Tag Archives: Regulations

With the crash of TerraUSD —the largest algorithmic stablecoin in the ecosystem— and the de-pegging of other stablecoins like Stasis, DEI (not to be confused with DAI and even Tether), financial institutions like the European Central Bank, used this weakness in their favor and started promoting their new CBDCs. On May 16, Italian economist and Executive Board member of the European Central Bank (ECB), Fabio Panetta, said in a lecture at the National College of Ireland (NCI)...

The catastrophic failure of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin, TerraUSD (UST), last week exacerbated the chaos in the crypto industry and accelerated plans to regulate the stablecoins market. Following the market meltdown, global financial regulators started proposing different legislations to regulate stablecoins better and prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future. UK to Legalize and Regulate Stablecoins Over the weekend, the United Kingdom Treasury revealed plans...

Portugal’s Finance Minister Fernando Medina has confirmed plans to apply capital gains taxes on cryptocurrency profits. Though he has not committed to a specific date, he stressed that there can no longer be gaps within the tax system around transactions involving digital assets. Ending the Tax Haven? Cryptocurrencies are currently subject to very few tax rules in Portugal, making the country something of a crypto hub. However, the government finally committed to creating a...

The new government of South Korea will reportedly finalize the regulatory framework on the local digital asset ecosystem next year and enforce it in 2024. The legislation will aim to incorporate cryptocurrencies like bitcoin into the country’s institutional system. In addition, the authorities have greenlighted the Bank of Korea’s efforts to launch a CBDC in 2023. South Korea Embracing Crypto Just two months after Yoon Seok-youl secured a victory in South Korea’s presidential...

The policymaker has continued to stake a claim for the crypto asset industry for his agency tasked with regulating securities in the United States. According to Gensler, cryptocurrencies should be regulated the same way as securities. In a speech on reducing risk and increasing transparency of derivatives at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Annual Meeting on May 11, he said: “Most crypto tokens involve a group of entrepreneurs raising money from the public...

The Chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) – Klaas Knot – raised concerns that the cryptocurrency sector could harm the monetary network in the future. In his view, the digital asset market is expanding at a fast pace, while some of the tokens are employed by criminals in illicit activities. “For these reasons, policy work on crypto assets is a priority for the FSB,” the executive outlined. The FSB Wants to Regulate “Unbacked” Crypto The lack of an appropriate...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has unanimously voted to review accounting rules for exchange-traded digital assets in the United States. This could have major implications for corporations seeking a regulatory pathway for better managing cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets. Celebration Among Bitcoiners Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor claimed the result of the vote was 7-0 over Twitter on Wednesday. Though the official result is yet to be posted by the...

Two of the main committees of the state of Hawaii – Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) and Ways and Means (WAM) – greenlighted the launch of a unit called Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Task Force. The division’s main goals will be to supervise the local digital asset ecosystem and explore the employment of cryptocurrencies. Hawaii Seeking to Regulate Crypto In a letter addressed to Hawaii’s President of the Senate – Ron Kouchi – the two committees outlined the “emerging...

On May 3, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) was interviewed by Axios news media and revealed important details about the crypto bill she hopes to introduce before the end of the year. The bill, Lummis says, adapts the legal framework so that cryptocurrencies and traditional assets fall under similar regulatory categories. “We’ve designed it so it works within the customary framework for managing and regulating traditional assets. So, for example, Bitcoin is a commodity. So...

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently revealed that the almost two-year lawsuit with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is drawing to its climax and could be resolved before the end of the year. The Long-Awaited Climax Is Near In an interview with Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino, the Ripple boss acknowledged that the company’s ongoing legal battle with the SEC has gone “quite well.” He further noted that his company’s case will set a major...