European Union launches measures to protect its business interests in Iran

The measures proposed by the European Commission includes, blocking laws that ban EU firms to comply with U.S. sanctions law, not recognizing court ruling that enforce American penalties, start the legal process of working with Iran’s central bank and allowing EU banks to fund the projects of EU companies in Iran. On Friday, the European…

South Korea bans anonymous trade in cryptocurrencies from January 30

South Korea’s regulators are pushing cryptocurrency traders and exchanges to follow Know-Your-Customer (KYC) procedures to curtail money laundering and other crimes. In a significant development surrounding bitcoins and such cryptocurrencies, from January 30, South Korea will ban the use of anonymous bank accounts for trading in cryptocurrencies. The move is designed to bring to bring…

South Korea to impose measures to reign in runaway speculation in Bitcoin

Among the measures South Korea will take is baning the anonymous opening of cryptocurrency accounts; the measures will also have legislative backing. On Thursday, the South Korean government said, it will impose additional restrictions in order to reign in wild speculation in Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, that is being traded within the country. “The government had…