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Silvergate Was Not Cut Off From Loans, FHLB Says
15.3.2023
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, the bank that supplied $4.3 billion to Silvergate late last year, did not force Silvergate to repay the advances which have been rumored to be the reason why the crypto-friendly bank had to go into voluntary liquidation, it said
UK to Add Crypto Declaration in Tax Forms
15.3.2023
Taxpayers will have to record their crypto gains separately as of next year, the U.K. Treasury said
Germany and U.S. Seize Over $46M Crypto Tied to ChipMixer Investigation: Europol
15.3.2023
National authorities took down the platform's infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data
India and UAE To Collaborate on CBDC Development
15.3.2023
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will collaborate on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by jointly conducting at least one pilot
Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others: Report
15.3.2023
Australia's central bank and Treasury have held meetings with international crypto industry executives on the future of digital assets and regulation in the nation
Voyager-Binance.US' $1B Deal Should Be Halted, U.S. Government Says
15.3.2023
The Department of Justice doesn’t like provisions that would render the company immune from prosecution for former wrongdoing
U.S. DOJ Was Investigating Signature Bank's Work With Crypto Clients: Bloomberg
15.3.2023
Prosecutors were looking at the crypto-friendly bank before regulators seized it, people familiar told Bloomberg
EU Parliament’s Smart Contract Plans Limit Standard-Setting Promise, EU Commissioner Says
15.3.2023
Controversial lawmaker proposals on data use may no longer meet original objectives, Thierry Breton told reporters
Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Expects Fed to Raise Rates Next Week — ‘That Would Be the Last Increase’
15.3.2023
Billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, aka the “Bond King,” expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its March meeting next week, which “would be the last increase,” he said. In addition, Gundlach cautioned: “The inflationary policy is back in play with...
Signature Bank Shutdown Caused by 'Crisis of Confidence' in Leadership, NYDFS Says
14.3.2023
The New York Department of Financial Services denied that Signature Bank was shut down for crypto-related reasons, instead saying the bank's leadership did not provide reliable information about its operations over the past weekend
U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance
14.3.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department is close to releasing a risk assessment analyzing criminal use of decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg
SEC Is 'Completely Out Of Control,' Says a16z Crypto's Head of Policy
14.3.2023
At the annual Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, representatives from crypto companies argued the lack of regulatory clarity would stifle US innovation
EU Parliament Passes Bill Requiring Smart Contracts to Include Kill Switch
14.3.2023
The new law has attracted controversy for endangering the immutable nature of blockchain-based conditional programs
India’s Crypto Industry Finally Sees Lawmakers Engaging
14.3.2023
On Saturday, India’s crypto industry pulled off a near coup by bringing senior leaders from India’s ruling party and the opposition benches to an event to engage in serious discussions
CFTC Names Executives From Circle, TRM, Fireblocks Among Others to New Tech Advisory Group
13.3.2023
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced former White House official Carole House and TRM Labs' Ari Redboard as the new chair and vice chair of its Technology Advisory Committee
Justice Department Investigating TerraUSD Stablecoin Collapse: Reports
13.3.2023
The investigations follow the filing of the SEC’s civil fraud lawsuit against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon last month
Recent contagion was 'TradFi to crypto' and not vice versa — Circle policy director
13.3.2023
“What happened over the last several days was a bit of an ironic black swan situation where the contagion was not from crypto to TradFi," said Caroline Hill
U.S. Fed’s Supervision Chief Investigating What Happened With Silicon Valley Bank
13.3.2023
Michael Barr, the vice chairman responsible for bank supervision and regulation at the U.S. Federal Reserve, is examining how the regulated Silicon Valley Bank met with its rapid collapse last week
Is This a Crypto Banking Bailout?
13.3.2023
As the wreckage that started inside crypto banking threatens financial institutions beyond the sector’s border, the federal government is eager to make it clear that it’s not going to let it get out of hand. But is it a bailout?
Bank Collapses Underscore G-20 Hesitance on Crypto: Source
13.3.2023
The recent collapses of crypto banks have only underscored the hesitancy of the Group of 20 (G-20) on crypto assets, a highly placed G-20 source said