Regulations Round-Up: 21-Year-Old Arrested, Coinbase Files for Patent

Regulations Round-Up: 21-Year-Old Arrested, Coinbase Files for Patent: In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency regulations, Alibaba and Tencent are collaborating with Chinese authorities to monitor and prevent peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading via their respective mobile payments platforms, a 21-year-old has been indicted for operating an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange, and Coinbase has filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a mechanism designed to increase the security of BTC transactions.