Taiwan urges public servants to disclose their digital asset holdings
Expected to take effect in November, Taiwan's latest policy mandates public servants to declare their digital asset holdings exceeding $32,900 or risk being penalized.
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Taiwan’s new Digital Affairs Ministry utilizes Web 3.0 to boost cybersecurity
Amid political turmoil with China, Taiwan is harnessing the power of Web 3.0, spearheaded by the new Digital Affairs Ministry, to deal with potential threats to its cyberspace caused by tensions.
Taiwan to ban credit card agencies from serving digital assets firms
The FSC revealed that it had issued a letter to the Bankers Association of the Republic of China, which directed credit card issuers to stop onboarding digital assets platforms as merchants.
Taiwan’s XREX digital currency exchange suspends INR trading as India’s TDS law kicks in
According to Business Insider, XREX sent out a notice to users on June 30 directing them to withdraw their INR balances two days before the 1% TDS kicked in on July 1.
Taiwan’s central bank outlines conditions for second stage of CBDC development
As revealed by Chin-long, the central bank is exploring how to scale the system's operational performance and the feasibility of offline payment options to boost the resilience of the CBDC.
Taiwan police arrest 14 over alleged Ethereum investment scam
The suspects were accused of using misleading information and photos of beautiful women to lure mostly older and retired men to their scam, Taiwanese authorities said.
Taiwan to investigate Bitmain over talent poaching claims
The Taiwan New Taipei District Prosecutors Office is reported to have carried out inspections at seven office locations in Taiwan of companies linked to Bitmain.
Asian digital currency custody firm raises $3M for settlement network
First Digital Trust has raised $3 million from a Taiwanese venture capital firm to build its rapid settlement and clearing network which launches in May.
Coolbitx raises $16M to bring financial compliance to crypto
Coolbitx raised $16.7 million in its latest fundraising round led by SBI Holdings to enable crypto companies to comply with new FATF disclosure requirements
Facebook Libra remains positive with boost from Taiwan
This past Monday saw 21 companies, down from the original 28 after several walked away, sign the charter to be founder members of Facebook’s Libra stablecoin project.
Taiwan issues three new virtual banking licenses
Taiwan is hoping to set up new competition in the Asia digital currency scene with the licenses.
Cobinhood parts ways with co-founder, cites emotional instability
Cobinhood is trying to distance itself from co-founder Tai-yuan Chen because they are afraid he’s a danger to their employees safety.