Tag Archives: Regulations

Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of leading American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, believes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is on a lone crusade in the push for regulatory clarity in the country, as the agency’s stance on the matter is different from that of Congress and other federal regulators. During a Monday interview with CNBC, the CEO insisted that SEC chair Gary Gensler is attempting to regulate the American digital asset industry from an...

A Democratic presidential candidate is pushing against the growing anti-crypto sentiment within his party by blaming regulatory agencies’ “war on crypto” for various bank failures that transpired in March.  In recent days, environmental lawyer Robert Kennedy Jr. has spoken out against the Biden administration’s general handling of the ongoing banking crisis, opposing the bailout approach used by financial agencies.  The War on Crypto In a tweet on Tuesday, Kennedy backed an...

The leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced the launch of a Bermuda-based marketplace that will serve non-US institutional users, according to a recent report.  The company has been eyeing other countries to relocate recently due to the regulatory hurdles in America. CEO Brian Armstrong held discussions with the authorities of Britain in April, suggesting that the UK could also become an expansion target for Coinbase. Disappointed in the US  Coinbase – the only...

Crypto-supportive Republican policymakers Patrick McHenry and Cynthia Lummis provided the latest updates on digital asset legislation at Consensus 2023 – and they’re highly optimistic.  The former believes President Biden will have signed the first bill into law directly forming rules around cryptocurrency within the next 12 months.  Progress on the Lummis Bill During their panel discussion on Friday, Lummis began by clarifying that the next installment of her digital asset...

Brian Armstrong, the chief executive officer of American crypto exchange Coinbase, and the company’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, have responded to a Wells Notice issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) weeks ago in preparation for enforcement action. In a recent YouTube video, the Coinbase executives insisted that the SEC’s notice was unnecessary. The U.S. government has yet to develop clear rules for the crypto industry, and the exchange’s...

The immense fraud and failure throughout crypto in 2022 have regulators hastily and recklessly driving the industry offshore, according to Custodia Bank CEO Caitlin Long.  The executive sat down with private investor and ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees at Consensus 2023 to discuss the many ways in which crypto has lost its way, and how it can still help remedy the problems that centralized mismanagement has caused.  Is Crypto Straying From Its Purpose? During a Thursday Panel...

Christopher Giancarlo– former chairman of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) thinks that the outright opponents of central bank digital currency (CBDC) are mostly wasting their breath. During a speech at Consensus 2023 on Wednesday, he argued that government-backed digital dollars are largely inevitable, and will certainly exist in a world alongside private market stablecoins.  The Growth of CBDCs The former politician – commonly referred to as “Crypto Dad”...

Jeremy Allaire – CEO of Circle Internet Financial Ltd. – argued that US investors could soon relocate due to the lack of proper regulations and the growing banking crisis. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March caused severe issues for the stablecoin issuer. USDC de-pegged from its $1 fixed valuation to as low as $0.87 after Circle revealed a massive $3.3 billion exposure to the financial institution. However, it coped with the problem, assuring that investors...

The Securities Commission of the Bahamas reportedly plans to strengthen the domestic cryptocurrency regulatory framework after the collapse of FTX, which was based in the island nation. One such amendment will be the prohibition of algorithmic stablecoins and privacy tokens. The Bahamas was also where Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) – the former CEO of FTX – lived prior to his arrest. He currently resides in his parents’ house in California, awaiting a trial that will determine...

In a landmark ruling, Hong Kong’s High Court declared crypto as property that can be held in trust. This marks the first time such a decision regarding asset class has been made in the city-state. The ruling, which was handed down in liquidation of a case involving the now-defunct crypto exchange Gatecoin, essentially puts crypto on par with other intangible assets such as stocks and bonds. Cryptocurrencies Constitute Property The judgment was revealed by London-based law...