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French Financial Watchdog Approves First ICO Under New 'Visa' Scheme

The approved ICO issuer can now legally market and host their sale until the beginning of June 2020.

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Blockchain of Things Pays SEC $250,000 to Settle Unregistered ICO

Internet startup Blockchain of Things has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle with the SEC over its $13 million ICO.

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Libra Lacks Clarity on 'Opaque' Currency Basket, Says Fed Reserve Governor

Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard has warned that the Facebook-led Libra project faces stiff regulatory challenges and that there's a question mark over one of its core concepts.

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Bitcoin App Bottle Pay Shuts Down Over Impending EU Money-Laundering Laws

Bottle Pay is shutting down, citing the EU's new AML rules, which could compel crypto wallet providers to collect KYC info from users starting next month.

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Netherlands Plans to Punish Crypto Scammers With Up to 6 Years in Jail

The Dutch government is about to get tougher with fraudulent schemes involving banking apps and cryptocurrencies.

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SEC Taking 'Measured' Approach to Digital Asset Regulation, Jay Clayton Tells Senate Committee

The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, says his agency is taking a "measured" regulatory stance on "promising" blockchain tech.

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China's SEC May Soon Have a Crypto-Savvy Department Chief: Report

China's securities watchdog is reported to be hiring Yao Qian, the former head of the central bank's digital currency initiative, as the chief of its new tech regulation bureau.

Yao Qian, director of the Science and Technology Supervision Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission

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FinCEN Sees Jump in Crypto-Related Suspicious Activity Reports

Crypto companies have filed 7,100 Suspicious Activity Reports since May, America’s anti-money-laundering chief said at a banking conference Tuesday.

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Mnuchin 'Fine' With Libra Launch, But Crypto Project Must 'Fully' Comply With AML Rules

Steven Mnuchin, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, has no issue with the launch of the Facebook-led Libra project – as long as financial rules are followed to the letter.

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Top US Financial Regulators Urge Monitoring of Digital Assets, Stablecoins

A panel of top U.S. financial regulators urged federal and state officials to monitor risks from digital assets like bitcoin.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin