Grayscale Bitcoin Fund Soars as Judges Sound Skeptical of SEC’s Arguments on ETF

Grayscale Investments for years has fruitlessly sought to convert its flagship product—the world’s largest Bitcoin fund at $14 billion—into an exchange-traded fund, most recently suing the Securities ...

We See Turmoil, Fraud, Lack of Transparency, Run Risk – Regulation Bitcoin News

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has outlined several risks related to crypto activities during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. While stating that t...

Opinion: At last — somebody is trying to ‘save’ Social Security

Rude Europeans used to tell stories, possibly apocryphal, about American tourists who would ask for directions to a famous landmark while actually standing right in front of it. The Parisian would loo...

Grayscale products buoyed following oral arguments in case against the SEC

Grayscale had its day in court, and now the asset manager — and investors in its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust — must await the ruling, which could take three to six months.  The asset manager brought...

SEC Files Emergency Action Against Bkcoin in $100 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme – Regulation Bitcoin News

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an emergency action against Miami-based investment adviser Bkcoin and one of its principals, Kevin Kang. “The defendants disregarded the str...

Opinion: Powell will have to push rates even higher for the Fed to get inflation to 2%

Inflation is proving tougher to curb than Federal Reserve Chairman Powell anticipated, and despite indicators that a recession could be coming, consumers and businesses apparently haven’t gotten the m...

Grayscale’s day in court is nearly here, but a major decision could take time

Grayscale is set to present oral arguments in its case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The asset manager brought the case against the regulator for rejecting its ...

Crypto prices flat, Silvergate declines ahead of Powell testimony

Crypto markets traded relatively flat as the market prepares for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Congressional testimony on Tuesday and the release of U.S. jobs data on Friday. Bitco...

Altria to Buy Vaping Company NJOY for $2.75 Billion

Altria agreed to buy e-cigarette maker NJOY for $2.75 billion in cash as the Marlboro maker looks to strengthen its portfolio of smoke-free products. The deal for privately held NJOY, one of the few e...

Nirmala Sitharaman: Crypto Regulation Must Be a Group Effort

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of India commented that crypto regulation has become a major priority for several finance ministers and central bank governors of G20 countries. She commented...

Australia’s Substantive Crypto Regulation Could Wait Until 2024

Australia’s substantive crypto regulation cannot be achieved earlier than 2024. The government plans to release consultation papers in the second quarter of 2023. Perceived delay in regulation would l...

‘I don’t think I can wait until 70’ — I’m still working at 66, so should I wait for Social Security or claim now? 

My wife and I turned 65 last year, and applied and received Medicare. She chose to receive her Social Security benefits now. I myself am still working. I was thinking to get Social Security at 66 ½, w...

Rivian, Tesla, and 2 Other EV Makers Are Recalling Vehicles

Monday is looking like recall day for electric-vehicle makers. A few have showed up on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Recalls from the large players don’t look serious. Re...

Altria deepens push into vape biz with two deals

Altria Group Inc. said Monday it would buy e-vapor company NJOY Holdings Inc. for $2.75 billion in cash, its second deal in recent days in the smokeless-tobacco space. Altria MO, +0.59% said the trans...

Binance Moves to Fix Compliance May Not Placate US Regulators

Binance reportedly conceived a plan to throw off US regulators after it became apparent that authorities there were cracking down on the industry. A Binance spokesperson told Blockworks the exchange d...

Banks are shying away from taking on crypto customers

Episode 18 of Season 5 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and Kraken’s Chief Legal Officer Marco Santori. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on ...

Coordination of Regulation: LBank Echoes G20 Discussions

Road Town, BVI, 6th March, 2023, Chainwire Global cryptocurrency exchange LBank has welcomed reports that a trifecta of financial organizations are considering a framework for digital asset regulation...

Silicon Valley Confronts the End of Growth. It’s a New Era for Tech Stocks.

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

Exxon Mobil sued over 5 nooses displayed at Louisiana facility

Exxon Mobil Corp. violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman’s nooses were displayed at its facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the U.S. government said in a lawsuit. A...

Ripple CEO Warns of Harm to Crypto Industry if SEC Wins Lawsuit Over XRP – Regulation Bitcoin News

The CEO of Ripple Labs has warned of the harm to the crypto industry if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is able to prevail in its lawsuit against Ripple over xrp. He cautioned that t...

In Tech’s New World, Layoffs and Buybacks Are In, Mergers Are Out

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

Texts From Crypto Giant Binance Reveal Plan to Elude U.S. Authorities

Binance exploded onto the crypto scene in 2017 and grew into the world’s biggest digital-currency exchange. It quickly ran into a problem. It largely operated from hubs in China and then Japan, yet a ...

Crypto regulation from 2022 to 2023

Crypto regulation from 2022 to the present has changed a lot. What happened in 2022, and what is continuing to happen in this early part of 2023, is convincing many regulators to try to intervene. How...

Binance once sought to hire Gensler as an adviser: WSJ

Crypto exchange giant Binance wanted to hire Gary Gensler as an adviser years before he became head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the Wall Street Journal. Gensler decli...

Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Rates for 2022-2023

Investors who have taxable accounts—as opposed to tax-favored retirement accounts such as individual retirement accounts (IRAs) or 401(k)s—are often eligible for lower tax rates on investment income a...

‘I’m holding my breath’: What will happen if the Supreme Court blocks Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan?

As the Supreme Court debates President Joe Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan, Americans’ consumer debt continues to rise — and more of it is past due. For Shanna Hayes, 34, who was recently laid o...

France is ready for regulation of the crypto- The Cryptonomist

France has been at the forefront of crypto regulation, with a number of initiatives over the past period aimed at cracking down on illicit activities in the digital asset space. The latest development...

Biden official responds to Buffett’s attack on opponents of stock buybacks

After Warren Buffett criticized opponents of stock buybacks over the weekend, a White House official offered a response Wednesday, suggesting the storied investor and President Joe Biden aren’t totall...

3M’s stock surges after company says 90% of earplug plaintiffs had ‘normal’ hearing

Shares of 3M Co. surged Wednesday after the maker of consumer, industrial and healthcare products said the U.S. Department of Defense’s records show that the “vast majority” of claimants in litigation...

As Regulation Threatens To Stifle Innovation, Crypto Platforms Like Decentraland (MANA), Polygon (MATIC), And TMS Network (TMSN) Aim To Shift The Tide

The rise of cryptocurrency has been an incredible journey but there’s no denying that it’s been a bumpy ride. The innovative technology of blockchain promises to provide a decentralized financial futu...

Coinbase CEO defends staking, calls for US to create ‘clear rule book’

The U.S. is behind on getting its regulatory act together while the rest of the world embraces crypto, according to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. The executive, in an interview on Bloomberg TV, ...