Ripple CEO Expects SEC to Lose Against Ethereum, Mirroring XRP Lawsuit Outcome
Ripple’s chief executive believes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be unsuccessful in classifying ether as a security,...
Regulation
SEC Requests More Funding to Regulate Crypto Sector
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has submitted its 2025 budget request, which will partly fund the securities watchdog’s...
Argentine Senate Passes Reform Creating Cryptocurrency Entities Registry
The Argentine Senate passed a law that creates a registry for any institution that offers cryptocurrency services in the country....
Dubai International Financial Centre Enacts Digital Assets Law
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the largest free zones of the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia...
Hong Kong Securities Regulator Issues Warning Against ‘Unlicensed’ Crypto Platform Bybit
The Hong Kong securities regulator has labelled the crypto platform Bybit an unlicensed virtual asset trading platform (VATP). The regulator...
Russia Regulates Use of Digital Assets for International Settlements
Russia has integrated the use of digital assets as payment for international transactions in its legislation. President Vladimir Putin signed...
Thai Rule Change Allows Asset Management Funds to Invest in Bitcoin ETFs
Thailand-based asset management funds can now launch private funds for investing in U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to...
South Korea Preparing Tax System to Avoid Cryptocurrency Tax Evasion
The National Tax Service in South Korea is preparing to launch a virtual asset tax system to help analyze the...
UK Watchdog Says It Will Not Object to Crypto ETN Listing Requests
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has said it will not object to requests by recognised investment exchanges to launch...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Insists Crypto Field Is ‘Rife With Abuses and Fraud’
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has reiterated that the crypto industry is filled with instances of...
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon Signs Legislation Recognizing DAOs
The Wyoming governor, Mark Gordon, recently signed into law a bill that establishes a legal framework for regulating decentralized autonomous...
SEC Chair Gensler Cautions About Crypto Investing — Warns ‘Thousands’ of Crypto Tokens May Be Securities
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has cautioned about crypto investing. “This is a highly speculative asset...
SEC Charges Shapeshift With Regulatory Violations, Sparking Debate on Crypto Regulation
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has leveled charges against Shapeshift AG, accusing the company of operating without proper...
House Financial Services Committee Advances Bill to Repeal SEC Bulletin Preventing Banks From Offering Crypto Custody Services
The House Financial Services Committee of the U.S. Congress has advanced a resolution that seeks to disavow SEC SAB 121,...
Russia’s FATF Rating Downgraded Over Crypto Regulation Shortfalls
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has lowered Russia’s rating owing to insufficient oversight of cryptocurrencies, as indicated by regional...
Report: Election Concerns Halt South Korea’s Crypto and ETF Regulation Ease
South Korea has delayed its efforts to relax its crypto regulations and the prohibition on spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....
Gemini Agrees to Over $1 Billion Restoration in Settlement With New York Regulators
In an agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the Winklevoss-led cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has committed to...
Crypto Exchange Kraken Shares ‘Real Story’ of SEC Lawsuit — Claims SEC Seeks ‘Boundless Authority’ Over Commerce
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has shared what it called “the real story” of the lawsuit against it by the U.S. Securities...
South Africa Regulators to Unveil Document Categorizing Stablecoins as a ‘Particular Type of Crypto Asset’
In 2024, the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group, a consortium of South African regulators that unveiled a position paper on crypto...
Argentina to Regulate Cryptocurrency Exchanges With Executive Order
The government of Argentina is reportedly preparing to regulate cryptocurrency service providers with an executive order. The measure would be...
Major Party in South Korea Proposes to Defer Cryptocurrency Taxation
The People Power Party, a major political party in South Korea, has proposed to defer cryptocurrency taxation for up to...
Blockchain Basics Act Introduced in Ohio, South Carolina, and Mississippi
The Blockchain Basics Act, a series of regulations aimed at safeguarding people’s cryptocurrency rights at a state level, has been...
