Regulation

Kenya orders Worldcoin to cease biometric data collection
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13 May, 2025

Kenya orders Worldcoin to cease biometric data collection

Worldcoin was taken to court by two Kenyan advocacy groups, with the legal blow followed by suspension in Indonesia after...
Trump’s ‘crypto’ could risk global finance: Bank of Italy
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12 May, 2025

Trump’s ‘crypto’ could risk global finance: Bank of Italy

In other news, Bitrace's report revealed that TRON accounted for the most crime, despite lagging behind Ethereum in total stablecoin...
South Africa implements FATF Travel Rule for digital assets
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9 May, 2025

South Africa implements FATF Travel Rule for digital assets

The Travel Rule took effect on April 30 and requires digital asset users to share information about their transaction counterparties...
ECB to test digital euro; UK drafts stablecoin regulation
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9 May, 2025

ECB to test digital euro; UK drafts stablecoin regulation

The ECB sets up an innovation hub to test its digital euro project; meanwhile, the U.K. says that foreign stablecoin...
China’s Beijing unveils 2-year DLT development action plan
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9 May, 2025

China’s Beijing unveils 2-year DLT development action plan

The two-year initiative aims to increase funding for blockchain research, particularly in cryptography, confidential computing and distributed ledgers.
EU law banning anonymous digital asset wallets by 2027, ‘final’
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8 May, 2025

EU law banning anonymous digital asset wallets by 2027, ‘final’

EUCI has published an AML Handbook to help firms comply with the EU's new AML rules, which will ban privacy...