In the past few months, the U.S. The financial meltdown is on the rise. Michael Barr talked about increasing money laundering, theft, high volatility, and fraud. On 12 October, Michael Barr, Vice C...
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Why This U.S. Senator Urged SEC To Issue Crypto Regulation
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‘The mood has turned darker’: Desperate to outrun inflation, people are making big (and easy) changes to their habits. You can too.
We never were the same after last summer. Stubbornly high inflation rates in recent months and several interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve are impacting consumer behavior. That’s according...
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Defines Rules to Classify Cryptocurrency Assets as Securities – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has clarified the criteria by which different cryptocurrency assets can be considered securities. Through the issuance of a guidance opinion docu...
Crypto Regulation Needs Time, Says Acting US Comptroller Michael Hsu
Crypto regulation needs a cautious approach, rather than a mad rush, says US Comptroller Michael Hsu. Michael Hsu, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, highlighted the importance of crypto regulato...
FTX CEO Says His Brand is “Totally on Board With Regulation”
In his characteristic manner, Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of FTX Derivatives Exchange has reiterated again that his brand will be welcoming to regulations pushed by l...
Tether USDT Turns 8 – a History of FUD, Regulation and Growth
Eight years after Tether issued its first USDT token on Oct. 6, 2014, the company could claim to have seen it all: allegations of price manipulation, regulatory legal fights, and repeated FUD (fear, u...
US acting comptroller urges not to rush crypto regulation
Michael Hsu called for tighter interagency efforts and highlighted the three most dangerous areas of the new industry. United States Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu urged his fellow reg...
Ripple CEO Anticipates Answer in SEC Lawsuit Over XRP in the First Half of 2023 – Regulation Bitcoin News
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says he thinks “we’ll have an answer in the first half of next year” in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over xrp. Maintaining that xrp is not a s...
U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker
BEIJING–U.S. chip-equipment suppliers are pulling out staff based at China’s leading memory-chip maker and pausing business activities there, according to people familiar with the matter, as they grap...
Don’t expect crypto tech to be a ‘free pass’ from regulation
“We’re gonna have to adapt, there’s no doubt about it. This is not a very in-the-box moment,” says Rostin Behnam, who chairs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Behnam was speaking at DC Fintech...
Stablecoins Are ‘Lowest-hanging Fruit’ for Crypto Regulation
Regulators should start by “putting one foot in front of the other” when considering guidelines in space, Bankman-Fried says Preserving inclusion while protecting against bad actors is crucial for the...
Bitcoin ATMs Installations in Europe hit an all-time high Regardless of MiCA Regulation
The United States has the highest number of crypto ATMs Globally. Austria has the maximum number of functional crypto ATMs in Europe. According to data from Coin ATM Radar, the total number of Bitc...
Talking Crypto Adoption, Regulation & Mass Adoption with CoinPipe Founder, Alex Gorshkov
Advertisement     CoinPipe is riding the wave of adoption when it comes to crypto payments. Not only does it make it possible for businesses to implement new payment m...
Key EU Parliament Committee Approves MiCA Deal to Regulate Crypto – Regulation Bitcoin News
European Parliament’s economic committee has backed the adoption of the comprehensive Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. It has also supported the introduction of rules for tracing cryptocurr...
SEC rejects WisdomTree’s latest spot bitcoin ETF proposal
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected WisdomTree’s most recent attempt to list a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The securities regulator rejected the WisdomTree Bitcoin...
Coinbase Receives In-Principle Approval to Provide Crypto Services in Singapore – Regulation Bitcoin News
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has given Coinbase “in-principle approval” allowing the crypto exchange to “offer regulated digital payment token products and serv...
US Treasury Charges Bittrex With Sanctions Violations, Crypto Exchange Agrees to Settle With Regulator – Regulation Bitcoin News
On October 11, the U.S. Treasury department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has settled charges with the cryptocurrenc...
G20 to Review Crypto Regulation Framework This Week
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Monday submitted a framework to increase international transparency in crypto to the G20. Twenty participating member countries mak...
Central bankers want stablecoin regulation similar to banking
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has just published two reports that contain recommendations for frameworks to comprehensively govern crypto-assets, and stablecoins. The Financial Stability Board i...
Crypto regulation takes shape in the EU
Crypto regulation has been a topic of conversation in the crypto community for years. However, the 2022 crypto winter has compelled financial regulators to step up their crypto regulation game. The Eu...
Australian Senator Andrew Bragg Introduces Crypto Regulation Bill
Andrew Bragg – a liberal senator in the Australian Congress – believes that the lack of digital currency regulations within the nation are hurting Australia’s chances at making its mark in the crypto ...
EU Lawmakers Pass Landmark Crypto Assets Regulation Bill
Europe is one step further on its way to regulating the crypto industry. European Union lawmakers today signed off the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA)—landmark legislation that hopes to re...
European Commission To Automate DeFi Oversight, Not In MiCA Regulation
Patrick Hansen, EU policy and strategy head at Circle, in a tweet on October 10 announced that the European Commission is seeking tenders to study “Embedded Supervision of Decentralised Finance” on Et...
Centralized regulation will choke crypto innovation, says Laguna Labs CEO Stefan Rust
With the raft of new draft legislations across nations around the world aimed at the crypto industry, Laguna Labs CEO, Stefan Rust, has stated that the centralized regulations will choke the innovatio...
Russian Companies Are Using Crypto in Trade Despite Lack of Regulation, Officials Admit – Bitcoin News
With limited access to global finances, Russian businesses have begun settling in cryptocurrency with their partners abroad. Although these are still small-scale payments, government officials have no...
Cryptocurrency Regulation: Is It A Security?
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage A concerted effort is being made to control the cryptocurrency market by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other U...
Moody’s executives say new EU MiCA regulations could unleash stablecoin innovation
Restrictions in new EU regulations could potentially serve as a booster to stablecoin innovations in Europe, Moody’s Global Head of DeFi and Digital Assets Fabian Astic told The Block in an exclusive ...
Sticking with your Medicare plan this open enrollment season? You could pay a hefty price.
Even Medicare beneficiaries happy with their plans should take the opportunity this open enrollment season to comparison shop — and review their current coverage. Medicare’s annual open enrollment pe...
Americans are souring on the housing market. Home buyer sentiment hits lowest level since 2011 — and mortgage rates reach 7%.
There’s no respite for home buyers these days. From rising rates, high home prices, and an uncertain economic outlook, shoppers are finding it hard to jump into purchasing a home. Fannie Mae noted th...