New Zealand parliamentary report advises against hasty crypto regulation
While the cry for crypto regulation is becoming ever louder in much of the world, and regulation by enforcement is...
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Crypto firm Helio Lending gets bond sentence over false license claims
Australia-based crypto lender Helio Lending has been sentenced to a non-conviction good behavior bond for a year for falsely claiming...
Ripple Labs bites back against SEC’s request to file appeal
Ripple Labs has voiced its opposition to the United States securities regulator’s move toward an interlocutory appeal relating to the summary...
US House Democratic coalition creates AI working group
Democrats from the United States House of Representatives have formed a working group on artificial intelligence aimed at introducing new...
Singapore central bank releases regulatory framework for stablecoins
Singapore's central bank has released a revised regulatory framework aimed at ensuring stability for single-currency stablecoins (SCS) regulated in the...
Pro-Bitcoin Javier Milei wins most votes in Argentina primary election
An Argentinian politician with a knack for supporting Bitcoin and calling for the abolishment of his country’s central bank has...
Coinbase gains legal support as scholars file amicus brief
A group of six legal scholars specializing in securities law and related domains have submitted an amicus brief in favor...
HKVAX gets approval to offer crypto in Hong Kong
HKVAX has moved closer to becoming only the third platform to receive a VATP licence in Hong Kong. This is...
Argentine agency opens investigation into Worldcoin over biometric data
Authorities in Argentina have become the latest government officials to probe cryptocurrency project Worldcoin over privacy concerns.In an Aug. 8...
Bitstamp suspends trade for seven SEC-flagged tokens
Key takeaways Bitstamp has halted trading of AXS, CHZ, MANA, MATIC, NEAR, SAND and SOL for traders in the United...
FTX’s former law firm hit with lawsuit alleging it set up shadowy entities
FTX’s former primary counsel Fenwick & West LLP has been hit with a class-action suit claiming it aided the crypto...
Blockchain.com scores payment license from Singapore central bank
Crypto exchange Blockchain.com has been granted a payments license from Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).Blockchain.com announced on...
CoinGecko now has an index for crypto tokens alleged as securities
CoinGecko launched a new index tracking the biggest crypto tokens viewed as likely securities by the United States Securities and...
DeFi faces stress test, DoJ fears run on Binance, Hong Kong’s…
Top Stories This Week The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem experienced a challenging week after a seismic security incident led to...
Revolut to terminate US crypto services due to regulatory challenges
Key takeaways Revolut to halt crypto services in the US UK fintech firm Revolut has revealed that it would no...
SEC freezes assets of DEBT Box, alleging $50M node license ‘sham’
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a temporary asset freeze against Utah-based crypto company Digital Licensing Inc,...
Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders urge closure of ‘$50 billion crypto tax gap’
A number of United States’ lawmakers have urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury to speed up the...
SBF denies witness tampering amid leak of ex-girlfriend’s diary
Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried have denied that he attempted to intimidate witnesses in his criminal trial by talking to New...
Binance secures the first operational MVP license in Dubai
Binance announced on Monday it had received the Operational Minimum Viable Product (MVP) license issued by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory...
Australia’s Bendigo Bank blocks high-risk payments to crypto exchanges
Australia’s Bendigo Bank has become the fourth major bank in the country to announce blocks for “high-risk crypto payments,” citing...
Hester Peirce criticizes SEC warning to accounting firms
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says SEC’s warning to accounting firms could discourage “good-faith efforts” towards transparency. Paul Munter, the Chief...
France watchdog is investigating Worldcoin’s data collection
France’s privacy watchdog reportedly questions Worldcoin’s biometric data collection. Worldcoin, created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched on Monday. Users...
