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SEC vs. Binance: Legal Violations Must Push Lawsuit Forward
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has strongly countered Binance’s attempt to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it. The SECâ...
SEC Could Approve FTX Reboot by Former NYSE President
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could approve the revival of the embattled crypto exchange FTX, provided the new leadership ope...
Congress Moves to Clip the SEC’s Wings as Gensler Signals Openness to a Revived FTX
Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer again lashed out at the Biden Administration and SEC Chair Gary Gensler during a session of Congress as t...
Coinbase Head of Legal Reiterates Importance of Crypto Regulatory Clarity
Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s Head of Legal, has detailed in a series of posts how the extensive security laws of the United States Securities a...
CFTC Flexes Record Crypto Seizures & Regulation Enforcements in 2023 Fiscal Year Report
In a show of regulatory muscle, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) clamped down on illicit activities in the crypto space in 20...
Coinbase Faces Kazakhstan Blockade Over Digital Assets Laws
Kazakhstan authorities have reportedly, blocked citizens from accessing the website of the Coinbase crypto exchange. Since the beginning of ...
Where Will Sam Bankman-Fried Be Sent to Prison? The Options are Bleak.
Sam Bankman-Fried is now entering a new, darker chapter in his life, as the last one ended with a guilty verdict in his criminal trial in Ne...
Taiwan Authorities Unravel Massive $320 Million Crypto Money Laundering Network
Taiwan authorities have uncovered the largest money laundering network in the region, processing USDT transactions worth more than $320 mill...
Gary Gensler Wishes Bitcoin a Happy Birthday on Halloween, Asks Crypto Firms to Stop ‘Tricking’ Investors
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler today wished Bitcoin a happy birthday by using Halloween to poke fun at the crypt...
Is Portugal Europe’s Crypto Tax Heaven? Legal Expert Shares Insights and Loopholes
Portugal, with its tax-friendly stance on crypto, stands as a beacon for investors in the digital asset industry. The country’s unique tax...
US Lawmakers Accuse Binance and Tether of Enabling Hamas Funding
Binance has come under the scrutiny of the US government for its alleged support of Hamas crypto transactions. But US lawmakers have also re...
Terrorist fundraising: Is crypto really to blame?
The ghastly events of this past month raise again some troubling questions: Does crypto have a terrorist fundraising problem? Are its networ...