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Powers On... The battle for digital asset supremacy and the consequences of U.S. capitulation

11.2.2021
Why is the U.S. dragging its heels on crypto and blockchain regulation, as the rest of the world forges ahead with financial innovation?

Amid hiring spree, Blockchain Association adds Token Taxonomy Act guru to team

9.2.2021
The former aide to Representative Davidson will join crypto's leading trade association

US Resident Operated Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Business – Faces 25 Years in Jail

2.2.2021
An Ontario man based in San Bernardino County of the U.S. has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of illegally operating a bitcoin to cash exchange business. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the man, Hugo Sergio Mejia, 49, operated the unregistered exchange business between...

FinCEN’s Wallet Rule Aims to Close Crypto-Cash Reporting Gap, Official Says

1.2.2021
FinCEN Deputy Director Michael Mosier encouraged commenters to provide practical, technical feedback on the rule

Crypto industry jumps into lobbying in response to FinCEN

28.1.2021
The Blockchain Association's ranks swell as firms look to aid their work in keeping crypto transactions peer-to-peer

FinCEN Extends Crypto Rulemaking Review Period as Senate Confirms Janet Yellen

27.1.2021
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a notice extending the comment period for its crypto wallet proposal. The extension came shortly after the U.S. Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as the new U.S. Treasury Secretary. FinCEN Extends Comment Period for Crypto Wallet Rulemaking...

Crypto Lending Heats Up, Jihan Wu Steps Down, FinCEN News + More

26.1.2021
Jihan Wu. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bitcoin.com - Official Channel Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Crypto lending news Full-service crypto prime broker Genesis said...

State of Crypto: Unpacking the Trump Presidency’s Crypto Legacy

26.1.2021
Donald Trump may have been anti-crypto but his appointed regulators ushered in a largely industry-friendly regime

FinCEN Further Extends Comment Period for Controversial Crypto Rules

26.1.2021
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is further extending a comment period for a controversial proposed rule that would require crypto exchanges to gather and store counterparty information for transactions to unhosted wallets. FinCEN announced the move Tuesday, saying all comments...

The United States updates its crypto AML/CFT laws

24.1.2021
The U.S. Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism laws: Where will these updates lead the crypto space?

Joe Biden Freezes FinCEN’s Crypto Wallet Rulemaking — US Crypto Regulations Under Review

22.1.2021
New U.S. President Joe Biden has frozen all agency rulemaking, including the proposal by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) relating to cryptocurrency wallets. Biden will appoint someone to “review any new or pending rules,” the White House has announced. FinCEN’s...

President Biden freezes FinCEN's proposed crypto wallet regulations

21.1.2021
President Joe Biden has frozen all regulatory processes including proposed FinCEN rules detrimental to the crypto industry

State of Crypto: What the Crypto World Should Watch for in the Biden Era

19.1.2021
The incoming president has already announced he would tap pro-crypto, pro-regulation Gary Gensler to lead the SEC, but a number of other names and issues remain outstanding

Law Decoded: The guard changes, and with it, the tweets, Jan. 8–15

15.1.2021
Accompanying the presidential transition are some major questions about the role of social media in society and politics

DC Magistrate Judge Calls Unhosted Wallet ‘Horror Story’ a ‘Fiction’

14.1.2021
“Indeed, cash poses a greater challenge to law enforcement than cryptocurrency in unhosted wallets," wrote Judge Zia Faruqui in an opinion on a forfeiture case

'Shortsighted' FinCEN Crypto Rules Passed to Joe Biden Administration

14.1.2021
Controversial proposals by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have apparently been passed to the incoming administration of president-elect Joe Biden. “This was shortsighted” and “not in good faith,” Benjamin Weiss, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of a major Bitcoin...