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THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] BANK OF ENGLAND SEES DIGITAL CURRENCY COMING www. bloomberg. com Governor Andrew Bailey says the Bank of England is reviewing whether the BOE should create a digital currency, and believes “in a few years time, we will be heading toward some sort of digital currency.” [Members Area Crypto] SOUTH KOREA MAY TAX DIGITAL GOODS AT 20% RATE www. cointelegraph. com South Korea lawmakers appear ready...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] G20 TO LAYS REGULATORY GROUNDWORK FOR DIGITAL PAYMENTS www. cointelegraph. com Officials at the G20 announced they plan to begin defining the regulatory groundwork for the group’s members to accept digital payments ahead of their next scheduled summit in Riyadh. [Members Area Crypto] SINGAPORE READIES BLOCKCHAIN PAYMENTS SYSTEM FOR COMMERCIAL ROLLOUT www. mas. gov. sg The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a report to...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] SOUTH KOREAN DISCUSSING CRYPTO TRANSACTION TRANSPARENCY www. cointelegraph. com South Korea’s National Assembly is host a talk today on “How to boost transparency in cryptocurrency transactions” that is expected to result in the creation of a system to oversee digital currency transactions. www. [Members Area Crypto] MALAYSIA'S SECURITY COMMISSION WARNS AGAINST USE OF CRYPTO ATMS www. sc. com. my The Securities Commission (SC) of Malaysia...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] MALAYSIA'A SHARIAH ADVISORY COUNCIL RULES CRYPTO TRADING IS PERMISSIBLE www. theedgemarkets. com Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) Shariah Advisory Council has announced that digital asset trading is permissible on registered exchanges opening the door to the countries 19 million person Muslim population to trade crypto. [Members Area Crypto] CFTC WANTS TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION IN DIGITAL ASSETS www. cftc. gov The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has...
MARKET ANALYSIS After briefly falling below its persistent $9,000 support level on Sunday, Bitcoin finished the 7 days ending 7/6 at $9,375; up 1.7% on the week. Volatility over the past 7 days has been exceptionally low with Bitcoin trading between a low of $8,977 and a high of $9,375. Bitcoin remains firmly ahead of gold as the best performing asset class on a YTD basis. Bitcoin Cash led all...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] FATF RELEASES STABLECOIN RECOMMENDATION www. fatf-gafi. org The Financial Action Task Force completed a 12-month review on stablecoins by releasing a report to the G20 suggesting that the development of stablecoins have the potential to spur financial innovation and efficiency and improve financial inclusion but recommends that an increased global response is needed to insure fiat-backed tokens comply with current terrorist financing and money laundering...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] GERMANY PLANS TO FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES WITH DIGITAL ASSETS AS NEW PRESIDENT OF FATF www. news. bitcoin. com Germany has taken over the presidency of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and intends to focus on “opportunities that technology can offer, by launching an initiative to monitor risks and explore opportunities” across virtual assets. [Members Area Crypto] IRAN WILL REQUIRE CRYPTO MINERS TO REGISTER RIGS...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] BANK OF JAPAN EXPLORING PROS AND CONS OF DIGITAL YEN www. decrypt. co The Bank of Japan published a report on the pros and cons of issuing a digital Yen and found that their digital currency needs to be “resilient” and “universally accessible” for it to be viable. [Members Area Crypto] LITHUANIA READY TO RELEASE CBDC www. reuters. com Lithuania plans to begin selling LBCOINs,...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] COURT RULES BLOCKCHAIN ANALYSIS DOES NOT REQUIRE WARRANT www. coindesk. com The Fifth Court of Appeals has ruled that the Fourth Amendment – unreasonable search and seizures – does not protect individuals, requiring a warrant, when a public blockchain transaction is reviewed. [Members Area Crypto] DC BAR APPROVES RECEIPT OF CRYPTO FOR LEGAL SERVICES www. dcbar. org The District of Columbia Bar issued a legal...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE REMAINS OPEN TO DIGITAL DOLLAR www. coindesk. com In yesterday’s hearings of the Senate Banking Committee, lawmakers repeated their negative stances against technology companies and warned that a digital dollar could bring risks to the market, but Republican Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) spoke of the need for a digital dollar with Cotton suggesting that “the U.S. dollar has...
MARKET ANALYSIS After Bitcoin’s price briefly dipped below $9,000 on Saturday, gains on Sunday pushed it back above $9,000 into the lower band of its $9,000-$10,000 trading range that has persisted since the halvening. This ended its longest streak of daily losses (5 days) in over half a year. Prices last declined for 5 consecutive days in early December 2019. Bitcoin remains firmly ahead of gold as the best performing...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] ZIMBABWE HALTS MOBILE MONEY PLATFORMS www. bloomberg. com The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has suspended the use of mobile phone monetary transaction platforms and accused “the phone-based mobile-money systems of Zimbabwe [of] conspiring… in illicit activities that are sabotaging the economy.” [Members Area Crypto] EXISTING PRIVACY TECHNOLOGY LACKS MATURITY FOR CBDC www. bankofcanada. ca The Bank of Canada believes current techniques to achieve cash-like privacy...