• FCA – GUIDANCE ON REGULATION FOR BITCOIN AND CRYPTO ASSETS

    • 7 August 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    The FCA has carried out work on cryptoassets, both as part of a broader UK Cryptoasset Taskforce and independently to achieve our objectives. This policy statement is the next step in the FCA’s work on cryptoassets and sets out details on where different types of cryptoassets might fall in the regulatory perimeter. This policy statement

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  • BULGARIA’S BITCOIN HOLDINGS ARE LARGER THAN ITS GOLD RESERVE

    • 23 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    For the first time in history, the bitcoin reserves of a nation-state have exceeded their gold reserves. The country that holds this particular record is Bulgaria. Bulgaria is estimated to hold over 200,000 bitcoins, with a present value of about $2 billion. The country’s gold reserves, on the other hand, are estimated at 40 tonnes, equivalent to about 1.8 billion dollars.

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  • SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF CRYPTOVALUES

    • 18 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    Ever since it was founded, Cryptovalues has considered communication with the academic world one of the four fundamental pillars for the dissemination and correct information of the new socio-economic paradigm represented by blockchain and crypto-asset. Today, after over a year – that has been full of activities and gratification – we are proud to announce

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  • ITALY, SWEDEN, AND CZECHIA TO LEAD EUROPEAN BLOCKCHAIN PARTNERSHIP

    • 10 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    Italy, Sweden and the Czech Republic will share the next one-year presidency of the European Blockchain Partnership, Cointelegraph Italy reported on July 9. Following a meeting of the European Blockchain Partnership today in Brussels, the three countries took on the one-year presidency, which will last from July 2019 to July 2020. Marco Bellezza, Legal Advisor to Minister Di Maio for communications

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  • GLOBAL CRYPTOASSET REGULATORY LANDSCAPE STUDY

    • 8 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    CRYPTOASSET REGULATION “This inaugural study examining the global cryptoasset regulatory landscape goes a long way towards fulfilling the core mission of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance: informing the operationalisation of technology-enabled financial innovation. Harvesting the potential benefits of innovation in financial services is highly contingent on the regulatory environment in a given jurisdiction, and

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  • NEW ECB BOSS CHRISTINE LAGARDE COULD ENACT BITCOIN FRIENDLY LEGISLATION

    • 8 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    WILL THE ECB SUPPORT BITCOIN? Recently nominated European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde has a history of making statements which cryptocurrency investors interpret as being supportive. In April, Largarde made comments suggesting that financial institutions and regulators are underestimating the potential influence digital currencies could have within the sector. Lagarde cautioned that digital assets are “shaking the system” and

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  • FCA REGULATOR WARNS CRYPTOCURRENCY GROUPS TO ‘GET IT RIGHT’

    • 5 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    The UK’s financial markets watchdog has warned Facebook and other issuers of digital currencies against the tech giant’s traditional motto of “move fast and break things”, putting them on notice that providers of financial services must “get it right the first time round.” Christopher Woolard, a senior regulator at the Financial Conduct Authority, said on

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  • WINDS OF CHANGE – CHRISTINE LAGARDE

    • 3 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    On the occasion of the election of Christine Lagarde as President of the European Central Bank, we are once again presenting her most significant speeches on the subject of digital assets and blockchains in order to have an overview of her point of view on this industry.  We hope that the open-mindedness and constructive approach

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  • CENTRAL BANK PLANS TO CREATE DIGITAL CURRENCIES RECEIVE BAKING

    • 2 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    Global central banks may have to issue their own digital currencies sooner than expected, the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements has said, after Facebook recently unveiled plans to create its own stablecoin. Agustín Carstens, who heads the BIS, known as the central bankers’ bank, told the Financial Times that the organisation supported

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  • G20 OFFICIALLY SUPPORTS FATF’S CRYPTO GUIDELINES

    • 2 July 2019
    • Posted by: admincryptovalues

    The Group of Twenty (G20), an international forum for the governments from 19 countries and the EU, has officially welcomed cryptocurrency guidelines set by the global money-laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). At the 2019 G20 summit held on June 28–29 in Osaka, Japan, the forum said: “We reaffirm our commitment to applying the

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