Crypto


Policy

Pakistan Announces Fresh Ban on Crypto, but Adoption as a Hedge Remains Popular

Cryptocurrencies will “never be legalized in Pakistan,” said Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Aisha Ghaus Pasha.

Karachi, Pakistan - Nov 14, 2021: People are seen at a weekly Sunday bazaar in Bufferzone, an area of central Karachi of Sindh province in Pakistan

Tech

Coinbase Cloud Joins Chainlink as Node Operator to Bolster Security

Telecoms giants Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and news provider Associated Press are also Chainlink node operators.

Chainlink Labs team at SmartCon (Chainlink)

Policy

UK Lawmakers' Bid to Regulate Crypto as Gambling Could Be a Political Problem, Invites Industry Wrath

The Treasury is still adamant it will regulate digital assets like financial services but its plans will rely on parliamentary support.

The U.K. Parliament. (Paul Silvan/Unsplash)

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Policy

Indian Authorities Asked to Restore Crypto Exchanges' Access to UPI

An Indian crypto exchange and a policy firm have separately asked the government to let crypto firms access the national Unified Payments Interface (UPI) after it was ostensibly suspended in 2022.

(L-R) Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister at the G20 Annual Meetings, in Washington DC in October 2022. (Indian Ministry of Finance)

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Policy

UK Lawmaker Group Clashes With Treasury Over Treating Unbacked Crypto as Gambling

The U.K. Treasury Committee seemingly opposed the government’s proposal to treat crypto as regulated financial activities in a Wednesday report.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash)