Regulation

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,...

India has fallen behind on its plans to regulate cryptocurrency. The winter session of Parliament was supposed to see a new bill introduced that would recognize crypto as a new asset class that could be regulated and monitored. However, this has not yet occurred and thus India’s digital currency future is still in the clouds. India and Crypto Regulation: What’s Happening? The good news is that regulatory officials have stated that at this stage, outright banning crypto...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered Polymarket – a decentralized platform that allows users to bet on the outcome of current events – to pay a $1.4 million civil monetary penalty. The agency claimed that the company did not seek a Designated Contract Market (DCM) or Swap Execution Facility (SEF) registration. CFTC on the Hunt Again According to an announcement by the government agency, Polymarket must also “wind down” all markets displayed on its website...

The start of a new year provides an opportunity to reflect on the past and move forward with intention and purpose. And while other crypto personalities started 2022 with bullish predictions, Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin chose to travel back in time, revisiting some of the things he predicted over the last ten years. He also shared what he learned and what he thinks about the subjects today. As a programmer, writer, and an active member of the cryptocurrency space...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has hired Corey Frayer to advise Chairman Gary Gensler on regulations of cryptocurrencies. Frayer’s previous experience includes operating as a professional staff member of the Senate Banking Committee and policy adviser for the House Financial Services Committee. The US watchdog has a complicated history with the cryptocurrency space. The appointment of Gary Gensler as Chairman earlier this year was considered by many as a positive step...

The CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) – came out with a long Twitter thread to outline some of the hurdles in front of the cryptocurrency industry and how to potentially handle them in the following years. Before diving into some of the challenges, SBF outlined what the industry has already achieved. Namely, these include a solid userbase, smart contracts, numerous potential use cases, the beginning of scaling solutions, as well as “an enormous amount of attention.” Yet,...

After touting a new bill that would potentially regulate crypto and declare it a new financial sector within the country’s borders, India has announced it will not be moving forward on the bill at this time. To be fair, this doesn’t mean a ban will be put in place. It just means officials are delaying a decision that was supposed to be made during this winter season in India’s Parliament. India Has Hit a Standstill News emerged less than a month ago that India had...

China made headlines this year when it decided to end all bitcoin and crypto mining projects within its borders. However, while many of the miners in the country decided to leave or call it quits, there are many others that felt they should stick around and carry out their mining projects in secret. They’re now running an underground mining ecosystem, and they’re hoping every day that the authorities don’t find out about what they’re doing. China Has Ended Crypto Mining,...