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...
Regulation
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...
Kraken will share data of 42,000 users with IRS
United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said it will share the data of 42,000 users with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service...
Ripple CEO criticizes former SEC Chair Jay Clayton’s comments
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse strongly criticized former United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Jay Clayton’s remarks regarding the...
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...
Taiwan introduces crypto bill to parliament
On Oct. 25, Taiwanese legislators introduced the Virtual Asset Management Bill to the unicameral parliament, the Legislative Yuan. The bill...
Pro-Ripple lawyer predicts prolonged legal battle, hints at settlement factors
Pro-Ripple lawyer John Deaton said he expects a lengthy legal process in the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) vs. Ripple...
IRS extends comments period for new crypto tax rule to mid-November
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended the commentaries period for crypto tax reporting rules proposed in August...
Stablecoin market escaping US regulatory oversight: Chainalysis
The United States government may be losing regulatory oversight of the stablecoin market, according to a new report by blockchain...
SEC has 3% -14% chance of success in Ripple appeal, lawyers predict
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a very slim chance of winning the appeal against Ripple in...
Crypto-friendly Rep. Tom Emmer pursues nomination for House speaker
Crypto-friendly Republican Representative Tom Emmer is pursuing a nomination to become speaker of the United States House of Representatives, with...
EU data protection regulators urge anonymity for smaller transactions in digital euro
On Oct. 18, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a joint opinion...
U.S. Office of the Comptroller will discuss tokenization as opposed to crypto
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent bureau of the Treasury Department that supervises “national” commercial...
Council of Europe adopts DAC8 crypto tax reporting rule
The eighth iteration of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8), a cryptocurrency tax reporting rule, was formally adopted by the...
Tether freezes 32 addresses linked to terrorism in Israel and Ukraine
Key takeaways Stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen over 30 crypto addresses linked to terrorism and warfare in Ukraine and Israel....
Australia proposes new licensing regime for crypto exchanges
Exchanges with specific asset levels must obtain an Australian Financial Services License The draft legislation is expected to go out...
California Gov. Newsom greenlights crypto regulation bill for 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom has approved a cryptocurrency bill that enforces stricter regulations on businesses conducting crypto operations, set to...
Coinbase continues push to compel SEC to act on crypto rulemaking petition
Coinbase has doubled down on its push for a court order compelling the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
G20 adopts IMF-FSB Synthesis Paper on crypto regulation
On Oct. 13, the Group of Twenty (G20) — an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union and...
BarnBridge DAO votes to comply with SEC order
The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) behind the decentralized protocol BarnBridge has conducted its voting on how to react to the...
eNaira no threat to financial stability
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had to publicly insist that its eNaira project — one of the world’s first...
Sam Bankman-Fried just like Bernie Madoff, Cardano founder says
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has likened former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried to infamous American fraudster Bernie Madoff and accused...
