Regulation

The Blockchain Association which represents some of the biggest names in the cryptocurrency industry announced the launch of a new Market Integrity Working Group. The group is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring fairness, equity and accountability in the crypto space. It will be co-chaired by senior executives of both the well-known blockchain firm Ripple and the Coinbase crypto exchange.The new group will be headed by Rachel Nelson, the senior director and associate general at...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reportedly submitted a framework to oversee digital wallets holding large amounts of value. If approved, it would also include Facebook’s controversial stablecoin, Libra, and its digital wallet – Calibra.APRA To Oversee Calibra?Upon its announcement, Facebook’s Libra quickly attracted the attention of watchdogs. The social media mogul also created a blockchain-based digital wallet called Calibra, that would store and move the future...

South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance has started to review the crypto regulation in the country. In particular, they are reviewing a crypto taxation plan. As South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency has reported, the Korean finance ministry may introduce a 20% tax on crypto gains.Until now, the authorities considered profiting from digital assets as capital gains, and the tax law in South Korea did not see cryptocurrency trading profits as taxable income. However, with the regulatory rule...

The critical situation between Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took another step forward. The market regulator now claims that the popular messaging company saw its upcoming Gram token as securities and thus should fall under established regulations.Is Gram Token A Security?Telegram’s controversy regarding its TON blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, Gram, continues. The SEC has recently filed another claim with the court in the Southern District of New...

Ripple, the company widely associated with XRP cryptocurrency, spent $170,000 in the first nine months of 2019 on the American government to shape crypto regulation in the world’s economic powerhouse. This is known from the information published by the Center for Responsive Politics.Data sourced by the Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization from the Senate Office of Public Records reveal that the cryptocurrency firm used the money to lobby the Executive Office of President Donald...

If Judge Phyllis Hamilton will decide that Ripple is breaking the U.S. law with its token offerings, this could tank the 500 billion economy to the bottoms of the cryptocurrency market, after possible panic-sell.On 4 December, Ripple had asked the Chief District Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District of California to dismiss the case against cryptocurrency. The representatives are saying that the lawsuit sent to court by the angry Ripple investors is not relevant. Because there was a...

Bitwise Bitcoin ETF proposal has been withdrawn. The cryptocurrency asset management firm indicated that it had submitted a note to the U.S. SEC. Bitwise said that the withdrawal request is “consistent with the public interest and protection of investors”. This shows that the firm is studying the situation at this time. The global head of research told:“We did indeed withdraw the application. This is a procedural step, and we intend to refile our application at an appropriate time.”It also...

It appears that the cryptocurrency community won’t be seeing an SEC Bitcoin ETF yet again, as Bitwise has withdrawn its application which was filed in January 2019. According to the official note, the move is largely due to the public interest and pursuant to existing regulations.Bitwise Withdraws Bitcoin ETF ApplicationA lot of people from the cryptocurrency community seem to believe that a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund will send the cryptocurrency to new all-time highs.However, so far, all...

In a recent interview with Cheddar, Heath Tarbert, Chairman of the CFTC, sat down to talk about Phase 1 of the upcoming U.S.-China trade deal, slated to be signed on Wednesday of this week.According to Tarbert, the trade deal will “be an immense success,” and that once the agreement is signed, we’ll start to see U.S. markets, such as energy and agriculture, coming back to where they were initially before the trade war with China began a few years ago.Tarbert also talks about his primary...

Telegram’s bank records are going to be released to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This reversal in the case came as a shock to many. The current ICO misconduct court case has taken another dimension. This change came as in a filing yesterday the Court of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) gave Telegram time till February 26 to release them.The filing will also allow the removal of information. This is for privacy reasons. It is also in line with the privacy...