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UK watchdog fouls Arsenal FC for promoting crypto token
London-based football club Arsenal FC received a slap on the wrist from the UK advertising watchdog after it failed to warn fans of the risks associated with crypto investments in its “fan token” prom...
Canadian Watchdog Eyes Celsius, Spurred By Pension Fund Deal: Report
Quebec’s largest pension fund manager invested $150 million in a Celsius equity deal last year Celsius was not registered with securities regulators in Canadian provinces Canadian regulators have been...
The Consumer Watchdog Group Wants NFT Reveal From Celebrities
The Truth In Advertising (TINA) asks celebrities to reveal the benefits from NFT promotion. TINA issues a list which includes seventeen high-profile celebrities. The NFT Connection Of Top Celebrities ...
India’s Financial Watchdog Freezes Binance-Owned WazirX’s Assets for ‘Lax KYC Norms’
India’s chief economic enforcement agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), announced Friday that they have frozen $8.14 million (64.67 Crore rupees) in assets from crypto exchange WazirX. The ED all...
Indian Watchdog Investigates WazirX, Robinhood Fined $30 Million, ETH Up By 1% – crypto.news
India’s Enforcement Directorate is investigating the crypto exchange firm, WazirX for breaking regulations. Meanwhile, the Robinhood exchange has received a fine of $30 million from New York’s financi...
Philippines Financial Watchdog warns public against investing with Binance
The Philippines Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to the public against dealing with Binance. The caution was contained in a response sent to Infrawatch PH, a public polic...
BitMEX Co-Founder Fights UK Watchdog Over His Financial Data
Delo withdrew legal action against fintech company Wise after it complied with his request to hand over data Wise earlier submitted three suspicious activity reports on Delo to a UK crime agency The c...
EU securities watchdog agrees breakthrough rules to regulate ‘Wild West’ crypto sector
The European Union’s (EU) securities regulator has started preparations for heightened supervision of cryptocurrency transactions after the EU agreed on ground-breaking measures to oversee a sector th...
Singapore’s watchdog urges financial firms to ‘discourage’ retail crypto trading
Despite the cryptocurrency sector growing exponentially, financial authorities and regulators in some countries remain skeptical of assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), including in Singapore, where the city...
Singaporean financial watchdog to consult public on stablecoin regulation
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), a city-state’s principal financial regulator, assesses the merits of a regulatory regime toward stablecoins. Current guidelines focus on Know Your Customer (...
US Audit Watchdog Insists on Full Access in China-Delisting Case
(Bloomberg) — The US’s top auditor watchdog is throwing cold water on a workaround that’s been floated as a way to avoid the delisting of nearly 200 Chinese companies from American stock exchang...
Credit Cards Should Not Be Used for Crypto Transactions, Taiwan’s Financial Watchdog Says – Regulation Bitcoin News
The financial regulator of Taiwan has asked local banks not to allow the use of cards for payments in transactions involving cryptocurrencies, local media revealed. The authority says these assets are...
Watchdog Files Motion To Seal Expert Details As Court Sets Deadline
The U.S SEC on Friday filed a motion to seal some portions of the parties’ filings from July 12, 2022. It mentioned that this is in connection to their motions to exclude expert testimony. SEC wants t...
Can Watchdog Dodge Court Orders On Hinman’s Speech?
The crucial Ripple vs U.S SEC lawsuit is leading toward the summary judgment schedule. However, the revelation of the Hinman speech related documents still remains the key. Meanwhile, the commission h...
Singapore’s financial watchdog pushes back against Terra and 3AC associations
Ravi Menon, the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, said companies often labeled by the media in connection to the recent market volatility as “Singapore-based” were not ...
UK financial watchdog exec hints at importance of international collaboration on crypto regulation
The chief executive of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, said the U.K. government will be working with its counterparts in the United States to address a regulatory framework f...
US and UK set to ‘deepen ties’ on crypto regulation, says British watchdog
United Kingdom financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has announced plans to enhance collaboration with the United States in exploring crypto regulations. In a speech on July 14, ...
Secret Service Deleted Trove Of January 6 Texts, Watchdog Says
Topline Secret Service text messages exchanged during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and from the day before were deleted after a federal investigator requested the records, according to a letter f...
G20 Watchdog Announces ‘Robust’ Global Crypto Regulation Coming in October – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) says it is working on a “robust” regulatory framework for crypto assets and will report its recommendations to the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors ...
Tencent, Alibaba and Didi fined by China antitrust watchdog for unreported merger deals as early as 2011
China’s antitrust watchdog on Sunday announced it had punished Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding and Didi Global, among others, for failing to report past merger deals for anti-monopoly re...
Global crypto regulations set to be presented by G20 watchdog in October
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) which comprises treasury officials and central bankers from the G20 countries is working on unveiling global cryptocurrency regulations by October this year. The r...
Crypto Payments Are Acceptable in Foreign Trade, Russia’s Financial Watchdog Says – Coinotizia
Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring is ready to accept the use of cryptocurrencies in international settlements, the head of the agency, Yuri Chikhanchin, has indicated. The statement adds to ...
Crypto Payments Are Acceptable in Foreign Trade, Russia’s Financial Watchdog Says – Regulation Bitcoin News
Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring is ready to accept the use of cryptocurrencies in international settlements, the head of the agency, Yuri Chikhanchin, has indicated. The statement adds to ...
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...
Audits Of Trump Foes Comey And McCabe Under Scrutiny By Watchdog, IRS Says
Topline The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it has asked the Treasury Department’s internal tax watchdog to look into reports former FBI Director James Comey and his deputy Andrew McCabe, two f...
Ethics Watchdog Bans Crypto Holders from Proposing US Digital Assets Regulation Policies
The US Office of Government Ethics has issued a legal advisory notice, barring US officials holding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and stablecoins as personal investments from advising President Joe Bi...
Russian media watchdog unblocks crypto news site after money laundering claims
Roskomnadzor, the government agency that oversees Russia’s mass media, has allowed users to once again access a prominent Russian crypto news page. Bits.media, a Russian crypto-related news site, was ...
Roskomnadzor Media Watchdog Unblocks Leading Russian Crypto News Outlet – Bitcoin News
Russia’s mass media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has restored access to a major Russian crypto news portal. Bits.media was recently blocked as a result of proceedings in a regional court that its represen...
Singapore’s financial watchdog considers further restrictions on crypto
The Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, has been “carefully considering” adding restrictions that could affect how retail investors handle crypto, according to one of the government’s senior mini...