US, Swiss, Nigeria and EU all advance national crypto regulations, Kraken wins first cryptoexchange bank charter, Austria and Bermuda join ETP party while South America surges.

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Global

Ciphertrace claims Monero transactions now traceable after US security contract. More →

Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela top Chainalysis cryptocurrency adoption index. More →

Sushiswap creator returns $14m in ETH as community cries exit scam. More →

Immutable blockchain may break EU privacy laws, says new research paper. More →

FATF releases cryptocurrency transaction ‘red flag’ report. More →

Uniswap copy-paste Sushiswap highlights DeFi fragility. More →

Privacy coins Monero, Zcash pose no money laundering risk, says Perkins Coie white paper. More →

Ethereum smashes transaction fee records under DeFi hype. More →

 Pension funds, institutions plan dramatic increase in Bitcoin exposure by 2025. More →

Developer reveals biggest unsolvable Lightning Network attack potential. More →

Bitcoin on track for £3trn market cap by 2025. More →

Bittrex Global suspends services in Ukraine, Burundi, Mali, Belarus, Myanmar, Panama, Nicaragua citing regulatory uncertainty. More →

101 million people worldwide own cryptocurrency, 189% more than in 2017, study finds. More →

76% of world’s crypto miners use renewable energy, says Cambridge research. More →

Europe

Austria

Vienna Stock Exchange adds first Bitcoin, Ethereum ETPs. More →  

Bitpanda secures $52m Series A, the largest in Europe in 2020. More →  

Bulgaria

RG Coins cryptoexchange was front for Romanian mafia, US alleges. More →  

EU

Binance joins high-profile European blockchain regulatory group. More →  

Pandemic accelerated adoption of digital currency, ECB President Lagarde says. More →  

Facebook’s Libra will be restricted, not banned, under EU plan. More →  

EU to introduce cryptoassets regime by 2024, internal documents show. More →  

Regulated cryptoasset sector could boost Europe’s economy, says EU Parliament research. More →  

‘Misleading’ term stablecoin should be banned, says European Central Bank. More →  

Digital Euro would provide sovereign alternative to crypto, says ECB President Lagarde. More →  

ECB fears stablecoin liquidity ‘bank runs’. More →  

France

Euro CBDC could impact world for decades, says Banque de France boss. More →  

Societe-Generale bank starts testing French CBDC on Tezos blockchain. More →

Police arrest 29 for allegedly using crypto to fund terrorism in Syria.  More →  

Georgia

Illegal crypto mining threatens energy crisis, says government. More →  

Abkazia state reverses crypto mining ban, will regulate industry, says president. More →  

Gibraltar

GFSC updates DLT framework to comply with FATF Travel Rule. More →  

Italy

Digital payments will solve ‘shadow economy’, says PM Guiseppe Conte. More →  

Italy’s oldest coffees shop chain starts accepting cryptocurrency. More →  

Russia

Crypto law confuses industry with clarity absent. More →  

Electrical grid operator Rosetti reports $280k loss from illegal crypomining. More →  

Roskomnadzor regulator blacklists Binance. More →  

Ministry of Finance drafts harsh punishment, jail time for failure to report crypto holdings. More →  

Spain

Congress approves regulatory sandbox for crypto and fintech innovation. More →  

Users refunded for crypto scams will pay capital gains tax, says General Directorate of Taxes. More →  

Switzerland

Zug Canton to accept BTC, ETH tax payments up to $109,000. More →  

Parliament overhauls legal code to set standards for crypto trading, securities, exchanges and more. More →  

UK

Regulators must stay one step ahead of cryptoassets, stablecoins, says Bank of England chief. More →  

Crypto bank Ziglu wins FCA e-money license for P2P payments. More →  

Social aggregator Telos moves to the blockchain with ETH-based smart contracts. More →  

EY launches Bitcoin block explorer to track crypto transactions. More →  

Regulators, authorities don’t trust crypto self regulation, says think tank report. More →  

Americas

Argentina

Confusion reigns over tax treatment of cryptocurrency mining. More →

Brazil

World’s largest iron ore producer Vale completes first metals sale on blockchain. More →

Canada

Country’s first regulated cryptoexchange Wealthsimple Crypto goes live. More →

Central bank report suggests ‘financially illiterate’ more likely to own crypto. More →

Chile

Banco Itau alleges Buda cryptoexchange engages in fraud, ID theft. More →

Financial Markets Commission pressures Treasury to adopt crypto and fintech regulatory framework. More →

Colombia

Presidential economic advisor calls on banks to test cryptocurrency transactions.  More →

Country opens regulatory sandbox for Bitcoin transaction testing. More →

Banking sector open to Bitcoin, but must have clear regulation, says Asobancaria president. More →

Mexico

Exchanges report over 24,000 suspicious transactions to Financial Intelligence Unit. More →

United States

US should lead world in crypto innovation, says Senate Banking chairman. More →

Alphabay darknet market moderator sentenced to 11 years in jail. More →

SEC sues self-help firm over $1m BTC fraud. More →

DoJ moves to seize $400m from convicted OneCoin money launderer. More →

Robinhood faces $10m SEC fine for not disclosing it sells order flow to market makers. More →

EFF calls on Coinbase for transparency over users’ private financial data. More →

IRS offers $625,000 bounty to anyone who can crack Monero privacy. More →

Grayscale parent Digital Currency Group buys out South African exchange Luno. More →

Mastercard launches proprietary CBDC testing platform. More →

US citizen charged with running diamond Ponzi scheme, crypto scam. More →

Rapper T.I charged by SEC in alleged ICO scam. More →

Prosecutors indict Russian state-backed troll factory IRA with crypto theft, election manipulation. More →

Morgan Stanley chief pushes Bitcoin as central bank money-printing spirals. More →

CFTC charge four for $1m crypto trading scam. More →

Tassat can proceed with Bitcoin swaps plan, CFTC rules. More →

Japanese exchange Fisco files California suit against Binance for allegedly laundering $9m from Zaif hack. More →

NASDAQ-listed tech giant Microstrategy buys $425m of Bitcoin. More →

SEC hits Unikrn ICO with $6m penalty. More →

Two Russian nationals indicted for $16.8m cryptoexchange hacks. More →

Kraken wins US banking charter. More →

Binance US on track to launch in all 50 states by 2021. More →

US state banking regulator announces unified rule for crypto companies. More →

Bitfinex wins more time to present documents over alleged $800m theft. More →

SEC, OCC release first regulatory guidance saying federal banks can hold fiat-backed stablecoin reserves. More →

Wisconsin politician challenges state regulator by accepting Bitcoin for donations. More →

0x, Kraken, Stellar awarded board seats at top blockchain lobbying org. More →

US Space Force employs blockchain firm Xape to provide hack-proof data. More →

Government darknet drug raids seize $6.5m in cash and crypto. More →

Visa, Goldman Sachs, SDX join blockchain trade org Chamber for Digital Commerce. More →

Decentralised marketplace pioneer implicated in illegal drug sales to close. More →

Nevada woman charged in 12BTC murder for hire. More →

Lawmakers propose national crypto framework: Digital Commodity Exchange Act 2020. More →

 Christie’s to auction artwork backed by ETH-based NFT token for first time. More →

OneCoin investors allege BNY Mellon aided $4bn cryptocurrency fraud. More →

$28m MakerDAO ‘Black Thursday’ suit moves to arbitration. More →

Wall Street’s credit default swaps make DeFi debut. More →

SEC seeks jury trial for Swedish man accused of $3.5m crypto theft. More →

SEC confirms it won’t take action against compliance-focused digital securities exchanges. More →

Banks must consider crypto exposure, says FinCEN director. More →

Venezuela

NGO denounces gov’t IP blocks on Coinbase, local exchanges. More →

P2P exchange Paxful shuts Venezuela ops to comply with US sanctions. More →

Cryptominers must join National Digital Mining Pool, new law states. More →

Caribbean

Bahamas

Central bank confirms Sand Dollar CBDC will launch in October 2020. More →

Barbados

Shyft adds Huobi, Bitfinex, Tether to FATF global compliance task force. More →

Bermuda

Joint NASDAQ-Hashdex crypto ETF wins Bermuda Stock Exchange listing. More →

Middle East & North Africa

Binance launches Arabic-language sites in Middle East/North Africa push. More →

Israel

Parliament rebels push to list Bitcoin as currency, cancel capital gains tax. More →

Iran

Cryptomining proceeds should be used in place of hyperinflated rial to fund car imports. More →

Given government green light, power plants start mining Bitcoin. More →

South Asia

India

India planning to ban cryptocurrency trading, sources allege. More →

Crypto bill omitted from Parliament as ban rumours swirl.Police probe Pluto Exchange for alleged theft of $270,000 from investors. More →

BuyUcoin exchange proposes regulatory sandbox to avoid country-wide crypto ban. More →

East Asia & Pacific

Australia

Three major banks announce commercial launch of financial guarantee blockchain. More →

No need for central bank cryptocurrency, says Reserve Bank. More →

China

Digital yuan CBDC may come with hardware wallets. More →

Digital yuan CBDC acceptance will be mandatory for all, central bank says. More →

China needs CBDC to break US dollar hegemony, central bank magazine reports. More →

E-commerce giant JD.com to build apps for digital yuan. More →

State-run media release reports calling Bitcoin 2020’s ‘best performing asset’. More →

Hong Kong

Coinex exchange launches BCH futures. More →

Hong Kong Monetary Authority picks Consenys for HK-Thai CBDC pilot. More →

Japan

bitFlyer, Coincheck drop Ethereum Classic after 51% attacks. More →

Messaging giant LINE launches token rewards programme. More →

New Zealand

Liquidators open damages applications for collapsed cryptoexchange Cryptopia. More →

Philippines

SEC warns against ‘cloud mining’ Bitcoin scam. More →

Singapore

SGX to list first BTC, ETH price indices. More →

Kucoin and Poloniex announce exchange merger. More →

Kucoin exchange confirms $150m hot wallet hack. More →

User losses from hack will be covered by exchange, Kucoin promises. More →

South Korea

Budget carrier Jin Air opens blockchain-backed ticket scheme. More →

Police seize equity stakes from major Bithumb shareholder. More →

After two police raids, Bithumb goes up for sale for $600m. More →

Africa

Regulators in continent’s largest economies scramble to get a hold on spike in cryptocurrency trading. More →

Kenya

Entrepreneurs create new payment stablecoin tested in regulatory sandbox. More →

Nigeria

Cryptocurrencies are securities in Nigeria, regulator rules. More →

South Africa

Bitcoin Revolution scam claims support from President Cyril Ramaphosa. More →