Tag Archives: Regulations

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on October 18 that she had ordered the shutdown of an unidentified group of cryptocurrency lending platforms operating in the state. As per an official press release, the companies would be acting in contravention of the stipulations of General Business Law § 352 et seq —better known as the “Martin Act.” Ms. James argues that cryptocurrency lending platforms are “interest-bearing accounts” and therefore must register with the...

The United States Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has ordered Tether and Bitfinex to pay fines worth $42.5 million. In a release from today, October 15th, Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Limited, Tether Operations Limited, and Tether International Limited – all companies associated with the issuer of the largest stablecoin USDT, Tether, were ordered to pay a fine worth $41 million. This was issued by the CFTC on the grounds of “misleading statements and...

Binance – the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – recently hired Mark McGinness as its Chief Regulatory Liason Officer. McGinness is a former Head of International Relations at the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). How McGinness Helps Binance According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the hire is part of Binance’s effort to better cooperate with regulators. They’ve made many recent hires for similar purposes, expanding its compliance team by over...

The People Power Party – the opposition party in South Korea – has reportedly proposed a one-year delay on the upcoming taxation rules on trading with digital assets. The lawmakers also intend to revise the tax rate percentage suggesting that investors who generate profits of more than $42,000 should pay 20%, while the initial legislation taxes gains above $2,900. Not Ready for It According to the current propositions, South Korea will start taxing profits from trading with...

Biden wants to regulate everything, and it seems that cryptocurrencies are directly in his crosshairs. Apparently, the president of the United States is seriously considering issuing an executive order on cryptocurrencies to get better clarity of the landscape and exercise better control over the industry and the activities related to it. The news, which was initially reported by Bloomberg citing anonymous but familiar sources, comes as no surprise to many ecosystem experts...

Binance users based in South Africa will have until January 6th next year to manually close their derivatives positions as the exchange is halting these services. This is the latest action by the world’s leading crypto trading platform in its efforts to comply with local regulators. As announced earlier on October 8th, Binance has alerted its South African customers that it will cease offering any derivatives services. More precisely, those are trading of futures, options,...

State Duma – the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia – believes cryptocurrencies can be a highly dangerous financial tool for private investors. As such, the authorities intend to implement a regulatory framework on trading with them, a recent report claimed. Does Russia Need to Regulate Cryptocurrencies? According to local coverage, the Russian government reiterated its negative opinion on dealing with digital currencies. Anatoly Aksakov – Head of the Duma...

The United States continues to contemplate taking further action in regards to the growing crypto space. In the latest endeavor, the Justice Department has decided to create a task force to stop hackers from utilizing digital asset exchanges to conduct ransomware attacks. Ransomware on Exchanges As reported by Bloomberg, the new team’s goal is to target infrastructure that allows hackers to exploit their victims financially. Typically, this is done by freezing a victim’s data...

Ken Griffin – Founder and Chief Executive Officer at the multinational hedge fund Citadel LLC – stated that his organization will start offering cryptocurrency trading services only if there is “regulatory clarity.” However, he is not keen on the asset class, opining that it threatens the strength of the American dollar. Citadel Can Jump on The Crypto Bandwagon During a recent interview, billionaire Ken Griffin pointed out the necessity of imposing a regulatory framework on...

Jamie Dimon reiterated his negative stance on bitcoin, saying it serves as the “fool’s gold of the future.” He also opined that the entire cryptocurrency industry will inevitably be put under a regulatory framework. Bitcoin Has No ‘Intrinsic Value’ The Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. – Jamie Dimon – is, by all means, a cryptocurrency critic. During a recent interview for HBO, he gave his reasons why he is against the asset class. He scratched the hot topic...