The Pantera-backed crypto exchange is among the first to receive regulatory approval in South Africa, alongside Luno and Zignaly.

LBBW will first offer crypto custody to corporate clients with a market launch planned for the second half of 2024.

Regulators in the country have said they plan to authorize up to 60 digital asset firms by April.

The New Zealand exchange went offline in 2019 following a cyber attack that saw millions of dollars worth of tokens stolen.

Kwon successfully appealed a previous decision by the same court to send him to the U.S. instead.

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority is part of a broader effort by the European Union to combat illicit fund flows, and is ready to begin work as early as Friday, officials said Thursday.

During a Thursday hearing on proposed guidelines for stablecoin issuers, European Banking Authority officials urged stakeholders to engage with regulators to "start on the right footing."

The central bank plans to allocate the lion’s share of its $1.3 billion contract budget for providers to work on enabling offline payments for a digital euro.

Under draft proposals, crypto firms will be required to obtain licenses from the country’s capital markets regulator.

In April, Esteban Cabrera Da Corte pleaded guilty to participating in a crypto scheme that defrauded U.S. banks of $4 million.

The owner of Tomya was among 25 people detained in Turkey as the country prepares new crypto legislation.

The group reportedly said Wednesday that it has "no indications of violations of money laundering and terrorist financing laws."

But supervision of bank-like crypto firms could be a pain for regulators, said Andrea Enria, chair of the supervisory board at the European Central Bank.

Expert witnesses answered lawmaker questions on holding limits, impact on banking systems and privacy for an EU central bank digital currency.

A central bank digital currency (CBDC) could also be used to deregulate banking activities and help the banking sector grow, Miguel Fernández Ordóñez said during a European Parliament hearing on a digital euro.

Europe's "highly efficient" payment systems leave space to address social and financial concerns of a central bank digital currency, Pablo Hernández de Cos said.

The country hopes to align local requirements with those proposed by international banking regulators.

All trading on the platform will be disabled on Dec. 4, several months after Bittrex's U.S. arm filed for bankruptcy and stopped operations.

The S-1 form follows the registration of a corporate entity called "iShares Ethereum Trust" in Delaware.

The trials are part of a broader initiative to test digital money, including tokenization of banking assets.

The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced to four months in prison, and faces extradition following the completion of his sentence.

The International Monetary Fund's planned CBDC handbook offers guidance for policymakers on how to explore digital versions of sovereign currencies.

It's the first German full-service bank to be granted the custody license, according to a statement.

The National Bank of Kazakhstan plans to implement a digital tenge by the end of 2025.

The public sector should continue to prepare for CBDC deployment, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

This final approval allows the firm to offer digital asset custodial services to institutional clients and sophisticated investors in Dubai.