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  • The OCC clarifies that banks can provide crypto custody services.
  • The FDIC seeks comments on developing a certification process for new technologies to be used by banks.
  • The UK looks at restricting crypto promotions.
  • A group of crypto exchanges is working together to comply with FATF travel rule standards.

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of July 24, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • CFTC and SEC Settle Charges with Abra
  • Louisiana Enacts Virtual Currency Company Law
  • Twitter ‘Hack’ of Prominent Accounts Requests Bitcoin
  • New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Addresses Initial Feedback on proposed BitLicense Changes
  • New York Man Charged with Wire Fraud Relating to a Cryptocurrency-Related Investment Scheme
  • China to Test Digital Yuan on Food Delivery Platform; Beijing Local Government Releases Blockchain Plan
  • Japan Considering Issuance of a Digital Yen

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of July 17, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • Fifth Circuit Limits Privacy on Digital Asset Transactions
  • SEC Approves Digital Shares for Treasury Fund
  • CFTC to Develop Holistic Framework for Digital Asset Innovation
  • FATF Issues New Report on Stablecoins

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of July 10, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • New York’s Financial Services Regulator Announces New Virtual Currency Initiatives
  • Proposed Consent Judgment Filed in Telegram Lawsuit
  • SEC Charges Offerors of AML BitCoin with Fraud
  • Judgment Entered in Shopin Lawsuit
  • Singapore Begins to Enforce Prohibition on Unlicensed Bitcoin Sales
  • Lawmakers in Spain Propose Amendment to the Country’s AML/CFT Laws

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of June 26, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • The OCC Announces New Acting Comptroller and Includes FinTech Charters Among Focuses
  • The OCC Requests Comments to Update Outdated Regulatory Requirements and New Digital Technology and Innovation
  • SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Nominated for Second Term
  • SEC Freezes Assets in a Multi-Level Marketing Cryptocurrency Scheme
  • Financial Services Committee Discusses Digital Dollar for Stimulus Payments
  • Russia Continues to Embrace Blockchain, Moscow Citizens to Cast Blockchain Secured E-Votes on Constitutional Amendments and Russian Supreme Court Uses Blockchain Technology to Vote for First Time
  • Ontario Securities Commission Blames Fraud Following Investigation of QuadrigaCX Downfall

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of June 12, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • BitClave Settles with SEC
  • Telegram Withdrawals Appeal
  • First Meeting of Wyoming Select Committee on Blockchain
  • Louisiana Takes a Step Towards Establishing a Crypto License Regime
  • India Permits Banking for Cryptocurrency Related Businesses
  • Antigua and Barbuda Cryptocurrency Regulation
  • Switzerland Denies Crypto Valley Bailout

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of May 29, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • OCC Announces a New Acting Comptroller of the Currency
  • House Bill Would Require a Study on the Regulation and Use of Blockchain Technology in the United States
  • IRS Reportedly Seeking Private Contractors in Connection with Virtual Currency-Related Tax Returns
  • US Senate Subcommittee Raises Blockchain as Option for Senate Voting During Times of Crisis
  • Private Party Brings Suit against Crypto-Products Trading Platform for Alleged Violations of RICO and the CEA
  • Bank of France Provides Update on Central Bank Digital Currency Experimentation
  • FATF Issues Report on COVID-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risks and Policy Responses
  • Brazilian Agency Re-opens Investigation into Banks’ Treatment of Virtual Currency Firms
  • Reports: Iran Takes Several Actions Related to the Regulation of Virtual Currencies

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of May 22, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • Ripple Faces New Litigation Related to XRP Token Sale
  • In Wake of Injunction, Telegram Discontinues Involvement with TON Blockchain
  • Blockvest Founder Seeks to Challenge Sanctions Granted in SEC Suit Related to ICO
  • Ohio State Lawmakers Contemplate Using Blockchain for Future Election Cycles
  • Square’s CashApp Q1 Earnings Show Surge in Bitcoin-Related Earnings
  • Turkey-Based Company iMiner Successfully Attains License to Operate in Iran
  • Dutch Central Bank Imposes Registration Requirement for Crypto Service Providers Under Newest Iteration of AML Legislation

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of May 8, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz Ending His Term at the CFTC
  • U.S. Clears Security Token Trading System to Launch
  • Bank of China Will Expand Regulatory Pilot Project to Six More Cities and Districts
  • Zhejiang-based Ebang International Holdings Inc. Filed IPO

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of May 1, 2020

Weekly Focus:

  • Money Laundering in Bitcoin . . . is Still Money Laundering
  • CFTC Designates Sixth Bitcoin Contract Market
  • Terminating Sanctions Ordered Against Blockvest LLC Founder
  • China’s Central Bank Starts CBDC Pilot Program
  • Dutch National Bank Wants to Test CBDCs for the Eurosystem
  • Coinbase Launches Price Oracle for DeFi
  • Ant Financial Launches SME Consortium Blockchain

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of April 24, 2020