Tag: regulations
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Demands U.S. CFTC Chair Explain His Chats With FTX’s SBF
The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, had a lot of contact with Sam Bankman-Friend, the disgraced former CE [...]
Pantera-Backed VALR Obtains South African Crypto License
"Obtaining the CASP license from the FSCA is a monumental achievement for VALR," Farzam Ehsani, the co-founder and CEO of VALR said in a press stateme [...]
Norway Wants to Restrict Crypto Mining by Regulating Data Centers, Lawmakers Say: Report
Energy-intensive crypto mining is an example of a type of business not wanted in Norway, Minister for Energy Terje Aasland reportedly said.
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Germany’s Largest Federal Bank LBBW to Offer Crypto Custody Services With Bitpanda
"By offering crypto-asset custody, we are positioning ourselves with a clear added value for our corporate clients – while ensuring the highest securi [...]
Coinbase (COIN) Seeks to Take Core Question in U.S. SEC Case to Higher Court
Investment contracts are securities regulated by the SEC, so if a crypto transaction qualifies, it belongs in the agency's jurisdiction and should be [...]
Crypto Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Solana-Based Exchanges
"No matter how novel or sophisticated the hack, this Office and our law enforcement partners are committed to following the money and bringing hackers [...]
Top U.S. House Lawmakers Meet With Schumer on Stablecoin Bill Strategy: Punchbowl
On the crypto event circuit, McHenry has repeatedly contended that it's still possible to get his panel's stablecoin bill passed for President Joe Bid [...]
Luno Among First Crypto Firms to Receive South Africa License
“This is a positive step for both the cryptocurrency industry and South Africans. Compliance, safety and security for our customers have driven our gr [...]
DeFi Exchange Uniswap (UNI) Receives Enforcement Notice from the U.S. SEC
Wells notices are preliminary warnings that inform respondents of the charges the regulator is considering bringing against them. They usually lead to [...]
Binance ‘Working Collaboratively’ With Nigerian Government to Free Detained Executive, Compliance Chief Says
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Is the Sam Bankman-Fried Story Over?
"He spent his customers' money and he lied to them about it. Where did the money go? The money went to pay for investments, to repay loans, to cover e [...]
Crypto Will Erupt as Big Issue in U.S. Senate Races Including Banking Chair Brown’s
Crypto skeptic Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), whose Democratic Party currently controls the Senate, is the chairman of the Banking Committee and has bee [...]
Patrick McHenry Still Thinks U.S. Legislation Governing Tether (USDT), USDC, Other Stablecoins Is Possible
McHenry has been negotiating stablecoin legislation with members of his party and House Democrats for months, and when a bill cleared his committee, i [...]
Jury Begins Deliberations in U.S. Civil Fraud Case Against Do Kwon, Terraform Labs
During her closing arguments on Friday, SEC attorney Laura Meehan told the jury that during a prior de-peg in May 2021, Kwon and Terraform Labs made a [...]
EU Markets Watchdog ESMA Flagged MEV as Market Abuse Under MiCA, Drawing Concern From Crypto Industry
MEV is often called an "invisible tax" on users, since certain methods for extracting it, like sandwich attacks and frontrunning, can eat directly int [...]