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South Korea’s Second-Largest City Aims to Become a Crypto Hub

15.2.2023
South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, is making efforts to become a crypto hub. Busan has been designated by the Korean government as a “super-aged” city, and its officials believe that crypto could help turn things around by attracting young people, tech startups,...

UK Police Raid Crypto ATM Sites — Regulator Says No Crypto ATMs Have Been Approved

15.2.2023
Police in the U.K., in collaboration with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), have raided several sites allegedly hosting cryptocurrency ATMs. “No crypto ATM operators currently have FCA registration,” the British financial regulator stressed, adding that it is “working with...

Crypto regulation decided by Congress, not the SEC: Blockchain Association

15.2.2023
The group's policy head doubted a divided Congress can create crypto legislation but said it doesn’t give regulators absolute authority in the interim

Former SEC Chief Counsel Says Agency Needs to Make Clear Its Crypto Compliance Rules

14.2.2023
TuongVy Le, a partner and head of regulatory & policy at investment firm Bain Capital, says the agency is refraining from passing a rules-based framework and has to make it clear what digital assets it would deem compliant under its jurisdiction

US lawmakers and experts debate SEC's role in crypto regulation

14.2.2023
Senator Tim Scott questioned whether the SEC had been "asleep at the wheel" amid major bankruptcies in the crypto space causing the loss of millions in user funds

Bitcoin price clings to $22K as investors digest the recent SEC actions and CPI report

14.2.2023
Bitcoin price recaptured the $22,000 level, but pending regulatory action against stablecoins and today's CPI report are front of mind for many investors

Sam Bankman-Fried's use of a VPN on Super Bowl Sunday 'raised concerns', say prosecutors

14.2.2023
Lawyers representing the former FTX CEO and U.S. prosecutors requested until Feb. 17 to discuss the impact using a VPN could have on Bankman-Fried's bail conditions

Today in Crypto: UK Goes After Unregistered Crypto ATM Operators, S. Korea Watching the Ripple-SEC Battle, Silvergate Execs Investigated by Law Firm, Bitget to Collaborate on CBDCs

14.2.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________... Read More: Today in Crypto: UK Goes After Unregistered Crypto ATM Operators, S. Korea Watching the Ripple-SEC Battle, Silvergate Execs...

SEC to Make it Harder for Hedge Funds to Work With Crypto Firms: Bloomberg

14.2.2023
The rule change would make it harder for crypto firms to become "qualified custodians," according to the report

Report: Flutterwave CEO in Bid to Recover Millions Stuck in Kenya

14.2.2023
According to reports, the CEO and co-founder of the Nigerian fintech Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola, recently visited Kenya where he sought to convince the country’s monetary authorities to grant the firm access to funds that have been blocked since July 2022. Agboola claimed that his firm...

Morgan Stanley: Falling Stablecoin Issuance Is Negative Sign for Crypto Trading

14.2.2023
U.S. regulatory efforts are likely to focus on stablecoin regulation, the report said

Binance's Stablecoin Under Fire: Rival Circle Sounds the Alarm to NY Regulators

14.2.2023
Circle, the US-based payments company that issues the stablecoin USD coin (USDC), alleged that major crypto exchange Binance did not fully back some of its own stablecoin proxies - and on Monday, blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos was ordered to cut its connection with Binance in regard...

Rwanda Government Orders Banks to Stop Facilitating Crypto-Related Transactions

14.2.2023
According to the National Bank of Rwanda, the country’s regulated financial services providers are now prohibited from facilitating crypto-related transactions. In her Jan. 31 letter justifying the decision, the acting governor Soraya Hakuziyaremye cites the unregulated status of most crypto...

Stablecoins not the target in BUSD crackdown: Matrixport head of research

14.2.2023
Crypto financial service Matrixport’s head of research believes regulators are not targeting all stablecoins with the regulatory crackdown on BUSD issuer Paxos

Biden to Name Fed Vice Chairwoman Lael Brainard as Top Economic Adviser: Bloomberg

14.2.2023
Brainard has been leading the U.S Federal Reserve's work on a potential digital dollar and has been minding the store on crypto policy discussions until the central bank appoints its permanent vice chair for supervision

India Having ‘Detailed Discussions’ With G20 Members on Crypto Regulation

14.2.2023
India is having “detailed discussions” with other G20 members about forming a collective standard operating procedure (SOP) to regulate crypto assets, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has revealed. She also called for “a globally coordinated approach on the regulation...