Ethics watchdog rats out Circle for links to Tron in letter to Sens. Warren, Brown
Nonprofit ethics group Campaign for Accountability (CfA) sent a letter to U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown on Nov....
Regulation
EU backs Data Act with clause to shut off smart contracts
The European Parliament has voted to approve the Data Act — controversial legislation that includes a stipulation necessitating smart contracts...
Rep. Tom Emmer proposes to defund SEC’s crusade against crypto
Pro-crypto Congressman Tom Emmer is advancing an amendment aimed at depriving the United States securities regulator from using government funds...
Expect new IRS crypto surveillance to come with a surge in confiscation
As the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pushes forward with its proposal to increase cryptocurrency surveillance, a past report might offer...
US lawmaker proposes to cut SEC chair Gary Gensler’s salary to $1
A United States lawmaker wants to strip the Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler of his salary by paying...
LedgerX highlights CFTC regulatory gap in customer asset rules
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has turned its attention to how companies handle customer assets.The recent CFTC...
Sam Bankman-Fried convicted, PayPal faces SEC subpoena, and other news: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 19 – Nov. 4
Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of fraud, other crimes; PayPal receives subpoena from the U.S. SEC, and Invesco Galaxy’s spot...
Bug in Fed’s payment system prevents bank customers from getting paid
Some of the largest United States banks are not able to facilitate customers deposits after one of the Federal Reserve’s...
Dubai approves XRP under its virtual assets regime
Ripple says approval allows licensed firms to incorporate XRP into their crypto asset services. CEO Brad Garlinghouse notes that Dubai...
Turkey is preparing new law on crypto assets: report
Turkey is preparing a new law on crypto regulation, according to Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek. The legislation looks to toughen...
AI chatbots are illegally ripping off copyrighted news, says media group
Artificial intelligence developers heavily rely on illegally scraping copyrighted material from news publications and journalists to train their models, a...
UK government outlines FCA’s role in stablecoin regulation
The HM Treasury today published a policy update to the country’s crypto regulation. In it, the UK government has outlined...
UK risks regulating NFTs the wrong way, says Mintable CEO
The United Kingdom’s government is in danger of regulating nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in a way that doesn’t suit the true...
Ripple exec and XRP community back SEC commissioner’s LBRY lawsuit dissent
Stuart Alderoty, the chief legal officer of Ripple Labs, as well as members of the XRP (XRP) community, have expressed...
Zodia Markets gets VASP registration in Ireland
Zodia Markets is a Standard Chartered-backed digital asset exchange and brokerage platform. The company has announced its registration as a...
US Senator asks DOJ to consider criminal charges against Binance and Tether
US Senator Cynthia Lummis asks the Department of Justice (DOJ) to criminally charge crypto exchange Binance and USDT issuer Tether....
Crypto firms have already breached new UK promo rules 221 times, says FCA
Crypto-promoting firms have breached the United Kingdom’s new crypto marketing rules at least 221 times since coming into force in...
Elizabeth Warren uses Hamas as her newest scapegoat in war on crypto
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is at it again. With mainstream press outlets including Germany’s Deutsche Welle running sensationalist headlines —...
US court issues mandate for Grayscale ruling, paving way for SEC to review spot Bitcoin ETF
The United States Court of Appeals has issued a mandate following a decision requiring Grayscale Investments’ application for a spot...
FTX creditor claims breach the 50c mark as buyers see light at end of tunnel
The market for FTX creditor claims has been heating up, with some claims now reportedly selling for more than 50...
Crypto advocates file amicus brief to address users’ Fourth Amendment privacy rights
Cryptocurrency advocacy group DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has urged a United States court to consider the unique aspects of blockchain...
Singapore court authorizes freeze order attached to wallets as soulbound NFT
The Singapore High Court has allowed financial investigation firm Intelligent Sanctuary (iSanctuary) to attach nonfungible tokens (NFTs) containing a legal...
