• FCA BANS THE SALE OF CRYPTO-DERIVATIVES TO RETAIL CONSUMERS

    • 7 October 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: World News
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    “Unregulated transferable cryptoassets are tokens that are not ‘specified investments’ or e-money, and can be traded, which includes well-known tokens such as Bitcoin, Ether or Ripple. Specified investments are types of investment which are specified in legislation. Firms that carry out particular types of regulated activity in relation to those investments must be authorised by

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  • DIGITAL YEN : JAPAN COULD LAUNCH CBDC IN 3 YEARS

    • 11 February 2020
    • Posted by: Curatore
    • Category: Central Banks, World News
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    According to Reuters, Kozo Yamamoto, Head of the banking and finance systems research commission at Japan’s ruling party, has proposed to create and launch a digital yen cryptocurrency within two to three years. The Liberal Democratic Party legislator remarked that: “The sooner the better. We’ll draft proposals to be included in government’s policy guidelines, and

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