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Lord Fusitu – a Tongan barrister, landowner, and MP – is a fervent supporter of making Bitcoin a true currency inside the nation’s borders. He plans on tabling a bill to make Bitcoin legal tender alongside Tonga’s national currency, the pa’anga. Why Make Bitcoin Legal Tender in Tonga? Tonga is a small island nation and archipelago east of Australia. As reported by Financial Review, Fusitu’s first step towards adopting Bitcoin is to work with Jack Maller’s digital wallet...

Cynthia Lummis – Republican Senator and ardent crypto supporter – is showing caution around stablecoins. She recently said that they need to be cash-backed and regularly audited. Ensuring Proper Stablecoin Reserves The senator voiced her opinion in a speech on the Senate floor this Wednesday. The speech surrounded Lummis’ overall views on CBDC’s and stablecoins, in advance of the Federal Reserve’s report on the matter. Lummis acknowledged that stablecoins enable faster...

Speaking at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha conference on Sept. 29, a16z partner Katie Haun said the U.S. should look towards China for what not to do. She was referring to Beijing’s incessant crackdowns on the crypto industry and any activities related to the trade of digital currencies. In her view, financial regulators in the U.S. should be doing the exact opposite, but at the moment, it appears they are following in China’s footsteps with moves to over-regulate crypto rather than...

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, continues to employ high-profile investigators as part of efforts to boost the company’s compliance measures. New Audit and Investigations Lead for Binance In an official press release on Thursday (September 30, 2021), Binance announced that Tigran Gambaryan will be the company’s new VP of Global Intelligence and Investigations. Gambaryan’s hire comes after working 10 years as a Special Agent with the US Internal Revenue...

Tesla’s CEO – Elon Musk – believes authorities are unable to “destroy” the digital asset industry. He advised the American government to let crypto “fly” instead of implementing legislation on it. Additionally, he gave his reasons why China has a hostile stance on cryptocurrencies. ‘Just Let It Fly’ In a recent interview with Kara Swisher, the prominent entrepreneur and business magnate – Elon Musk – shared his thoughts on some of the hottest topics in the digital asset...

The Chinese government is not holding back on its mission to stop all crypto activity in the country, and has continued to widen its crackdown against bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Huobi Blocks New Chinese Users The intensified attacks have now forced Huobi, one of the major exchanges in the country, to suspend new user registration coming from China. Recall that crypto trading and mining crackdowns escalated in China on Friday after the nation’s central bank issued another...

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) have recently issued a staff notice addressing improper marketing practices from Crypto Trading Platforms (CTPs) in the country and offered clarity on what rules to keep in mind. Cleaning Up CTP Advertising The regulators’ notice was released earlier this week on the OSC’s website. It begins stating their concerns over “certain advertising activities and...

During a period of major corporate and institutional interest in the crypto industry, nearly 5,000 new tokens have emerged in the last 12 months, averaging over 10 new coins per day, new data shows. Cryptocurrency Boom of 2021 As can be observed on CoinMarketCap’s homepage, the number of existing cryptocurrencies has recently surpassed 12,000. This is well over the approximately 7,100 coins recorded by the site in September of last year, meaning that at least 4,900 new...

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA – would reportedly require local digital asset providers to take additional steps in preventing criminals from employing cryptocurrencies. The watchdog would also turn its sight towards bitcoin ATMs as it believes that drug dealers often use these machines. FINMA Targets Criminals Operating with Crypto According to a Finews report, Switzerland’s financial regulator – the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority or...

Following today’s events, Senator Pat Toomey says that the ongoing cryptocurrency crackdown in China is a considerable opportunity for the United States. Earlier today, reports revealed further regulatory pressure on cryptocurrencies in China. This time, the country seems to target mining and trading. Although not many of it was new, the announcement triggered a market-wide pullback, sending Bitcoin down to slightly above $40K. Senator Pat Toomey, representing the state of...