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Blockchain Bites: The US vs. Bitcoin?

A CNBC contributor said the U.S. government wouldn't stomach losing the dollar's supremacy to bitcoin. Others say "the ship has sailed" on an outright ban.

News  ·  10 February 2021
Newsletters

State of Crypto: India and Nigeria’s Crypto Crackdowns Continue Old Trends

Both nations hope to prevent banks from providing services to crypto companies.

Policy & regulation  ·  9 February 2021
Binance

Binance Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Forbes Over ‘Tai Chi’ Document

The exchange did not say in its latest filing why it withdrew the case, at least for now.

News  ·  8 February 2021
FinCEN

FinCEN Extends Comment Period for Controversial Crypto Wallet Rule

Critics of the rule said it would be technically impossible for some projects to comply because smart contracts and author-decentralized tools do not have name or address information to provide.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 January 2021
OCC

Brian Brooks, Crypto-Friendly Bank Regulator, Expected to Step Down This Week: Report

The Acting OCC head will reportedly end his brief tenure running the federal banking regulator by the end of the week.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 January 2021
FCA

UK’s Ban on Crypto Derivatives Goes Into Effect Today

The Financial Conduct Authority ban on the sale of derivatives and exchange-traded notes was passed in October.

News  ·  6 January 2021
FinCEN

Presidential Advisory Group Weighs In on Regulatory Approach to Stablecoins

Stablecoins should meet the same regulatory standards as other financial instruments, Trump’s Working Group on Financial Markets said.

Policy & regulation  ·  23 December 2020
FinCEN

US Treasury Bulking Up Crypto Policy Advisers as Wallet Reg Rumors Swirl

FinCEN has posted a pair of job listings for crypto policy advisers amid rumors that new regulations around wallets will arrive soon.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 December 2020
Regulations

US Lawmakers Tell Mnuchin to Back Off From Potential Crypto Wallet Regs

Reps. Warren Davidson, Tom Emmer, Ted Budd and Scott Perry urged Steven Mnuchin to rethink his rumored self-hosted wallet regulations in an open letter Wednesday that warned such rules might "crush a nascent industry."

Policy & regulation  ·  10 December 2020
Zcash

ShapeShift Delists Privacy Coin Zcash Over Regulatory Concerns

XMR, DASH and ZEC "were delisted at the same time for the same reason – to further derisk the company from a regulatory standpoint."

Business  ·  10 November 2020
SEC

First SEC Official to Say Ether Is Not a Security Is Leaving the Agency Later This Year

William Hinman, the director of the SEC’s division of corporation finance, is planning to leave the agency later this year.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 October 2020
Privacy

DOJ’s Crypto Framework Is ‘a Complete Disaster’ for Digital Privacy Rights

The U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement framework may pose a serious threat to the digital privacy rights of crypto users.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 October 2020
Department of Justice

The US Crypto Enforcement Framework Is a Warning to International Exchanges

The U.S. Department of Justice’s cryptocurrency enforcement framework is a warning shot to exchanges worldwide: Comply with U.S. law or face the potential wrath of the federal government.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 October 2020
CFTC

A New Bill Proposes to Put US Crypto Exchanges Under a National Framework

The Digital Commodity Exchange Act would bring crypto exchanges into a single federal framework, overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Policy & regulation  ·  24 September 2020
Europe

Leaked EU Draft Proposes All-Encompassing Laws for Crypto Assets

The European Commission may be proposing an all-encompassing set of regulations covering the trading of digital assets across the 27-nation bloc.

Policy & regulation  ·  16 September 2020