SEC Charges CEO of Crypto Startup for Unregistered ICO
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced it has settled charges against a company and its CEO for...
Politics
US Republican House Committee Accepting Crypto Donations
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has begun soliciting donations in cryptocurrency — the first of its kind to do...
Netherlands Must Ban Bitcoin, Says Dutch Bureaucrat
The Head of the Netherlands’ Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) Pieter Hasekamp has said the country must ban cryptocurrencies...
Chinese Authorities to Ban Crypto Mining in Yunnan Province, Report
Chinese province Yunnan is gearing up to outright ban crypto mining in response to similar moves by Qinghai, Xinjiang, and...
Thai SEC Enforces Ban on Meme Tokens, NFTs
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has banned exchanges from dealing in certain types of tokens. The ban...
BoE Governor Believes CBDCs Will Usher in ‘New Era’ of Banking
Speaking at the launch of the Bank for International Settlements’ London location, Andrew Bailey expressed his optimism concerning central bank...
Anonymous Denies Involvement in Anti-Elon Musk Video
Politically-geared hacker group Anonymous has denied they had a hand in creating a video condemning Elon Musk’s involvement in influencing...
Russia’s Central Bank Governor: CBDC Is Future for Country’s Financial System
Russia’s central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina, believes that digital currencies will be the future of financial systems as the country’s...
Ron Paul: Let Bitcoin Compete With the Dollar
Former United States Congressman and Presidential Candidate Ron Paul says that bitcoin (BTC) ought to be allowed to compete with...
UK Regulator Extends Registration Deadline as Companies Fail AML Test
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is extending the deadline for its Temporary Registrations Regimes (TRR) until March 2022. The...
Hong Kong Announces Proposal to Ban Retail Crypto Trading
If the proposed act passes into law, crypto trading will only be available to professionals with $1 million in their...
RBI: Banks Can’t Cite 2018 Circular to Deny Services to Customers Dealing With Crypto
The Reserve Bank of India has issued a notification to banks on how to relate with their customers who deal...
Federal Reserve Governor Pushes for Central Bank Digital Currency
After Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was in no rush to issue a central bank...
Bitcoin Mining Council to Be Formed to Promote Energy Usage Transparency
At a meeting hosted by MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, the leading bitcoin (BTC) miners in North America decided to form...
South Korea to Impose 20% Income Tax on Crypto Transactions
Officials in South Korea have announced their intention to tax crypto transactions to the tune of 20% starting next year....
Bank Indonesia on Track to Release Digital Rupiah
Bank Indonesia is in the pre-launch stages of releasing a digital rupiah currency and is vetting platforms to see which...
UK Finance Lobbyist Wants More Consumer Protection for Crypto
U.K. financial lobbyist TheCityUK is pushing for greater protection regarding crypto assets, because they reportedly expose retail consumers to highly...
White House Studying Gaps in Oversight of Cryptocurrency
President Biden’s administration has been briefed by Treasury Department officials about the risks brought about by cryptocurrency. As the world...
IRS Looking Into Ways to Monitor Activity Within Crypto Wallets
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Digital Forensic team is looking into cracking tools for crypto wallets to “tame the cybersecurity...
Gensler Mentions Crypto in His Address to FINRA, Urges to Follow ‘Spirit of the Law’
Newly appointed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler brought up cryptocurrencies in his first address of the Financial...
