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ForkLog 19 17.06.2022

Huobi Gains Approval to Operate in New Zealand

New Zealand authorities have added the Huobi bitcoin exchange to the Financial Services Provider Register.

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ForkLog 18 17.06.2022

Tech giants join EU fight against disinformation

Major tech companies that own online platforms have agreed to comply with the EU's new rules to combat disinformation online.

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ForkLog 16 17.06.2022

US regulators open investigation into Celsius account freezes

Five U.S. state securities regulators, on a priority basis, began examining Celsius Network's suspension of withdrawals on its crypto-lending platform. Reuters reports.

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ForkLog 13 17.06.2022

Panama’s president vetoes crypto bill over FATF recommendations

Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo has imposed a partial veto on the bill regulating the circulation of digital assets, saying that it needs to be revised to align with the country's financial rules.

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ForkLog 34 16.06.2022

Thai regulators revoke Huobi’s crypto exchange license

Huobi's bitcoin exchange operator closes its Thailand unit after the Ministry of Finance revoked its license.

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ForkLog 18 16.06.2022

UK government plans to turn the country into a global crypto hub

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport plans to turn the country and its capital London into a 'crypto hub'. This was announced by the head of the department, Chris Philp.

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ForkLog 18 16.06.2022

AIFC-based exchanges will be able to open accounts in Kazakh banks

A special working group, comprising representatives of the Ministry of Digital Development, the National Bank and other regulators of Kazakhstan, утвердила the rules for the interaction of cryptocurrency exchanges based at the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) and second-tier banks.

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ForkLog 22 14.06.2022

Russia’s State Duma backs in the first reading a ban on using digital financial assets (DFAs) as a means of payment

Members of Russia's State Duma approved in the first reading a bill proposing to ban the use of digital financial assets (DFAs) as a means of payment within the Russian Federation.

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ForkLog 24 14.06.2022

EU to oblige tech giants to tackle deepfakes

The European Commission will update rules obliging companies such as Meta, Twitter and Google to remove deepfakes, disinformation, and fake accounts.

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ForkLog 14 11.06.2022

Sweden’s central bank urges ban on Bitcoin for environmental reasons

Riksbank published a report 'Cryptocurrencies and Their Impact on Financial Stability', in which it shared the results of its own study of mining under the {{AOPEN_1}}Proof-of-Work{{ACLOSE_1}} consensus algorithm.

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ForkLog 17 09.06.2022

Lithuania tightens regulation of the crypto industry

The Lithuanian government approved amendments to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislation concerning the regulation of the cryptocurrency market, according to the Ministry of Finance.

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ForkLog 17 08.06.2022

Kaitlin Long’s cryptocurrency bank sues the Fed

The Custodia cryptocurrency bank (formerly Avanti) has filed a lawsuit against the Fed over delays in ruling on its application for access to the regulator's payments system through a master account. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. Kaitlin Long accused the regulator of delaying the processing of a "critically important for business" Custodia filing. According to the lawsuit, 19 months had elapsed since the filing.

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