with a new set of rules. As of January 10th, The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) will be in effect, requiring KYC, and monitoring all transactions.5AMLD In Action From JanuaryRegulators across the world have struggled with putting cryptocurrencies within a certain legislative framework. The European Union is on its way to put in effect an updated legislation...