Guidelines cover dealings with exchanges, preventing money-laundering, aiding taxation; exchanges to be fined for privacy issues; payments to overseas exchanges blocked.
January 25, 2018Parliamentary submission suggests reforms allowing ASIC to assume identities on the dark web, share phone data with foreign regulators, seize electronic devices.
January 23, 2018Nationwide survey reveals USD 3.5 billion in cryptocurrency transactions over 17-months; banks suspend services to exchanges to deter 'suspicious transactions'.
January 23, 2018China's central bank has ordered banks and payment providers to boost investigation and monitoring to detect and shut down accounts linked to cryptocurrency trading.
January 23, 2018US regulator cited concerns around valuation and liquidity, among other issues; but comments made in rejection letter open path to eventual approval.
January 22, 2018Exchanges to be recognised by central bank once regulations are in place; draft guidelines on reporting obligations to come into force early 2018.
January 5, 2018Traders can only use real names to open cyptocurrency accounts, must be authenticated by banks under state regulatory jurisdiction.
January 2, 2018The start of bitcoin futures may increase speculation and international regulatory risks as countries rein in credit.
December 18, 2017Petitioner says central bank, securities regulator refusing to take responsibility for bitcoin regulation by not defining as currency or commodity
November 16, 2017MAS executive director says ICOs could be an example for securities markets; Malaysia to consider secondary market for digital assets.
November 9, 2017