December 26, 2017
The Israel Securities Authority said it is moving to ban trading in cryptocurrency-based companies on the Tel Aviv market until transactions involving digital coins are legally regulated. The head of the authority, Shmuel Hauser, said on Monday, December 25, that the stock market regulator would discuss the proposal at a meeting next week.
US Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen has said bitcoin is not money and called on banks to be certain their digital currency transactions adhere to anti-money laundering statutes.