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The Italian restaurant, La Strada just unveiled its first Bitcoin ATM as the restaurant industry gradually embraces bitcoin customers.

A bill has been submitted to parliament which would legally define cryptocurrency and will allow it to be exchanged for goods and services.

The FSRA recently released its guidelines and official position on cryptocurrencies which it will use to regulate cryptocurrencies.

Sergei Shvetsov, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR), stated that the Russian government aims to block access to websites that belongs to exchanges and trading platforms, which offer cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. This was reported by an article on Reuters.

A recent editorial hinted that the Chinese government might look towards reinstating blockchain technology, but with strict regulation policies in place.

Ripple has recently signed up more clients to its blockchain network, with the total now around 100. Its distributed ledger network, RippleNet, has been joined by the likes of UAE based lender, RAKBANK, and UK based currency exchange firm, IFX.

The idea of buying citizenship through investment is an old one, and almost every country offers citizenship in return for a specific amount of investment. Recently, a tiny island in the Southern Pacific has made headlines with its plan to offer citizenship in return for investments in the form of digital...

The Mizuho Financial Group is leading a group of banks that are working on creating a cryptocurrency for Japanese nationals. This cryptocurrency will be called J-Coin and will be pegged to the Japanese Yen, with payments possible through a mobile app.

A public launch of the new platform is expected to occur sometime next year. Oracle has become the latest addition in the blockchain-as-a-service market, which already includes the IBM and Microsoft.

Following the trend of other countries, France is all set to release regulations related to the sale of tokens or Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). This has been reported by the domestic financial market regulators of France.