California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) says it issued desist and refrain orders for 11 entities that it accuses of engaging in fraudulent investment schemes involving cr...
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EU securities regulator clears next step for tokenized trading pilot program
The European Securities and Markets Agency (ESMA), a European supervisory authority, stated that it will not need to adjust regulatory standards for a pilot trading project using distributed ledger te...
California’s Financial Regulator Probes Nexo Over Crypto Interest Accounts Services
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced on Monday that it is joining forces with seven unmentioned state securities regulatory bodies to take action against t...
California Regulator Files Desist and Refrain Order Against Nexo
More than 18,000 California residents had Nexo interest accounts as of July 31, the California regulator alleges DFPI has issued similar actions against BlockFi, Voyager Digital and Celsius Network Ca...
Crypto Exchange Bits of Gold Secures Capital Markets License From Israeli Regulator – crypto.news
Bits of Gold, an Israeli-based crypto trading and brokerage firm, announced securing a license from Israel’s financial market regulator, the Capital Markets, Insurance, and Savings Authority. Bits of ...
Digital Asset Exchange Platform Granted ‘Crypto Financial Services Provider License’ by Israeli Regulator – Regulation Bitcoin News
An Israeli capital markets regulator, the Insurance and Savings Capital Market Authority, recently granted a “crypto financial services provider license” to Bits of Gold, the first such license for an...
Cryptocurrencies Cannot Be Viewed As A Financial Investment: South Korea Finance Regulator Crypto
“Despite admitting he helped local prosecutors classify Terra-LUNA tokens as securities”, South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) governor Lee Bok-Hyun disagrees with the idea that cryptocur...
US Commodities Regulator CFTC Slaps Crypto Firm With $250,000 Fine, Issues Cease-and-Desist Order
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) is hitting a crypto firm with a $250,000 fine and a cease-and-desist order. According to a new press release, the commodities regulator is reprimandin...
Crypto Firm Bits of Gold Obtains Capital Markets License from Israeli Regulator
Bits of Gold, an Israeli-based firm engaging in crypto trading and brokerage services, announced on Thursday that it has obtained a license from Israel’s financial market regulator, the Capital ...
Draft stablecoin bill in Congress to require Fed, state regulator approval
Draft legislation to create a U.S. federal framework around stablecoins would temporarily ban the types of payment coins that are not backed by outside assets — similar to TerraUSD, an algorithmic sta...
S.Korea finance regulator crypto –
“Despite admitting he helped local prosecutors classify Terra-LUNA tokens as securities”, South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) governor Lee Bok-hyun disagrees with the idea that cryptocur...
UK Financial Regulator Issues Consumer Warning Against FTX
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a consumer warning against cryptocurrency exchange FTX for operating within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom without authorization. In a st...
U.K. Financial Regulator FCA Warns Against Using FTX
Share this article The FCA has previously warned U.K. consumers against FTX rival Binance. FCA Sounds Alarm on FTX The Financial Conduct Authority has posted a caution about FTX. The U.K. financial...
US CFTC Is Preparing to Become a Regulator in the Crypto Market
7 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The US CFTC is preparing to become a key crypto market regulator. They will allow the CFTC to act quickly to implement this digital market monitoring. According ...
CFTC already preparing to be leading crypto regulator, says chairman
As expected by Senate legislation, the director of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, said that he has already authorized his agency to begin preparing to be...
Crypto Lobbyist Group Tells SEC Its Time for Bitcoin ETF, Says Regulator Is Inconsistent With Policy
A crypto lobbyist group is telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that its inconsistent policies render it difficult to create a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). In a new r...
Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Regulator Unveils Virtual Asset Regulation ‘Guiding Principles’ – Coinotizia
Abu Dhabi Global Market’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), recently unveiled six principles that will guide its “approach to virtual asset regulation and superv...
Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Regulator Unveils Virtual Asset Regulation ‘Guiding Principles’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
Abu Dhabi Global Market’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), recently unveiled six principles that will guide its “approach to virtual asset regulation and superv...
Abu Dhabi regulator introduces its ‘guiding principles’ for crypto
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), the financial regulator of Abu Dhabi Global Market free economic zone (ADGM), published its “Guiding Principles” on its approach to digital asset re...
Hong Kong Regulator Allows HashKey Capital to Manage a 100% Crypto Portfolio
HashKey Capital Limited – the investment arm of the finance company HashKey Group – received approval from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to manage a portfolio of 100% digital ass...
The U.S. Regulator Alleges Celsius for Misleading Investors
Vermont Regulators alleges that Celsius is misleading the crypto investors. The regulator claimed that the Company’s Chief Executive has made false claims to investors about the company’s ...
DigiFT and Diners Club complete redemption of the first regulator…
Singapore, Singapore, 12th September, 2022, Chainwire In an industry first, Diners Club’s corporate note was tokenized and issued with an Automatic Market Maker liquidity pool on DigiFT Security Token...
Singapore Regulator Bans Crypto Ads on F1 Tracks
According to the Wall Street Journal, Singapore’s financial regulator Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) told F1 organizers that it would ban Crypto.com ads from appearing on the track. The Monetar...
Nursing homes suing caregivers for debts they don’t owe, regulator says
Nursing homes and debt collectors are billing and suing long-term-care residents’ family members and friends, demanding payments for debts these individuals don’t legally owe, consumer attorneys and f...
Vermont Regulator Supports Independent Examiner
The Vermont Branch of Monetary Guideline distributed a documenting supporting the requirement for a free inspector The controller said that Celsius and President Alex Mashinsky had made bogus and misd...
Celsius Had Been Insolvent Since 2019: Vermont Regulator
Vermont state officials have asked for broader powers to investigate Celsius, alleging that the troubled cryptocurrency exchange artificially inflated the price of its CEL token at the expense of reta...
‘Love Island’ Twins Scolded by UK Regulator for ‘Irresponsible’ Crypto Ads on Instagram
The UK’s advertising regulator today warned “Love Island” stars, the Gale twins, from posting “irresponsible” cryptocurrency investment ads. Social media influencers Eve and Jessica Gale, who starred...