Swiss leaders plan to enforce global crypto reporting framework

The Spanish-speaking world sees major cryptocurrency and blockchain developments with Uruguay approving a new bill that could be applied positively to ICOs, Cuba using crypto to access the global economy and Venezuela finally installing its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM.Here is the past week of crypto and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph…

This is the final part of a three-part series covering the regulatory landscape for cryptos in 2019 and thinking about the prospects for 2020. The first two parts covered the “Insiders” of Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim, and “Outsider” nations such as China, Russia and India. This piece covers the prospects for the…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking sanctions against the individuals behind the allegedly fraudulent Initial Coin Offering (ICO) known as PlexCoin, Finance Feeds reports September 26.The SEC has been involved in ongoing court proceedings against the owners of the associated firm PlexCorps — Dominic Lacroix and Sabrina Paradis-Royer — at the New…

During today’s United State Senate Banking Committee hearing on the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and blockchain, Cointelegraph will be updating live with the most important developments. The July 30 hearing, titled “Examining Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Currencies and Blockchain,” follows the previous hearings in mid-July that examined the regulatory hurdles surrounding Facebook’s Libra.Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire…

Vega, a DeFi protocol for creating decentralized derivatives markets, has launched a program providing early platform access to liquidity providers. 165 Total views 26 Total shares Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Vega has launched a program to grant market makers early-access to the platform ahead of its public test-net launch.Vega comprises a Proof-of-Stake protocol that facilitates…

On July 31, a Chinese Bitcoin investor sued local crypto exchange OKCoin for allegedly blocking him from getting his Bitcoin Cash (BCH) after the Bitcoin fork.   While the case is new for China, compilations regarding hard forks and exchanges have been amassing since perhaps as early as the DAO incident in 2016. So what happens…

Tuhu Nugraha, who works with the Indonesian government, said that the country will soon conduct trials on applying blockchain technology in public service use cases. Following the launch of its government-backed crypto exchange, the Southeast Asian country of Indonesia is becoming a budding crypto hub that aims to be one of the leaders in Web3

EOS, the seventh-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, performed its first hard fork earlier today.The EOS update tracking tool maintained by the chain’s block producer, EOSNation, reports that EOS block producers (BP) signaled their intent to implement the update on the EOS Mainnet on Sept. 23 at 13:00 UTC.According to the website, this is the largest…

Brazilian law enforcement has solicited the help of Bahamian authorities to investigate suspicious transactions to Deltec Bank & Trust – the recently-announced new banking partner of controversial stablecoin Tether (USDT) – major Brazilian newspaper O Globo reports Nov. 6.As per the report, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in São Paulo is on the trail of…