Regulation

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is emerging as one of the world’s most crypto-friendly regimes as it launches programs to assist local crypto development and regulation. Even the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC), a government-owned event and exposition site in Dubai, has declared that it would become a complete zone and regulator of cryptocurrencies, operators, and exchanges. Another project based out of Dubai, Last Hopium, is an NFT drop aimed to use blockchain technology to...

BTC briefly accounted for almost 42% of the overall crypto market cap in late January, according to the statistics from CoinMarketCap and TradingView.Bitcoin (BTC), since the jump, has been the biggest thing in the crypto scene. Its dominance for some time was unrivaled as the digital coin somewhat decided the outcome of the market with its performances, taking altcoins along for a ride in either win or loss scenarios.The influx of new altcoins into the crypto market, all with the same...

The world’s leading digital asset platform – Binance – is reportedly looking into expanding its services to Russia and its neighboring countries. The company believes there is a lot of prospect for new regulations in the area that could boost its business. Russia Is an Attractive Region for Binance Earlier this year, it seemed like Russia would follow China’s path and impose a total crypto ban after a proposal from the country’s central bank. Shortly after, though, the...

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...