The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s appeal against Ripple Labs is expected to end soon as the SEC is working on a proactive regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. The SEC…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) and Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), alongside other Defendants in the SEC’s ongoing case against Binance, have jointly moved to stay the case…
In the ongoing regulatory overhaul in the US cryptocurrency sector under Trump’s second administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Consumer Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have announced plans…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Crypto Task Force Chair, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, issued a statement on 4 February disclosing a ten-point agenda for the task force. Pierce…
Crypto.com has delisted Tether’s USD-pegged stablecoin (USDT) along with nine other tokens in compliance with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The other tokens include Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC),…
During a recent press conference, US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell affirmed that banks may serve cryptocurrency clients, provided they understand and manage the associated risks effectively. Powell stressed that…
The Virtual Assets Chamber of Commerce (VACC), a virtual assets advocacy group in Kenya, has presented policy recommendations to the country’s technical working group on virtual asset regulations. The proposal…
The European Union (EU)’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation fully came into effect on 30 December 2024. All crypto asset service providers (CASPs) are now required to obtain a MiCA…
A recent Bank of Canada (BOC) research disclosed Canadian consumers showed skepticism toward the broad early adoption of the BOC’s potential central bank digital currency (CBDC).
While the BOC is still…
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued operational licenses to two Hong Kong-based crypto exchanges. Registered under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO), the companies, YAX (Hong…