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Former US Treasury Compares FTX Collapse to Infamous Enron Fraud – Crypto Regulation Incoming?
13.11.2022
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has compared the sudden fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX to energy trader Enron's scandal in the early 2000s.
In a "Wall Street Week" interview with Bloomberg, he said that while "a lot of" people have compared this to Lehman, he believes it is more...
US Treasury Secretary and Indian Finance Minister Discuss Crypto Regulation
13.11.2022
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman discussed crypto regulation during the ninth India-U.S. Economic and Financial Partnership meeting. They stressed the importance of international cooperation and setting high regulatory standards globally. US...
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Compares FTX Collapse to Enron Fraud
13.11.2022
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has compared crypto exchange FTX to Enron, noting that the case is a classic fraud rather than the complexities of cryptocurrency regulation. He said the regulatory community ought to draw two lessons from the collapse of FTX. Larry Summers Compares...
The Clearing House stands up for bank rights, opposes CBDC in comments for US Treasury
10.11.2022
The payments operator responded to a Treasury inquiry related to the presidential executive order with an appeal to keep bank interests in sight when designing digital assets
US Treasury Redesignates Sanctions on Tornado Cash Crypto Mixer, Citing North Korea Involvement
9.11.2022
The US Treasury Department has redesignated sanctions on the mixing service Tornado Cash, saying North Korea’s Lazarus Group has used the service to launder more than $100m stolen in crypto heists.
The new sanctions were published by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...
US Treasury redesignates Tornado Cash sanctions, citing North Korea nuclear weapons program
8.11.2022
The redesignation of the crypto mixer essentially replaces the U.S. Treasury’s actions from August, establishing sanctions for its role in “enabling malicious cyber activities."
US Treasury Adds to Tornado Cash Sanctions
8.11.2022
The U.S. Treasury Department re-added Tornado Cash to its sanctions list on Tuesday, alleging North Korean hackers used it to launder over $100 million worth of crypto from the Harmony Bridge and Nomad hacks over the summer
Aera joins Polygon to connect DeFi with DAO Treasury Management
2.11.2022
Aera, which happens to be a reward-oriented management program in the case of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO), is duly connecting with Polygon. This occurrence is taking place with the aim and intention of allowing projects to take advantage of the functionalities of on-chain financial...
Dollar Reversal Could Bring Inflationary Pressure, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Warns
1.11.2022
US Lawmakers Probe SEC, Treasury, Federal Reserve Over Revolving Door With Crypto Industry
30.10.2022
U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns about the revolving door between financial regulators and the crypto industry. “Over 200 government officials have moved between public service and crypto firms,” the lawmakers said, adding that they include 31 Treasury Department officials and...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: US Financial Stability Risks Could Materialize, Cites ‘Dangerous and Volatile Environment’
26.10.2022
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that financial stability risks could materialize in the U.S. Noting that “Inflation remains too high, and we are contending with serious global headwinds,” she stressed that the Treasury is “closely monitoring the financial sector,...
Report: US Central Bank Loses Billions From Rate Hikes, ‘Losses Pile up Into an IOU’
25.10.2022
While the U.S. Federal Reserve ramped up the benchmark bank rate with a barrage of rate hikes, U.S. Treasury markets and global bond markets, in general, have seen one of the worst selloffs in over a decade. The Fed’s actions has fueled criticism toward the U.S. central bank as some strategists...
Analysts Say an Onslaught of Fed Rate Hikes Could Spur a ‘Bond Market Flash Crash’ or ‘Blow up the Treasury’
23.10.2022
The U.S. economy has been struggling with inflation running rampant and investors are eagerly waiting for the U.S. Federal Reserve to announce the next federal funds rate hike next month. Harris Kupperman, the founder of the hedge fund Praetorian Capital, believes the onslaught of Fed rate hikes...
Argentina to Launch ‘Fair Prices’ Program to Battle Raging Inflation Numbers
18.10.2022
The government of Argentina has begun to act in several directions to control the raging inflation numbers registered this year. Sergio Massa, minister of treasury, proposed a program called “Fair Prices,” to force retailers and producers to establish a fixed price on various products...
Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Ban — Lawsuit Says Government’s Action ‘Was Unlawful’
12.10.2022
The non-profit that focuses on policy issues facing cryptocurrencies, Coin Center, has filed a lawsuit against the Treasury department, the secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) director Andrea Gacki. Coin Center’s court filing says...
Coin Center files lawsuit against US Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions
12.10.2022
The advocacy group alleged OFAC “exceeded their statutory authority” in sanctioning Tornado Cash because the mixer was a “privacy tool beyond the control of anyone.”
Crypto Think Tank Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
12.10.2022
Coin Center is backing a second lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department alleging its sanctioning of Tornado Cash overstepped legal bounds
Crypto Data Science Shop Gauntlet Launches Treasury Management System for DAOs
12.10.2022
Aera aims to make DAOs the agile, risk-aware institutions DeFi is lacking
US Treasury Charges Bittrex With Sanctions Violations, Crypto Exchange Agrees to Settle With Regulator
12.10.2022
On October 11, the U.S. Treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has settled charges with the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex. The crypto exchange was accused of sanctions violations and failure...
US Treasury’s OFAC and FinCEN announce $29M in enforcement actions again Bittrex
11.10.2022
Bittrex agreed to pay more than $29 million in a settlement with FinCEN, but the regulator said it will credit a $24-million payment “to settle its potential liability with OFAC.”