Regulation News
SEC Chairman Admits: Bitcoin Competes With the US Banking System
At the Digital Asset Compliance and Market Integrity Summit held in New York on December 1, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairma...
ASX’s Long-Awaited Blockchain CHESS Replacement Goes Into Testing
Yesterday, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announced the opening of the first of the Industry Test Environments (ITE1) for its bloc...
SHIB Soars 30% on Kraken Listing Despite Competitors’ Regulatory Concerns
Mercurial memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB) shot up 31.4 percent in a day after this week’s listing by crypto exchange Kraken to reach its hig...
Regulatory Concerns for Cardano as eToro Delists ADA for US Traders
US investment platform eToro has this week delisted Cardano and Tron from its trading pairs, citing regulatory issues. According to an offic...
CBA’s Crypto Team to Help Track Down Money Launderers
Despite ongoing sentiment in traditional finance circles that crypto is the “Wild West”, Chainalysis, which recently partnered w...
ASIC Investigating Further into Gold Coast Superannuation Scam
Short of opening a special branch in Queensland, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has had an unusually busy month...
Outgoing RBA Policymaker Thinks CBDCs and Global Regulation Will Undermine Crypto
Dr Tony Richards, the soon-to-retire head of payments policy at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), has warned local investors they should ...
SEC Rejects VanEck’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Over ‘Manipulation Concerns’
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected VanEck’s spot Bitcoin ETF application this week due to “concerns of...
AUSTRAC Issues Debanking Statement: ‘Australian Banks At Risk’
Australia’s anti-money laundering regulator AUSTRAC has issued a statement warning banks against closing accounts. The context is, jus...
ASIC Shuts Down Gold Coast Crypto Investment Scheme ‘A One Multi’, $2.4 Million in Crypto Seized
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained Federal Court orders to shut down unlicensed Gold Coast financial s...
ASIC Gives Green Light to BTC and ETH Spot ETFs, First Expected Next Week
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has finally given the green light to Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds ...
Australian Police Seize $1.6 Million of Cryptos Acquired Through Stolen Netflix Accounts
The Australian Federal Police (AFP), in collaboration with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has uncovered cryptos and cash to t...