South Korea’s government is taking steps to protect cryptocurrency investors from implosions like Do Kwon’s Terra ecosystem by passing a new crypto bill. On June 30, the National Assembly passed the Virtual Asset User Protection legislation. The bill is designed to regulate unfair trade practices and protect crypto investors, the local news agency SBS Biz reported. The legislation reportedly integrates 19 crypto-related bills, providing a unified bill defining digital assets and imposing...

The United States-based investment bank JPMorgan is expanding the implementation of one of its major blockchain projects into traditional banking. JPMorgan has deployed its blockchain-based payment system, JPM Coin, to introduce euro-denominated payments for corporate clients, Bloomberg reported on June 23. A spokesperson for JPMorgan confirmed to Cointelegraph that the bank had expanded the JPM Coin blockchain platform from U.S. dollars to euros. According to Basak Toprak, JPMorgan’s head of...

Amid lawsuits against United States-based exchanges like Coinbase and Binance.US, an executive at a domestic digital asset firm has noted the legal implications of these recent enforcement actions for the industry. The era of trading cryptocurrencies as non-securities is coming to an end, according to Itai Avneri, chief operating officer at the blockchain trading firm INX. Avneri believes that a massive amount of coins offered for trading on crypto exchanges is among the core reasons for...

Global financial services company JPMorgan continues exploring the benefits of blockchain, deploying the technology to eliminate some restraints of traditional finance. The banking giant has partnered with six major Indian banks to introduce a blockchain-based platform enabling interbank settlement of U.S. dollar transactions, Bloomberg reported on June 5. The participating banks include HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank and JPMorgan’s own banking unit at Gujarat...

Georgia, a major cryptocurrency-friendly country among post-Soviet states, is preparing to start monitoring crypto firms to prevent money laundering and comply with sanctions. The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) plans to launch mandatory supervision of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) starting Sept. 1, 2023. The NBG acting governor Archil Mestvirishvili said that the new regulatory measures will help the country combat money laundering, the local news agency InterPressNews reported on...