The Stock Exchange of Thailand has announced plans to apply for a digital assets license, which would allow the firm to setup a new authorized cryptocurrency exchange in the country.
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has been awarded a crypto license by the Financial Services Agency (FSA), according to reports.
UK-based fintech firm Revolut has been awarded a banking license in Lithuania, giving the firm access to provide current accounts and loan services across the EU from 2019.
The Cagayan Economic one Authority (CEZA) in the Philippines has doubled revenues in 2018, after promoting itself as a cryptocurrency-friendly hub.
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) Execution LLC, a subsidiary of NYDIG LLC, for a virtual currency license and a money transmission license.
The chief financial regulator of Thailand has warned investors to avoid the unregulated Q Exchange, following an order issued to the firm to stop advertising on account of a lack of a sufficient license.
Authorities in Mauritius have set out plans for a new cryptocurrency custodian license, as part of new laws aimed at the emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors.
The platform, called Primetradingbot, claimed to offer high-yield BTC investments, and appeared to be targeting unsophisticated investors who still believe the BTC coin has a future, according to the Malta Financial Services Authority.
The number of companies that have been granted provisional licenses by the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), which operates the Philippine government-owned Cagayan Special Economic Zone (CSEZ), has jumped to 19.
UK’s first cryptocurrency exchange, Coinfloor, has become the first crypto exchange to be licensed by Gibraltar’s groundbreaking blockchain legislation.
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority granted licensing approval to Crypto Fund, an investment fund based in Zug.
CEZA, which operates the Philippine government-owned Cagayan Special Economic Zone (CSEZ), expects to receive as much as $68 million in licensing revenue, with 17 firms already having paid in full to be licensed to operate cryptocurrency businesses there.
