INDIA https://www.mygov.in/group-issue/commentssuggestions-invited-existing-virtua... In order to examine the existing framework, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has constituted an Inter- Disciplinary Committee chaired by Special Secretary (Economic Affairs) and representatives from Department of Economic Affairs, Department of Financial Services, Department of Revenue (CBDT), Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Reserve Bank of India, NITI Aayog and State Bank of India on 15th March, 2017. Comments/suggestions from the members of public are requested on the following questions by 31st May, 2017 on the website: MyGov.in. a) Whether Virtual Currencies (VCs) should be banned, regulated or observed? b) In case VCs are suggested to be regulated: i). What measures should be taken to ensure consumer protection? ii). What measures should be taken to promote orderly development of VCs. iii). Which appropriate institution(s) should monitor/ regulate the VCs? c). In case VCs are not suggested to be regulated: i). What should be the effective self-regulatory mechanism? ii). What measures should be adopted to ensure consumer protection in this scenario? It is requested that the comments may be supplemented by rationale and brief. JAPAN https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-29/japan-s-bitpoint-to-add-b... BITPoint Japan Co., the company behind Peach Aviation Ltd.’s move to let travelers use bitcoin to pay for tickets, is planning to give hundreds of thousands of Japanese retail outlets the ability to accept the digital currency. ZEC + ETH sold out to JPM https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zcash+jpmorgan http://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-partners-zcash-team-add-enterprise-security... https://entethalliance.org/ http://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-ethereum-blockchain-quorum/ ZCL -> ZEN One of only a few continuing a cypherpunk decentralization movement. https://zclassic.org/ https://blog.zencash.io/zen-launch-announcement-party-a-success/ Misc... https://steemit.com/@crypt0/ https://www.youtube.com/user/obham001/videos