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Chile emerges as leader in crypto regulation across Latin America
4.4.2024
Most people who follow blockchain probably know Brazil has a massive cryptocurrency market. Venezuelans use digital assets to oppose an oppressive regime, and Argentina has a grassroots-led cryptocurrency ecosystem. It might surprise some that out of the 33 countries in Latin America, a tiny...
US Courts Have Serially Rejected Crypto Industry’s ‘Decade’s Worth of Arguments’ – SEC Director
4.4.2024
Over the past decade, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has contended with “significant non-compliance” and “creative attempts” by cryptocurrency market participants to avoid its jurisdiction. According to the SEC’s enforcement director, the commission...
SEC Director of Enforcement Gurbir Grewal Slams Crypto Industry, Cites “Significant Non-Compliance”
3.4.2024
Gurbir Grewal, the Director of the Enforcement Division at the SEC, slammed the crypto industry for its "significant non-compliance" in remarks given Wednesday at the Practicing Law Institute SEC Speaks event. His criticism comes one day after SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce chided the agency...
Deribit’s Dubai Unit Receives ‘Conditional’ Virtual Asset Service Provider License
3.4.2024
Deribit FZE, an entity owned by crypto derivatives platform Deribit, has secured a conditional virtual asset service provider from the Dubai virtual assets regulator. The license, which covers spot and derivative trading, will remain non-operational until Deribit meets the regulator’s localization...
Fear of Retrospective IRS Regulation Changes Discourages Filing, Says Crypto Tax Expert
3.4.2024
Many cryptocurrency users have not filed their tax returns, fearing that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) might change regulations after they submit their returns, according to a cryptocurrency tax expert. The expert stated that the IRS has the discretion to apply laws retroactively...
Singapore Imposes New Rules for Digital Payment Token Services
3.4.2024
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced amendments to the Payment Services Act to impose additional requirements on digital payment token service providers and broaden the scope of regulated services. The central bank warned that entities that do...
The SEC’s Shot Across the Bow on 'AI Washing'
2.4.2024
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Calls Out SAB 121, Claims Agency is “Scaring People Off”
2.4.2024
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce criticized her own agency and its controversial staff accounting bulletin, SAB 121, during Tuesday remarks at the Practicing Law Institute’s 2024 SEC Speaks event. Peirce's dissidence marks the latest dissatisfaction with the SEC's leadership, with the federal agency...
Binance Appoints Board of Directors for First Time in Effort to Rebuild Reputation Following Legal Troubles
2.4.2024
Binance has named a board of directors for the first time, aiming to reshape its image following last year's guilty plea to US charges of anti-money laundering and sanctions violations.
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Singapore’s MAS Expands Regulatory Oversight to Include Crypto Custody and Fund Transfer Firms
2.4.2024
Singapore has taken steps to expand its digital asset regulations by including the custody of tokens and firms involved in fund transfers.
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48 US Lawmakers Ask SEC Chair Gensler to Clarify Whether ETH Is a Security — Warn of ‘Negative Repercussions’
1.4.2024
Forty-eight U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler asking him to clarify whether ether is a security. “The negative repercussions of the SEC implicitly or directly classifying ETH as a digital asset security will cascade...
Tornado Cash Developer Challenges Charges, Files Motion to Dismiss with Legal Arguments
31.3.2024
Roman Storm, co-founder of the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, has submitted a motion to dismiss all three charges against him, claiming that he did not operate a money laundering business and did not violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Judge Rules Against Digital Asset Bank Custodia’s Bid for Federal Reserve Master Account
30.3.2024
Digital asset bank Custodia Bank has been denied a U.S. Federal Reserve master account by the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.
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UK, US Probe $20B in USDT Transfers by Sanctioned Russian Crypto Exchange
29.3.2024
The U.K. and the U.S. are reviewing tether transactions, valued at $20 billion, processed by the sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. Digital currency transactions and crude oil sales are believed to be a significant source of foreign currency for Russia. Russia Sanctions Busting The U.K....
US Senate Candidate Calls for Resignation of SEC Chair Gary Gensler
28.3.2024
U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton has called for the resignation of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler. “Under Gensler, the SEC has forgotten, or intentionally abandoned, its primary mission in protecting innocent investors,” he stressed. Deaton Calls...
OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months
28.3.2024
Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024
Indonesia Will Require Crypto Products to Pass Through Regulatory Sandbox or Be Deemed Illegal
28.3.2024
The initiative is aimed at combating fraud and will kick in at the start of next year
Nigerian Central Bank Not in Charge of Crypto Regulation, Says Governor
28.3.2024
According to the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Securities and Exchange Commission is responsible for regulating cryptocurrencies. However, the governor said the central bank will collaborate with law enforcement agencies and regulators overseeing the Nigerian crypto sector....
CFTC Takes Legal Action Against Kucoin, Highlights BTC, ETH, and LTC as Commodities
28.3.2024
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against Kucoin, emphasizing the classification of bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin as commodities. The enforcement action, launched in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses Kucoin of multiple...
Russian Government, Central Bank ‘Come to Consensus on Crypto’
28.3.2024
Russian government bodies, the nation’s anti-money laundering agency, and the Central Bank have reportedly “come to a consensus” on crypto policy.
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