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The European Union's Council of Ministers (the Council) has reached agreement on the draft DAC8 directive on administrative cooperation in the area of taxation, amending the existing directive to require reporting and automatic exchange of information (AEOI) on revenues from crypto-asset transactions.

The UK government is consulting on proposed amendments to several codes of practice under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

A cryptocurrency expert is to be allowed to continue his litigation against the Bitcoin Association in an attempt to recover several billion dollars of Bitcoin stolen from him in a hacking attack.

Brazil’s Law 14,478 of 2022 was published on December 22, 2022 in the Official Gazette (Diário Oficial da União). The law enacts increased regulation of the cryptocurrency market and adds penalties for non-compliance.

The Isle of Man Financial Services Authority (the Authority) has decided not to go ahead with regulation of crypto-assets for the time being.

The US government has released a proposed comprehensive regulatory framework for the development of digital assets, addressing the future of money and payment systems, consumer protection and money laundering risks.

Two statutory instruments (SIs) came into force at the start of September 2022, extending reporting obligations under the UK's sanctions regime to crypto-asset exchange and custodian wallet providers.

Following a public consultation, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) government has gazetted amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (Revised 2020).

Guernsey's legislature has approved the Lending, Credit and Finance Law 2022 regulating various virtual asset service providers (VASPs) and financial services businesses (FSBs) that were previously unregulated.

The European Parliament has provisionally accepted a Council of the European Union (EU Council) proposal to extend the 'travel rule' on information accompanying wire transfers to cover transfers of crypto-assets, as an anti-money laundering (AML) safeguard.