The UK Financial Conduct Authority is tapping into Hong Kong’s securities market regulator for a new chair. Ashley Alder, the CEO of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, is set to becom...
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Regulator Scrutiny Over Crypto Lender Voyager Intensifies
Security regulators in Texas and Alabama have intensified investigations into crypto lender Voyager following the recent slump witnessed by the platform. Soon after the information emerged regarding t...
US Regulator Probes Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager Over Claims of FDIC Insurance – Coinotizia
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is probing crypto lender Voyager Digital over claims that it is FDIC-insured. The crypto firm previously explained that through its strategic relations...
US Regulator Probes Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager Over Claims of FDIC Insurance – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is probing crypto lender Voyager Digital over claims that it is FDIC-insured. The crypto firm previously explained that through its strategic relations...
Hong Kong securities regulator CEO to lead UK financial watchdog
Ashley Alder, the CEO of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission, will become the next chair of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority. In a Friday announcement, the U.K. Treasury said...
Former Fed Regulator Calls For Full Ban On Bitcoin
Advertisement     Lee Reiners – a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and currently executive director of Duke University’s Global Financial Market...
UK Regulator Accuses Michael Owen Of Illegally Promoting Crypto Casino
The Advertising Standard Authority of the United Kingdom (ASA) has accused Michael Owen, an English former professional footballer, of promoting an unregistered crypto casino. The regulatory authority...
SEC vs. Ripple: Is the regulator moving to strike every single witness in the lawsuit?
The lawsuit between the American regulators (SEC) and the San Francisco-based fintech firm Ripple continues to see new developments. This time the topic of discussion is Amici Curiae, which John E. De...
Belgian regulator reviews crypto asset classifications while awaiting harmonization
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the Belgian regulator, is seeking comments on its communication on the classification of crypto assets as securities, investment instruments or fin...
Singapore’s Finance Regulator Mulls ‘Limits on Retail Participation’ in Crypto
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) won’t rule out amendments to existing legislation and introduce new rules that would add more restrictions on retail crypto-traders In a written respons...
UK regulator appoints new digital assets director to oversee crypto
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has appointed the director of the multi-agency National Economic Crime Command (NECC) as its new director of payments and digital assets. The regulato...
Singapore Regulator Considers Strengthening Safeguards on Crypto Access to Retail Trading
A Senior Minister said Monday that Singapore Central Bank is concerning updating its crypto regulations to strengthen further system safeguards on access to cryptocurrencies among the general public. ...
Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific Bank Suspended by Puerto Rico’s Regulator — Schiff Insists No Evidence of Crime – Regulation Bitcoin News
Peter Schiff-owned Euro Pacific Bank has been suspended by Puerto Rico’s financial regulator. Schiff claims that there’s “no evidence of crimes,” warning that “accounts are frozen and customers may lo...
Singapore Regulator May Limit Retail Participation in Crypto
Tharman Shanmugaratnam – leading Minister of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – says the regulator may restrict retail investment in the crypto sector through new consumer protection safeguar...
German Regulator Fears Breakdown of Russian Gas Deliveries
(Bloomberg) — Warning of a potential total breakdown of Russian gas supplies, Germany’s top power grid regulator called for greater efforts to save energy. Most Read from Bloomberg There’s now a...
Israel’s regulator teases comprehensive crypto framework at ICC
In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain space, as well as their roles i...
US Regulator Charges South African MTI
The operators were charged for $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin BTC Price at the time of writing – $19,225.17 The derivatives watchdog has filed a civil enforcement action The U.S. Ware Futu...
Singapore Regulator Reprimands Three Arrows Capital for False Information – crypto.news
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which is Singapore’s central bank and financial regulatory body, said that the struggling cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) provided false...
Bitcoin miner Greenidge’s permit renewal denied by New York regulator
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied bitcoin miner Greenidge’s air permit renewal. The regulator said Thursday that Greenidge’s application didn’t c...
US Regulator Charges South African MTI and Its Operator With $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin – Coinotizia
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Mirror Trading International (MTI) and its operator with a $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin. This action is the regulator’s largest...
US Regulator Charges South African MTI and Its Operator With $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Mirror Trading International (MTI) and its operator with a $1.7 billion fraud involving bitcoin. This action is the regulator’s largest...
Former Federal Reserve Regulator Is Calling for Banning Crypto
Alex Dovbnya Duke professor says that cryptocurrency industry has failed inflation hedge test while criticizing Lummis-Gillibrand crypto bill Lee Reiners, a former employee of the Federal Reserve Bank...
Binance Signs Agreement With Cambodian Regulator to Help With Regulations
Binance continues its relentless push into Asia by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Cambodia’s Securities and Exchange Regulator (SERC) to guide the adoption of a digital asset framework. Hi...
Singapore Regulator Reproves Three Arrows Capital for Exceeding $250M Threshold
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) disclosed Thursday that it had reprimanded Three Arrows Capital (3AC). The troubled crypto fund manager is charged with providing inadequate information and s...
Singapore Financial Regulator Reprimands Three Arrows Capital
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Thursday reprimanded crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital for breaching several regulations. The MAS said that the fund had provided false information to...
Singapore Regulator Reprimands Three Arrows Capital for ‘Providing False Information’
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued a notice that crypto fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) provided the regulator with “false information.” 3AC reportedly opened an entity...
Lee Reiners, Former Fed Regulator Calls for Crypto Ban
On Tuesday, the majority of the leading cryptocurrencies traded at low prices as the market valuation of all cryptocurrencies fell below $900 billion, down by almost 5 percent in the day. On Wednesday...
French Regulator Faces Backlash Over Binance Approval; Here’s Why
In May, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange received a green flag from the French regulator. However, the watchdog’s this move is now facing heavy backlash from the European lawmaker....
Singapore regulator lauds crypto progress saying ‘future is on the right path’
Despite financial regulators typically taking a skeptical stance toward the budding cryptocurrency industry, not all of their views are uncompromising, and sometimes they even use words of praise. One...
Three Arrows Capital is Not Registered in Dubai, Confirms Regulator
A spokesperson from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has confirmed that the embattled VC firm Three Arrows Capital (3AC) was not registered in the region. “We can confirm that Three Arrow...
Singapore regulator will be ‘brutal’ for bad behavior in crypto, reports FT
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank and financial regulator, will not tolerate bad behavior in the crypto industry, according to its chief fintech officer, Sopn...