VASPs must not advertise on public transport venues, broadcast media, third-party websites, or roadshows and must not turn to influencers on social media, according to Singapore’s central bank.
The State Bank of Pakistan is concerned about the use of digital currencies in crime, with a recent Binance-linked $100 million scam being cited as an example.
Kosovo is eliminating all non-essential energy needs, such as block reward mining, after winter-fueled blackouts led the nation to a state of emergency.
The Library of Congress report shows that the number of countries that banned digital currencies has doubled in three years; nine have an outright ban, while 42 have an implicit ban.
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch says Bitcoin must be banned or it could pose great danger to the financial market, but parliament is putting off regulations for now.
The Lok Sabha left out a bill that could have imposed a blanket ban on “private cryptocurrencies” for its winter session, which closes on December 23.
Aside from ruling that the contract was invalid as mining is illegal in the country, the court also turned over all records in the case to national authorities so they could shut down the mining operation.
The Russian central bank had previously suggested that mutual funds should stay away from digital currencies, but has now made it an official prohibition.
Facebook has retracted its longstanding ban on ads related to digital currencies, NFTs and more, saying it wants to “make it easier” for companies to apply to run digital currency ads.
The new proposed regulation seeks to ban pension funds from buying and holding digital assets, which are defined in the draft legislation as "crypto-assets."
The top state planning agency in China is seeking public opinion on block reward mining, a month after it listed the sector among the industries with dwindling contributions to the economy.
China's crackdown on cryptocurrency intensifies with a blanket ban on all digital currency transactions and mining.
