Law

The Cost of Not Engaging Regulators

Regulators are going to regulate the digital asset space with or without the participation of the people and businesses in it.

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking to exempt cryptocurrencies and certain other digital assets from securities laws.

By Stan HigginsDis 20, 2018

Ohio has become the first U.S. state to allow taxes to be paid in bitcoin, starting with businesses.

By Yogita KhatriNob 26, 2018

The SEC's focus on crypto exchanges may disrupt some business models, add compliance and paperwork costs, and perhaps trigger a sector concentration.

By Noelle AchesonNob 24, 2018

A bitcoin trader has been jailed and fined over $1.1 million for stealing bitcoin and litecoin, and then defrauding investors to repay the loss.

By Yogita KhatriNob 12, 2018

The Korean Bar Association has called on the government to introduce blockchain regulations, ASAP.

By Yogita KhatriNob 8, 2018

A bitcoin trader from California has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business and now faces up to five years in prison.

By Yogita KhatriOkt 30, 2018

The Supreme Court of India has asked the government to give its view on cryptocurrencies, amid fallout from a ruling by the central bank in April.

By Yogita KhatriOkt 26, 2018

An arbitration body in China has said bitcoin should be legally protected as a property, despite the central bank's ban on crypto trading.

By Wolfie ZhaoOkt 26, 2018

The CFTC has won a legal battle against a New York resident and his company for running a Ponzi scheme centered around bitcoin.

By Nikhilesh DeOkt 18, 2018

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