Regulation

Three top European regulators will get together to discuss the implications of the Data Act and provide more clarity with the goal of not stifling DeFi innovation. As Europe embarks on its journey to bring clear crypto regulations in place, the blockchain industry is making a final push in preventing laws that would crush the smart contracts underpinning the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. The lawmakers are currently having negotiations over the Data Act, which will be concluded...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Rajeev Chandrasekhar – the minister of state for IT and electronics – said crypto could present a “legitimate case of macroeconomic risks,” in a recent report. He also said that a world without crypto regulation is a dangerous one. Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Crypto in India Chandrasekhar commented: It is a very...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao after the crypto exchange allegedly violated the Commodity Exchange Act and other regulations. The CFTC Is Going After Binance The agency claims Binance has had no regard for current financial laws and has been violating them for the past several years. Heads of the CFTC are now seeking financial penalties and a permanent ban in the United States. CFTC chair Rostin Behnam...

While enforcement actions have been a focus for the US SEC in the crypto industry lately, some crypto exchanges are now making efforts to expand into other territories. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a step backward by withdrawing from its decision to classify digital assets. The regulator achieved this by removing the first official definition of “digital asset” from its most recent household hedge withdrawal regulations. Notably, the SEC first...

Not long ago, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vetoed a bill that would have paved the way for crypto regulation in her state. It was recently announced that the House of South Dakota has failed to override the veto, and thus digital currency legislation will not be making its way into the state anytime soon. Kristi Noem Is Getting Her Way The bill had initially passed through the legislative branch, though it failed to hold any ground after Noem initiated the veto. The...

Crypto-supportive Republican policymakers Patrick McHenry and Cynthia Lummis provided the latest updates on digital asset legislation at Consensus 2023 – and they’re highly optimistic.  The former believes President Biden will have signed the first bill into law directly forming rules around cryptocurrency within the next 12 months.  Progress on the Lummis Bill During their panel discussion on Friday, Lummis began by clarifying that the next installment of her digital asset...

The push to support crypto is gaining traction in Hong Kong as some banks are already pledging support to the industry. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is truly doubling down on its efforts to provide full support to the digital currency ecosystem with its recent circular to banks operating on the island. In the circular, the HKMA said banks should support exchanges or crypto platforms that have received the right license to operate in the country. The support will notably be...

XRP – the native digital token of crypto firm Ripple – experienced a sharp price hike in late March after several investors and fans felt they had reason to believe Ripple could potentially win its ongoing court case with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Could Ripple Beat the SEC? The SEC has made a habit out of attacking virtually every single digital currency company over the last six or seven years. The agency is going after every firm that took part in...

Jeremy Allaire – CEO of Circle Internet Financial Ltd. – argued that US investors could soon relocate due to the lack of proper regulations and the growing banking crisis. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March caused severe issues for the stablecoin issuer. USDC de-pegged from its $1 fixed valuation to as low as $0.87 after Circle revealed a massive $3.3 billion exposure to the financial institution. However, it coped with the problem, assuring that investors...

With Matt Haney taking a very bold step that is backed by the industry, seeing DAOs function as businesses will be a matter of time. A California lawmaker Matt Haney has introduced Assembly Bill 1229 which seeks to re-engineer and expand the state’s corporate to include Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO). As reported by Decrypt, the proposed Bill, if passed, will enable DAOs, blockchain networks and smart contracts to register as businesses in the state. This registration will...