Tag: Decoded
Lawmakers vs. the SEC vs. Binance: Law Decoded, June 12–19
Once again, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) became the week’s headliner. Its intention to freeze the entirety of Binance.US [...]
How regulators are mitigating the risk of extinction from AI: Law Decoded, May 29–June 5
There is no shortage of regulatory efforts to mitigate the negative impacts of artificial intelligence.
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From Beijing to Tokyo, Asian nations get active in crypto regulation: Law Decoded, May 22–29
Last week, almost all the key markets for digital assets in Asia got updates from local regulators. Lawmakers in Japan have decided to enforce stricte [...]
SEC under fire for its custody rule: Law Decoded, May 8–15
Last week was harsh for the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), with industry figures and officials publicly criticizing the regulator [...]
Argentina says no to crypto payments, France tolerates ‘finfluencers’: Law Decoded, May 1–8
Last week brought several significant international developments in regulation. Argentina’s central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto [...]
Law Decoded, April 24–May 1
Legislators in the European Union have pushed forward with a draft of a new bill designed to keep artificial intelligence technology in check. Accordi [...]
Pan-European crypto regulation is almost here: Law Decoded, Apr 17–24
Last week, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Act, also known as MiCA, was finally passed by the European Parliament. While MiCA technically still has to be [...]
All eyes are on stablecoins: Law Decoded, April 10–17
Last week came in preparation for April 19, when the United States House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on stablecoins. The hearing [...]
Texas’ gold-backed digital currency project: Law Decoded, April 3–10
The topic of central bank digital currencies is in the crossfire of United States politicians, with figures like Ron DeSantis and Ted Cruz trying to p [...]
Law Decoded, March 27–April 3
Last week brought troubling news for the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused the [...]
Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis take on the ‘digital dollar’: Law Decoded, March 20–27
Two lawmakers in one week weighed in against the possibility of a United States central bank digital currency (CBDC). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — [...]
In the aftermath of banks’ horrorshow: Law Decoded, March 13–20.
A week after the twinning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, and the trouble at Credit Suisse, the dust is slowly settling down [...]
Silvergate and SVB bite the dust: Law Decoded, March 6–13.
Last week, another major quake shook crypto markets. Silvergate Bank — a crypto-fiat gateway network for financial institutions and a significant on-r [...]
American regulators are pushing hard against crypto: Law Decoded, Feb. 28–March 6
Crypto mining operators, custodians and Binance personally received a fine doze of the United States officia [...]
Anti-CBDC bill in the US, no algo stablecoins for Canada: Law Decoded, Feb. 20–27
Last week was relatively calm regarding enforcement news but brought some peculiar local developments in regulation. United States Representative Tom [...]