Regulation

The prices of the world’s major cryptocurrencies – including bitcoin and Ethereum – have crashed this week. Bitcoin, for example, has fallen below $33,000 per unit, while Ethereum is down to about $2,300. At the center of all this is a new executive order that Joe Biden is set to issue. The order will ask the Fed and other financial agencies in the U.S. to look at cryptocurrency and determine the risks and opportunities that come with the space. The U.S. Is Looking to Implement New Crypto...

Joe Biden’s administration wants to clarify once and for all the regulatory landscape surrounding the crypto sphere —taking the opportunity to exert greater control over the industry. Apparently, within the next few weeks, it is expected that the White House will issue an executive order declaring the regulation of cryptocurrencies as a matter of national security – which would raise the priority level that different federal agencies would have to assign to their efforts to...

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Über 2000 Blockchain-Enthusiasten tauschten sich auf der BLOCKCHANCE 2021 in Hamburg über Blockchain-Entwicklungen aus und gewährten einen Ausblick auf 2022. Sechs Themen stachen in über 120 Vorträgen hervor: Web3, Metaverse und DAOs Überall NFTs Einbindung in traditionelle Strukturen Die Multi-Chain-Zukunft DeFi Comeback? Regulation und Nachhaltigkeit Die Kryptostars Joseph Lubin, Michael Saylor, Justin Sun, Raoul Pal und Fabian Vogelsteller stellten aktuelle und zukünftige Projekte...

While there have been calls by the cryptocurrency community for the SEC to provide clearer regulation for the industry, one of the agency’s commissioners thinks otherwise. SEC Does Not Need to Re-Invent the Wheel Allison Lee, a Commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), while appearing at a D.C. bar event on crypto regulation, has said that cryptocurrencies do not need a special set of rules. According to Lee: “Rather than pursuing approaches that...

Tipsuda Thavaramara – former Deputy Secretary-General of Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – disagreed with the government’s intentions to impose a 15% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency profits. She believes such legislation is unpractical, unfair, and not beneficial for the trade sector. The Bill Lacks Clarity Earlier this month, the Thai authorities presented plans to slam local cryptocurrency investors and miners with a 15% capital gains tax. According...

The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Michael J. Hsu, gave a speech on January 13, 2022, highlighting the advantages of regulating the cryptocurrency space-specifically stablecoins-as a way to provide peace of mind and security to those using this type of technology. Speaking at the BritishAmerican Business Transatlantic Finance Forum, Hsu argued that the growth of the cryptocurrency industry had been so swift that the regulatory indifference of...

Sam Bankman-Fried – the man in charge of popular and fast-growing cryptocurrency exchange FTX – says there is likely to be more institutional adoption of cryptocurrency in the year 2022 granted regulation becomes a solid thing. Sam Bankman-Fried On What Will Attract Institutions Regulation has been a controversial topic in the crypto space for many years. For some, the idea of bringing regulation into the mix goes against everything crypto stands for. After all, it was...

Abu Dhabi – the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – has stated that it is looking to become one of the biggest crypto hubs in the world. The region is looking to reduce its reliance on standard gas and oil while boosting its investments in the crypto space. Abu Dhabi and Crypto… A Solid Match? The UAE was one of the first nations to establish regulation for the growing crypto space, having done so in 2018. Since then, many new digital currency trading platforms...

In a bid to bring in regulatory clarity and a framework for the issuance of Bitcoin Bond and securities in the cryptocurrency, El Salvador’s finance minister, Alejandro Zelaya, has revealed plans to send approximately 20 bills to Congress. The Ambitious Bitcoin City According to reports, the aforestated bills will encompass regulations about securities issuance and ensure legal structure and certainty to anyone to wishes to purchase a Bitcoin bond. The Finance Minister,...