SEC Chair Gensler Calls for More Regulatory Sunlight in Cryptocurrency Sector at Law Conference
At a recent gathering at the Columbia Law School Conference, Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
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Hong Kong Securities Regulator Issues Warning Against ‘Unlicensed’ Crypto Platform Bybit
The Hong Kong securities regulator has labelled the crypto platform Bybit an unlicensed virtual asset trading platform (VATP). The regulator...
SEC Requests More Funding to Regulate Crypto Sector
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has submitted its 2025 budget request, which will partly fund the securities watchdog’s...
Nigeria Proposes Rule Requiring Foreign Crypto Exchanges to Incorporate in the Country
The Nigerian Securities Regulator has proposed a rule requiring virtual asset service providers to be incorporated and maintain an office...
Argentine Senate Passes Reform Creating Cryptocurrency Entities Registry
The Argentine Senate passed a law that creates a registry for any institution that offers cryptocurrency services in the country....
Dubai International Financial Centre Enacts Digital Assets Law
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the largest free zones of the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia...
Indian Finance Minister Says Crypto Assets Cannot Be Currencies — Expects ‘Some Framework Emerging’ From G20 Discussion
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stated that it is the position of the Indian government that crypto assets cannot...
US Senators Push SEC to Stop Approving Spot Crypto ETFs — Say Other Crypto Markets Risker Than Bitcoin
Two U.S. senators have urged U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler to refrain from approving additional crypto...
South African Regulator Set to Issue Licenses to 60 Crypto Platforms by End of March
A South African regulator has said it plans to issue licenses to 60 crypto platforms by the end of March....
South Korea Preparing Tax System to Avoid Cryptocurrency Tax Evasion
The National Tax Service in South Korea is preparing to launch a virtual asset tax system to help analyze the...
SEC Charges Shapeshift With Regulatory Violations, Sparking Debate on Crypto Regulation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has leveled charges against Shapeshift AG, accusing the company of operating without proper...
UK Watchdog Says It Will Not Object to Crypto ETN Listing Requests
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has said it will not object to requests by recognised investment exchanges to launch...
Fed Chair Powell Eases CBDC Concerns: US Far From Direct Fed Accounts, Emphasizes Need for Congressional Approval
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell engaged with the Senate Banking Committee, signaling that the U.S. is just beginning to contemplate...
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon Signs Legislation Recognizing DAOs
The Wyoming governor, Mark Gordon, recently signed into law a bill that establishes a legal framework for regulating decentralized autonomous...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Insists Crypto Field Is ‘Rife With Abuses and Fraud’
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has reiterated that the crypto industry is filled with instances of...
Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Operations in Spain
Worldcoin, the biometric identity project, has been banned from operating in Spain for up to three months, according to a...
US Judge Backs SEC: Trading of Certain Cryptocurrencies on Secondary Markets Are Securities Transactions
A U.S. district judge has sided with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a ruling that declares the trading...
Russia’s FATF Rating Downgraded Over Crypto Regulation Shortfalls
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has lowered Russia’s rating owing to insufficient oversight of cryptocurrencies, as indicated by regional...
House Financial Services Committee Advances Bill to Repeal SEC Bulletin Preventing Banks From Offering Crypto Custody Services
The House Financial Services Committee of the U.S. Congress has advanced a resolution that seeks to disavow SEC SAB 121,...
Report: Election Concerns Halt South Korea’s Crypto and ETF Regulation Ease
South Korea has delayed its efforts to relax its crypto regulations and the prohibition on spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....
Crypto Exchange Kraken Shares ‘Real Story’ of SEC Lawsuit — Claims SEC Seeks ‘Boundless Authority’ Over Commerce
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has shared what it called “the real story” of the lawsuit against it by the U.S. Securities...
CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act Back in the Senate
The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act has been reintroduced in the Senate with the support of five U.S. senators. “As Americans...
