Regulation

Hong Kong’s position as an upcoming hub of crypto businesses is being increasingly noticed and discussed in the relevant circles. In a tweet, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong referred to the city-state to stress that the United States may lose its position as the financial hub of the world for lacking crypto regulations. Armstrong Calls for Regulations “America risks losing it’s status as a financial hub long term, with no clear regs on crypto, and a hostile environment from...

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce – who’s often dubbed the “crypto mom” thanks to her open-minded nature towards bitcoin and crypto – is calling for strict regulation of the space and says this will provide more clarity for traders and help to keep investors shielded from bad actors. Hester Peirce Says It’s Time to Regulate Crypto In an interview, Peirce said: If we continued with our regulation-by-enforcement approach at our current...

Milena Mayorga – ambassador of El Salvador to the United States – said the Salvadoran authorities might open a bitcoin embassy in Texas. The central American nation has already introduced a BTC office in the city of Lugano, Switzerland. The Second BTC Embassy Mayorga held a meeting with Jose “Joe” Esparza (Texas Deputy Secretary of State) to discuss the new initiative, outlining the financial connection between El Salvador and the region: “We discussed the opening of the...

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Lee Reiners, policy director at the Duke Financial Economics Center, recommended that banking agenices restrict the crypto industry from accessing the banking system while testifying to the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.  The professor claimed that crypto has produced nothing of benefit during the 14 years since Bitcoin’s whitepaper was published.  What to Do About Crypto The hearing, titled “Crypto Crash,” explored why crypto needs tighter regulation and safeguards to...

Two months ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article discussing a new set of crypto regulations that were being unveiled by the state of New Jersey. Now, it appears New Hampshire is looking to follow in the region’s footsteps. Citing the FTX debacle as a massive wakeup call, New Hampshire is now looking to implement laws that will oversee trading and activity surrounding bitcoin and all related digital assets. New Hampshire Is Next to Implement Crypto Laws A new...

Michael Demissie, the head of digital assets at Wall Street powerhouse Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon), has disclosed that investors are still very interested in the digital asset space amid the bear market. According to a Reuters report, Demissie believes cryptocurrencies are here to stay as investors have not lost interest in the nascent industry, despite the collapse of several firms and other unfavorable events that occurred last year. Demissie: Digital Assets are...

Marc Andreessen – founding partner of the tech-focused VC giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) – is now more bullish on Ethereum and Web 3 than he is on Bitcoin, contrary to his outlook in 2014. During an interview with ReasonTV published on Wednesday, the venture capitalist discussed the future of crypto adoption and regulation, alongside the role of Bitcoin as money.  Crypto, Not Bitcoin According to Andreessen, crypto and Web3 represent “the other half of the internet,”...

Binance, the biggest exchange in crypto, seeks to revive trust in the industry after an onslaught of hacks and scams that ravaged its reputation last year.  The company is helping bring together a consortium of fellow businesses intent on proving how well the space can cooperate with regulators. Bringing Back Trust As reported by CoinDesk, the consortium already includes multiple companies, spanning from individual projects, to exchanges, to blockchain analytics firms. Its...

According to an investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Observer, more than 168 shell companies in the United Kingdom are suspected of operating fraudulent crypto or foreign exchange trading schemes, around half of which are potentially linked to pig-butchering scams. In fact, these organized crime groups were found to be using the UK as a “virtual base” for their operations while exploiting lax regulations to conduct fraud on an industrial scale, the...