The United States commodities regulator certainly doesn’t want to look like it’s going easy on crypto, revealing it was behind 18 separate enforcement actions targeting digital assets in the 2022 fisc...
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Ripple CEO Calls SEC’s Behavior ‘Shocking’ After Regulator Forced To Release New Details in Landmark Crypto Lawsuit
The chief executive of Ripple Labs says that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) behavior is shocking after the regulatory body was forced to release new details in its case against XR...
Stablecoins Could Massively Disrupt Traditional Banks, Says Acting Chairman of US Banking Regulator
A top US banking regulator thinks stablecoins could “fundamentally alter” the traditional banking sector based on historical precedent. In a new speech at the Brookings Institution, acting Federal Dep...
South African Financial Sector Regulator Declares Crypto Assets a Financial Product – crypto.news
The inroads of crypto into the South African financial space haven’t really been an easy ride as it’s been faced with serious resistance and restrictions that have put a strain on the evolving crypto ...
South African Financial Sector Regulator Declares Crypto Assets a Financial Product – Regulation Bitcoin News
According to a general notice published in a government gazette, crypto assets are now treated as financial products under South Africa’s Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Act. Decla...
Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried and Crypto Exchange FTX Under Probe by State Securities Regulator
Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange platform is under investigation by the securities regulator of Texas for allegedly offering unregistered seucurities in the state. A court document rela...
Australia’s Financial Regulator Places Interim Stop Orders On Three Funds Tracking BTC, ETH, and FLC ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Australia’s top financial regulator temporarily suspends Holon Investments’ Bitcoin, Ethereum and Filecoin funds. The suspension is due to non-compli...
FTX Boss Under Investigation by Securities Regulator
Alex Dovbnya The FTX boss and FTX US are under investigation by the Texas-based securities regulator According to a Monday report by Barron’s, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX US, the American ...
FTX Token Price Nose-Dives After Securities Regulator Probe Into SBF and FTX.US
FTX US and Sam Bankman-Fried are under investigation by Texas’ securities regulators. How is the FTX token reacting? According to a state filing by Texas’s regulators, FTX US may be offering unregiste...
Aussie Regulator Blocks Holon’s Crypto Funds
Bitcoin and other related crypto products being offered by this Australian asset management company is now on hold. The Holon Investments Australia Limited has received cease-and-desist orders from th...
Aussie Regulator Halts 3 Crypto Funds Belonging to Holon Investments
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has issued a stop order on three crypto funds belonging to Sydney-based Holon Investments Australia Limited. According to a Press Release sha...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Slams SEC, Says Regulator Has No Regard for Those Harmed by XRP Lawsuit
The chief executive of Ripple Labs is sounding off against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), saying that the regulatory agency doesn’t care about those it harmed with its XRP lawsuit....
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX US Under Investigation By Regulator
Per a report from Barron’s, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and other subsidiaries of these platforms are under investigation by the Texas securities regulator. The executive and affiliated entities will be...
Crypto Exchange FTX US Under Investigation by Texas Regulator Over Securities Allegations
“As more fully explained throughout this declaration, I am aware that FTX Trading, along with West Realm Shires Services Inc. dba FTX US (‘FTX US’), may be offering unregistered secu...
Australian regulator suspends Holon Investments’ Bitcoin, Ethereum, Filecoin funds
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has ordered Holon Investments Australia Limited to cease offering crypto investment funds to retail investors for incomplete target market de...
Three Aussie crypto funds halted as regulator cites non-compliance
Australia’s chief financial market regulator has placed interim stop orders on three cryptocurrency-related funds set to be offered to retail investors, due to non-compliant target market determinatio...
US Bank Regulator Believes Crypto Taking Up Too Much Mental Space
Michael Hsu, the acting Comptroller of the Currency, said in an interview that authorities might be spending too much time and effort thinking about cryptocurrencies rather than determining the best m...
Former NYDFS Regulator Matthew Homer Joins Standard Custody & Trust Co. Board of Directors
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DLT–Digital asset custodian, Standard Custody & Trust Co., a subsidiary of PolySign, today announced the appointment of Matthew Homer to its board of directors. Homer joi...
Crypto Companies Need Backing Capital Like Banks – Global Regulator
The global coordinator for financial regulation has put forward a proposal for cryptocurrency regulation, which it hopes countries will enact before the end of the crypto winter. The Financial Stabili...
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...
Set Oversight On Crypto Now Rather Than Later, Says England Central Bank Regulator ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     The Bank of England’s Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, warned regulators to have a grasp now and not later on the systemic ...
Ripple Protests SEC’s Move To Block Third-Party Evidence, Says Regulator Mischaracterizing Law in XRP Lawsuit
Ripple Labs is protesting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) move to block third-party evidence in the lawsuit the regulatory agency filed against them. According to evidence procured...
Ripple vs. SEC: US Markets Regulator Moves To Block New Third-Party Evidence in XRP Lawsuit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to block two additional companies from offering input on the regulator’s lawsuit against Ripple. Earlier this week, TapJets, which bills itself ...
EU regulator writes report on crypto risk for financial stability
The European Securities and Markets Authority has just published a report on the perceived risks to financial stability posed by crypto. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is the Eur...
U.S Regulator are coming for crypto. What is the future?
Crypto law is approaching the United States – and it is possibly to have a great influence over the future of the industry. The first major point to acknowledge while analyzing the current state...
US Risk Watchdog Asks Congress to Name Crypto Spot Market Regulator
“Crypto cannot exist outside of our public policy frameworks, regardless of what the crypto industry initially expected or what certain market participants might say today,” SEC Chairman G...
U.S., Canadian securities regulators unveil parallel charges against Cryptobontix and Arbitrade
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) have filed parallel fraud charges against crypto firms Arbitrade and Cryptobonix and their executives. The...
Brazil’s Securities Regulator Targets Mercado Bitcoin Over Token Sale
Brazil’s securities regulator has ordered Latin America’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin to provide information on digital tokens it issued. Mercado Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurren...
CFTC Chair Calls Bitcoin and Ethereum ‘Digital Commodity Tokens’, Says Regulator Seeking More Power From Congress
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), says he is seeking authority from US Congress to regulate Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and other digital tokens as commodit...
Brazil’s Securities Market Regulator Targets Mercado Bitcoin over Token Sale
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), the securities market regulator in Brazil, has ordered Mercado Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil, to provide information on...