Policy


Policy

India Has No Plans to Recognize Bitcoin as Currency; RBI Working on CBDC Rollout: Reports

The Indian parliament kicked off its winter session on Monday. Key crypto legislation will be discussed.

The Indian flag. (Pixabay)

Tech

Multiple Mining Pools Are Facing Connectivity Issues

Some of the world’s biggest mining pools are facing severe disruptions.

Chinese Ethereum Mining Pool BeePool to Shut Down Following Crypto Ban

Finance

Huobi Co-Founders Set Up New Chinese Entity

The crypto exchange deregistered a Beijing entity in July, amid a regulatory crackdown on crypto.

Beijing (Zhang Kayiv/Unsplash)

Finance

Chinese Crypto News Site ChainNews Shuts Down

The space for crypto media in China is shrinking.

Beijing (Zhang Kayiv/Unsplash)

Policy

Canada Needs a Loonie-Linked Digital Currency, Policy Experts Say

Policy think tank C.D. Howe Institute sees Canadian-dollar-linked stablecoins, issued by the Bank of Canada, becoming attractive to Canadians by making them convertible into cash.

(Kevin Miller/Stockbyte/Getty Images)

Policy

S. Korean Regulators Call for Criminal Punishments for Crypto Market Manipulation

The law is unlikely to go through Parliament this year.

Gyeongbokg palace in Seoul. (Image credit: Chan Young Lee/Unsplash)

Finance

Celsius Network Series B Expands to $750M

The crypto lender said in October that the $400 million it raised then would reassure regulators of the credibility of its businesses.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk Archives)

Policy

Japanese Consortium Plans to Issue Bank Deposit-Like Digital Yen by End of Next Year

Mitsubishi Corp. will lead a trial that is expected to start in January.

Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood (segawa7/Shutterstock)

Policy

RBA Steps Up CBDC Research but Is Not Convinced There Is a Policy Case Yet: Official

The Reserve Bank of Australia thinks it’s plausible that crypto becomes “niche” once stablecoins and CBDCs are in full force.

Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Johnny Bhalla on Unsplash)