Tagged: registration

March 11, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York Attorney General Letitia James continued her efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency platforms by filing a lawsuit against KuCoin for allegedly failing to register “as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing itself as an exchange.” The Office of the Attorney… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance is pleased to announce that Binance Nordics AB has been “granted registration as a financial institution for management and trading in virtual currency by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Swedish FSA).” This follows months of “constructive engagement” with the regulator. Binance Nordics AB reportedly… Read More

January 5, 2023 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinmotion, a Finland-based cryptocurrency service provider, has obtained confirmation from the Bank of Spain as “a valid provider of virtual currency exchange services for fiat currency and custody of electronic wallets with the registration number D741.” This means that Coinmotion “reinforces its presence in the… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, which claims to be the “leading” regulated institution for digital assets, has announced its registration “with the Ministry of Finance of Poland as a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) in the country.” This development in Poland “builds on the crypto-native FinTech’s longstanding effort to… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gillian Lynch, Head of Ireland and EU at Gemini, notes that they are pleased to announce that Gemini has “registered as a Virtual Currency Operator with Italy’s payments services regulator, the Organismo Agenti E Mediatori (OAM), and as a custodial wallet provider and provider of exchange services… Read More

September 25, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) reveals that they’ve registered with the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank — DNB) as a crypto service provider. This registration will “allow Coinbase to offer our full suite of retail, institutional, and ecosystem products to customers… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK’s Atom Bank reveals that they’ve become a Registered Firm with the Lending Standards Board, a body “dedicated to upholding fair practices in the lending industry.” Head of Business Lending at Atom Bank, Tom Renwick, has provided more details and “explains what… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com, which claims to be the world’s “fastest-growing” cryptocurrency platform, announced that it has secured Electronic Financial Transaction Act and Virtual Asset Service Provider registration by “acquiring payment service provider ‘PnLink Co., Ltd.’ and virtual asset service provider ‘OK-BIT Co., Ltd.’.” Kris Marszalek, Co-Founder and… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Group, one of the “leading” digital asset service providers, has completed its registration as a digital currency exchange provider with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC). This marks “the first step in the company’s push to offer digital currency exchange services in… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com, which claims to be one of the world’s “fastest -growing” cryptocurrency platforms, recently announced that it has received registration and regulatory approval from the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM) in Italy as “a provider of virtual currency and digital wallet services.” This approval will… Read More

December 3, 2018 @ 9:05 am By Charles Kaufman & Jor Law  |  

Those who have read the SEC settlements with AirFox (CarrierEQ.Inc.) and Paragon Coin, Inc. published on November 16, 2018, will note that the defendant ICO issuers agreed, among other things, to register their “coins” under the Exchange Act (the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) by filing… Read More

January 28, 2016 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, One Spark announced it has extended the registration deadline for this year’s festival. According to The Florida Times Union, the company’s spokesperson, Kristen Sell, revealed that only 150 out of 300 creator projects have registered. The media outlet confirmed that One Spark was extending… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 7:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kimbia has officially opened registration for Give Local America (GLA), a nationwide crowdfunding event focused on local giving and impact, to all nonprofit organizations, including those outside of its community partners. The inaugural event, held May 6, 2014, successfully met its goals of showcasing the good work… Read More