BitAML Blog

AB-1326: California bitcoin regulatory bill inactive
September 18, 2015
AB-1326, “Virtual Currency”, was unexpectedly shelved earlier this week despite multiple unanimous or near-unanimous votes in the California Assembly and Senate. The bill, which...

CSBS: a ‘BitLicense’ for every state
September 18, 2015
Earlier this week, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) issued its long-awaited regulatory framework for the digital currency industry. The CSBS sought to...

BitAML President, Joe Ciccolo, leads bitcoin compliance webinar for financial crime investigators
September 14, 2015
On Tuesday, BitAML Founder & President, Joe Ciccolo, hosted a webinar “Compliance and Virtual Currencies: Debunking Myths and Responding to Real Risks” for the...

Economist: “A tax on the poor. Regulation is keeping remittance unnecessarily expensive”
September 14, 2015
Last week, The Economist published an article in which it justifiably decried the high cost of foreign remittance. The article blamed a combination of...

What’s limiting bitcoin adoption in Asia? Regulation? Awareness?
September 14, 2015
Recently, much has been written about the relatively slow rate of bitcoin adoption in Asia. The cause, it’s been said, is the combination of...

BitAML President leads bitcoin compliance webinar for financial crime investigators
September 8, 2015
Today, BitAML Founder & President, Joe Ciccolo, hosted a webinar “Compliance and Virtual Currencies: Debunking Myths and Responding to Real Risks” for the Association...

What is FATF?
August 28, 2015
FATF is an inter-governmental body which sets global standards for combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and other threats to the global financial system. They...

Nigeria hints at heavy-handed bitcoin regulations
August 28, 2015
At a recent conference of AML professionals, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Deputy Director of Financial Policy and Regulation, Obot Akpan, labeled digital currency...

India wants to regulate bitcoin… just not right now
August 28, 2015
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor, SS Mundra, called for “appropriate regulatory changes” to accommodate the oversight of cryptocurrency. Mr. Mundra hinted at...