FSA Japan will submit a bill to regulate stablecoins in 2022

Japan’s Financial Services Authority is drafting a bill to regulate the issuance of stablecoins ahead of the launch of the digital yen, which is slated for late 2022. According to Nikkei Asia, the draft law, which will be presented by the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA), will spell out restrictions on the issuance of stablecoins for banks and wire transfer companies. The bill should help protect investors’ assets and reduce the risk of using stablecoins.…

Google accused “Russian hackers” of spreading a botnet using the Bitcoin blockchain

Google has filed a lawsuit against the founders of Glupteba Enterprise Dmitry Staroviko and Alexander Filippov, accusing them of cryptojacking and data theft. Google reported on a civil lawsuit filed on December 7 against Russian citizens Dmitry Staroviko and Alexander Filippov, as well as 15 unidentified persons in using the Glupteba botnet on victims’ computers for hidden mining, stealing personal data of users in order to sell to third parties, purchase goods and services using…