Crypto Exchange Kraken Settles With Treasury Department Over Sanctions Violations – Regulation Bitcoin News
Crypto exchange Kraken has settled with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over its...
Regulation
JPMorgan Expects Major Changes Coming to Crypto Industry and Regulation Post FTX Collapse – Regulation Bitcoin News
JPMorgan has outlined key changes it expects in the crypto industry and its regulation following the collapse of crypto exchange...
Billionaire Bill Ackman Discusses Crypto Regulation — Says Industry Must Self-Police or Risks Being Shut Down – Regulation Bitcoin News
Billionaire Bill Ackman has warned that the crypto industry needs to self-police or it risks being shut down. He added...
Bitcoin and Ether Are Not Securities in Belgium, Financial Regulator Clarifies – Regulation Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether cannot be classified as securities or investment instruments, according to a communication issued by the...
Singapore Regulator Explains Action Against Binance vs FTX — Warns Even Licensed Crypto Exchanges Can Fail – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the regulator overseeing the crypto sector, has defended the action it took against crypto...
NY Attorney General Urges Congress to Ban Crypto in Retirement Accounts – Regulation Bitcoin News
New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged Congress to pass a law prohibiting crypto investments in retirement accounts. “Hardworking...
NYC Mayor Undeterred by FTX Collapse — Insists Crypto Is an Industry ‘We Must Embrace’ – Bitcoin News
The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is not discouraged by the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and heavy...
FTX Collapse Highlights Urgent Need for Tighter Crypto Regulation – Regulation Bitcoin News
Bank of England’s deputy governor for financial stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, says the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has highlighted...
Federal Reserve Bank President Says ‘Entire Notion of Crypto Is Nonsense’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, says crypto exchange FTX isn’t “one fraudulent company in...
Former US Regulator Likens FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried to Bernie Madoff and His Ponzi Scheme – Regulation Bitcoin News
Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Sheila Bair likens the fall of crypto exchange FTX and its former CEO...
South Korea Freezes $104 Million in Assets Belonging to Terra Co-Founder – Bitcoin News
South Korea’s prosecutors have reportedly obtained a court order to freeze assets worth about $104 million belonging to Terraform Labs...
Bahamas Regulator Takes Action to Seize FTX’s Cryptocurrencies to ‘Protect’ Clients and Creditors – Bitcoin News
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas has ordered crypto exchange FTX to transfer its cryptocurrencies to a wallet controlled by...
US Senator Urges Congress to Pass Her Crypto Bill — Claims It Would’ve Prevented FTX Bankruptcy – Bitcoin News
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis believes that the FTX bankruptcy wouldn’t have happened under the Lummis-Gillibrand crypto bill. She stressed: “It’s...
SEC Enforcement Remains Focused on Crypto — Chair Gensler Says He’s ‘Impressed’ With Enforcement Results – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says its Enforcement Division “remains focused on the rapidly evolving crypto asset securities...
US Lawmaker Urges SEC to ‘Take Decisive Action’ to Regulate Crypto Industry — Plans to Examine Options for Federal Legislation – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to “take decisive action to put an...
Manhattan District Attorney Freezes $1.3 Million in Crypto — Seeks to Return Funds to Fraud Victims – Regulation Bitcoin News
Manhattan District Attorney (DA)’s Office has frozen more than $1.3 million in cryptocurrency “during fraud investigations conducted over the past...
Conflicting Reports Emerge About SEC Helping Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX With Legal Loopholes – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly met with crypto exchange FTX and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried several times...
US Treasury Secretary and Indian Finance Minister Discuss Crypto Regulation – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman discussed crypto regulation during the ninth India-U.S. Economic and...
Japanese Regulator Slaps FTX Japan With Business Suspension Order – Regulation Bitcoin News
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has issued a business suspension order to FTX Japan, the Japanese...
SEC, DOJ Investigate FTX — Regulators Suspect Crypto Exchange Mishandles Customer Funds – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are reportedly investigating cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The...
Cryptocurrencies Affect Central Bank Tasks, Dutch Monetary Authority Says, Urges Global Regulation – Regulation Bitcoin News
Convinced that cryptocurrencies are affecting the tasks performed by monetary authorities around the world, the Dutch central bank has urged...
Middle East, Asia and Africa blockchain association launches in Abu Dhabi
A new blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused association has been launched within Abu Dhabi's free economic zone that aims to further the...
