Legal & Regulation

The Kenyan treasury has been given a two week deadline to determine a position on cryptocurrency trading… Kenya’s treasury secretary, Henry Rotich, has been given two weeks by the country’s Parliament to sort out the nation’s approach to…

The French government is expected to introduce a licence covering initial coin offerings… With some countries looking to discourage initial coin offerings altogether, the French government seems to be taking a more positive approach. A…

SIX, the company behind the Swiss stock exchange, is working toward the launch of a “full end-to-end and fully integrated digital asset trading, settlement and custody service” soon. Switzerland’s stock exchange – owned and managed by SIX –…

As the Reserve Bank Of India’s ban on cryptocurrency begins to take effect, the protests are getting louder… The ramifications continue to be felt from the Reserve Bank Of India’s (RBI) ban on cryptocurrencies, that comes into force this…

The crypto exchange CoinDeal has been confirmed as official sponsor of Wolverhampton Wanderers for the team’s return to the English Premier League. The deal, the first ever sports sponsorship deal involving a cryptocurrency exchange…

Ripple (the company), creators of Ripple (the cryptocurrency) has been served with a class action lawsuit alleging securities law violations Ripple Labs Inc., is now facing three legal actions in the US alleging that it broke securities…

Austrian authorities are looking to bring in tight controls over ICOs… Austria’s financial regulator, the Financial Market Authority, will change the country’s laws to regulate cryptocurrencies as securities, its lead administrators said in…

Reports say that India’s supreme court has refused to delay the RBI upcoming ban on banks offering services to companies that deal in cryptocurrency. The decision means that all the country’s registered banks are now obliged to comply with…

Malta continues its push towards being crypto-friendly, as its president joins the first trade with EURS coin… A cryptocoin pegged directly with the Euro has launched in Malta. The Maltese president Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca helped to…

The Prudential Regulation Authority, the arm of the Bank of England that regulates and supervises around 1,500 banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers and major investment firms, has issued a letter to CEOs of the firms under its…