Crypto Regulation

French Hill, the chairman of the US congressional subcommittee on digital assets is pushing for progressive crypto regulations. He is striving to make America the place for innovation in fintech and blockchain. The Financial Services…
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The government has revealed plans to strongly regulate the cryptocurrency industry to give customers confidence and promote growth in the sector. A consultation will be launched on the proposals, focusing on ensuring customers receive their…
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Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner, believes industry players need to remember what crypto is really about. She gave 2022 as an example of a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year for the industry. Peirce said there are valuable takeaways…
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Some lawmakers are not happy about SEC chair Gary Gensler pushing to hold the crypto firms to the same rules that apply to stocks and bonds. The lawmakers say the collapse of FTX shows that crypto needs its own set of guardrails. They…
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Coinbase is set to pay a $50 million fine and another $50 million in compliance efforts to settle a case with New York’s state financial regulator. The crypto exchange, as per regulators from the New York Department of Financial Services,…
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) warned banks to be aware of the significant volatility and vulnerabilities of…
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Stefan Berger, a member of the European Parliament, said Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) – the landmark Pan-European crypto legislation – has been rescheduled to February 2023 because of a technical necessity. He explained the delay has…
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce believes the Howey test that is used by the regulator to determine whether a digital asset should be classified as a security has some limitations. Basically, the test…
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Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky in its latest report highlighted that increases in digital asset regulations and tracking technologies are pushing cybercriminals away from Bitcoin. But crypto scams have increased because of the greater…
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Most cryptocurrencies in the United States are most likely to be regulated as securities. In the wake of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX bankruptcy, the regulation of cryptocurrencies got a further push. Jeffrey Sprecher, the CEO of…
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