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US prosecutors oppose Ethereum dev’s motion to reduce 5-year sentence

18.6.2024
In April 2022, a judge sentenced Virgil Griffith to 63 months in prison for violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea

Korean Exchanges Set to Reevaluate Over 600 Listed Virtual Assets

18.6.2024
South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges are set to reevaluate more than 600 digital assets, and those failing this process will ultimately be delisted. Once the process is completed, crypto exchanges will be required to conduct maintenance reviews quarterly. The reputation of the issuers and user...

Financial Stability Board Emphasizes Need for Global Crypto Regulation to Prevent Arbitrage

18.6.2024
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Plenary met in Toronto on June 14 to discuss various financial stability issues. Key topics included the financial stability outlook, lessons from the March 2023 banking turmoil, and enhancing the resilience of non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI). The...

SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Chief Departs After 9 Years

18.6.2024
The head of the Crypto Asset and Cyber Unit at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Division of Enforcement has left the agency after nine years of service. Under his guidance, the SEC took many enforcement actions against crypto firms, including major crypto trading exchanges...

Crypto Super PAC spends $2M on attack ad targeting NY lawmaker

17.6.2024
Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman in New York’s 16th Congressional District has voted against three pro-crypto bills in the last 30 days

Crypto trading firm Cumberland secures New York BitLicense

17.6.2024
The New York State Department of Financial Services lists 33 companies holding licenses, allowing them to offer crypto-related products and services

Japanese Regulator Issues Warning to Unregistered Crypto Platform Lbank Exchange

17.6.2024
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan issued a warning to Lbank Exchange, an overseas cryptocurrency platform, for operating without registration. Lbank, which ranks 56th in trading volume according to Coingecko, has been offering services to Japanese residents despite reportedly having...

Block Earner Co-Founder: Lack of Regulation Limits Australian Crypto Market to Token Sales Only

17.6.2024
Regulation through enforcement often yields suboptimal outcomes for all stakeholders, including consumers, as it creates a negative stigma around industry companies,” asserted the co-founder of an Australian crypto startup. The co-founder expressed optimism that the Australian Securities...

Ripple Legal Chief Countered SEC Allegations: No Victims to Compensate

17.6.2024
Ripple’s chief legal officer has countered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s allegations following the crypto firm’s proposal to limit its penalty to no more than $10 million. The legal chief highlighted that the SEC is “raging” and emphasized...

SEC Chair Gary Gensler Envisions US Spot Ether ETFs Launching This Summer

17.6.2024
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has indicated to lawmakers that he expects spot ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to launch this summer. The SEC is still working with fund issuers on their S-1 filings, which must be declared effective before the spot ether...

Report Says Biden Administration, Mark Cuban, and Ro Khanna Set for Critical Crypto Roundtable

16.6.2024
Members of the Biden administration are reportedly convening for a bitcoin and blockchain roundtable with American entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban. This news comes after presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed to “end Joe Biden’s War on Crypto.”...

SEC Now Demands $102.6 Million Penalty From Ripple in XRP Case

16.6.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now pursuing a $102.6 million penalty from Ripple, a substantial reduction from the nearly $2 billion originally sought. Ripple recently proposed a $10 million penalty, citing the Terraform Labs settlement as justification. However, the...

Bloomberg Analyst Now Expects Spot Ethereum ETFs to Launch on July 2

15.6.2024
Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst has updated his spot ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) prediction. “We are moving up our over/under date for the launch of spot ether ETF to July 2nd,” he said. This revision follows light comments from the SEC Staff on issuers’ S-1 filings....

New York Recovers $50 Million From Gemini — Bans the Exchange From Crypto Lending in the State

15.6.2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured a $50 million settlement from cryptocurrency exchange Gemini for Earn program investors. This settlement ensures that all defrauded investors will fully recover the assets they invested but were unable to withdraw when the program collapsed....

BIS Survey: 94% of Central Banks Exploring Digital Currency

15.6.2024
The latest Bank for International Settlements (BIS) survey reveals that 94% of central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). There has been a notable increase in wholesale CBDC experiments, especially in advanced economies. Central banks are examining various factors...

Stand With Crypto Publishes Manifesto to Make UK a Leader in Digital Assets

15.6.2024
Stand With Crypto UK has published a manifesto outlining steps for the UK to establish itself as a global leader in fintech, digital assets, and tokenization. “We believe the next government should take meaningful steps to position the UK as a global hub of digital assets, tokenization...