Regulation

2020 was unforgettable, especially for Bitcoin. To help memorialize this year for our readers, we asked our network of contributors to reflect on Bitcoin’s price action, technological development, community growth and more in 2020, and to reflect on what all of this might mean...

Policy DivisionFinancial Crimes Enforcement Network P.O. Box 39Vienna, VA 22183 FinCEN Docket No. FINCEN-2020-0020, RIN 1506-AB47 December 30, 2020To Whom it May Concern:I am Ben Davenport, an entrepreneur and investor. I previously co-founded BitGo, the first non-custodial multi-sig wallet provider, and now leading provider of custodial services...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has released a notice of proposed rulemaking that would require money services business to submit reports, keep records and verify the identity of customers as they relate to digital currencies “held in unhosted...

Today, Knox announced that it has become the first and only custodian in Canada with SOC 2 Type II certification. Learn more via the press released shared by Knox below:MONTREAL — December 17th 2020 — Earlier in 2020, Knox allowed the world’s first bitcoin...

Defending Bitcoin and Liberty with Pierre Rochard - Bitcoin Magazine Podcast Watch this video on YouTube Listen To The Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast On this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast, host BranBTC sat down with everyone’s favorite Bitcoin maximalist Pierre Rochard to discuss the STABLE Act that was recently...

Regulators and policymakers around the world have never been particularly open to innovations or progressions of the crypto market.However, with the industry growing both technologically and in terms of institutional adoption, the onus on KYC and AML laws is back, and it’s all but...

Crypto regulations have proven to be a slippery slope so far, with governments around the world continuing to suppress the industry’s organic growth by instilling poor policies and a general disregard for cryptocurrencies.But builders, developers, and crypto fanatics are fighting back to ensure a...

Veterans will say it’s the same story in a different dress. Bitcoin has, historically, been met by regulatory “FUD” or the prospects of a ban whenever the asset’s prices go parabolic. This was last seen in 2017 when China said it would “ban Bitcoin,”...

Crypto research firm Coinfirm has found that US authorities have left “substantial funds” left on various cryptocurrency wallets seized from criminals over the years, as a result of multiple “forks” that issued newer cryptocurrencies that traded on public markets.The firm traced a majority of...

Texan regulators filed charges against 15 illicit investment platforms advertising false crypto, forex, and binary options investments, as per a Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) release shared with CryptoSlate. A total of three cease and desist orders against separate entities were issued.Securities Commissioner Travis...