Regulation

Three Republican members of the United States House of Representatives Financial Services Committee have sent letters to the heads of U.S. banking regulatory agencies seeking information on possible coordinated efforts taken against digital asset firms. The letters follow up on ones sent to the same addresses by the lawmakers earlier. The letters, dated April 25,

In 2022, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren authored a bill that would require cryptocurrency wallet providers to comply with bank Anti-Money Laundering rules. No crypto exchanges, mind you, but the wallets themselves. Kansas Senator Roger Marshall joined her on the proposal as a co-sponsor. Sadly, Marshall betrayed the populist principles he ran on as a candidate.

The Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB) published a draft of the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges (DARE) Bill 2023 on April 25. The sweeping bill will undergo a consultation period with the goal of enacting it by the end of the quarter. The 2023 bill updates the DARE Act of 2020. Work on the

South Korean legislators passed a first phase review of proposed regulations that would give the nation’s Financial Services Commission authority to investigate and supervise financial activity related to “digital assets,” including cryptocurrency. The proposed bill comes with myriad stipulations governing the sale, storage, and trading of cryptocurrencies with particular emphasis on consumer protection and compliance

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire in a recent interview said that the cryptocurrency crackdown by the United States regulators was a major factor behind its stablecoin USD Coin’s (USDC) declining market capitalization. Circle chief’s comments on the U.S. crackdown come amid heavy regulatory scrutiny following the collapse of the FTX exchange, a banking crisis and USDC’s

The New York Federal Reserve has published new rules for counterparties looking to use its money market balancer, casting uncertainty over intentions by stablecoin issuer Circle to use the Fed’s systems. In an April 25 statement, the New York Fed announced adjustments to its guidelines to determine which parties are eligible to participate in its

The United Kingdom’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), wants to work together with crypto companies to develop a regulatory framework for the industry. On April 25, FCA Executive Director Sarah Pritchard spoke at London’s City Week conference highlighting the need for cooperation on crypto regulations. “We want industry’s input to make sure we get

A California court ruled Apple violated state competition laws by barring app developers from using alternative in-app payment methods apart from its own that included a 30% commission. The decision may clear the path for cryptocurrency and nonfungible token (NFT) projects to add more functionality to their iOS apps. The April 24 ruling was made

Roughly 100 people answered the call from the crypto advocacy groups Chamber of Digital Commerce, Satoshi Action Fund, and Texas Blockchain Council to show Texas lawmakers they were against legislation targeting crypto mining firms. Gathering at the Texas Capitol in Austin on April 25, crypto enthusiasts, state lawmakers, industry leaders, and even a few members

In today’s Market Report episode, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman covers the potential triggers to move Bitcoin’s price away from $27,000, including the United State Federal Reserve meeting on May 3. The show airs every Tuesday on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel. The first news article discussed the catalysts for Bitcoin’s next move,

Europe’s data watchdog, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, predicts a sour predicament for United States-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies currently being investigated for alleged GDPR violations. “The breathless pace of development means data protection regulators need to be prepared for another scandal,” Wiewiórowski told MIT’s Technology Review during a recent interview, invoking the Cambridge Analytica scandal for reference.

As crypto exchange Coinbase makes a push toward a sensible regulatory environment for the crypto space, the exchange launched a nonfungible token (NFT) collection to gain the community’s support. However, not everyone is excited about the move, with some not even sure if it will have any impact at all.  On April 25, Coinbase launched

Troubled digital currency company Genesis Capital saw its settlement disrupted by creditors in two months after the initial agreement, raising concerns about the timing of the process. Genesis’ parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG), took to Twitter on April 25 to issue a statement on Genesis filing a motion for mediation. The firm said that

Court documents were filed indicating that Do Kwon, co-founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, has asked for the dismissal of charges leveled against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  In the motion filed on Friday, April 21 to have the SEC charges dismissed, Kwon argued the SEC’s claims are invalid, pushing back against

On Apr. 24 the Southern district court of New York held the first jury hearing on the case against former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain, who’s being accused of insider trading with nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The allegations were filed by the U.S. Manhattan Attorney’s Office on May 31, 2022. Chastain is being indicted on two

The financial crimes unit at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office reportedly indicted Terraform Labs co-founder Shin Hyun-seong and nine other individuals for the collapse of the Terra stablecoin ecosystem.  The 10 individuals were reportedly indicted on charges of fraud, breach of trust and embezzlement and referred to trial after 11 months of investigation. The prosecutor’s

The commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Christy Goldsmith Romero, has proposed reducing the anonymity of cryptocurrencies as a means of managing the risks associated with digital assets. The statement was made during the keynote speech on Illicit Finance and Other Key Risks of Digital Finance at City Week 2023 in London on

Coinbase filed a narrow action in a United States federal court that seeks to compel the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide a “yes or no” response to a July 2022 petition. The petition requested the SEC propose and adopt clearer regulatory guidelines for the cryptocurrency industry in the U.S.  In the exchange’s July

A “fast track” option for licensed crypto firms in France to get regulated under the upcoming Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) laws has been mulled by the country’s financial regulator. In a statement published on April 21, the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) welcomed the approval of MiCA and outlined how French regulation will proceed during

Regulators in the United States have choked out the cryptocurrency sector to the point of death according to Bitcoin (BTC) bull and billionaire tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya. “Crypto is dead in America,” he boldly claimed in an April 22 episode of the All-In podcast. Palihapitiya’s comment came in response to the news that cryptocurrency exchange