Apr. 6 Coinhouse became the first AMF registered crypto company. The Financial Markets Authority (AMF), France’s financial regulator, will soon require all firms in France, which provide crypto exchange and custody services, to register with the regulator.
Mar. 31 Crypto exchange Binance announced an expansion in the South Korean market with a new crypto-to-crypto exchange, which will be connected with the main platform via the Binance Cloud.
Mar. 23 Two draft bills by the U.S. Democratic party introduced to the House of Representatives suggested a “digital dollar” as means of doing direct transfers to “qualified individuals” as part of a coronavirus stimulus package. A later draft of one of the bills had the “digital dollar” language removed from it and it is expected that the other bill will follow suit soon.