Regulation News
RMIT University Urges Australian Government to Reform Crypto Capital Gains Tax
Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University recently called on the federal government to provide more suppor...
Tether Introduces Controversial ‘Travel Rule’ to Combat Financial Crimes
Tether Holdings Limited – issuer of the stablecoin USDT – has announced the integration of Notabene’s end-to-end solution to c...
US Firefighter Fund Invests $25 Million in Crypto, Sparking a New Trend?
An American firefighters’ pension fund has invested US$25 million in bitcoin and ether, marking the first time a US public pension pla...
US Lawmakers Ask Facebook to Terminate Crypto Pilot
Just hours after it had made the announcement of a pilot of its cryptocurrency wallet, Novi, Facebook was ordered by US lawmakers to cease t...
Australian Senate Committee Releases 12-Point Crypto Reform Plan
After months of inquiries and input from stakeholders across the board, the Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Cent...
Australian Cybersecurity Bill Slammed by Industry Bodies as ‘Over-Reaching’ and ‘Fast-Tracked’
A new Australian Infrastructure Bill that gives the government considerable powers in the event of a high-risk cyberattack is in the process...
Bitcoin Futures ETF Records $1 Billion in Trading Debut
The first US-based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has finally listed and surpassed all expectations. ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, tra...
Mixed Reactions as SEC Approves Bitcoin Futures ETF
The much-anticipated first US-based Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) has arrived with a mix of both excitement and controversy. Pending no...
SEC Chair Confirms It Has ‘No Plan to Ban Crypto’, Leaves It Up to Congress
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler has confirmed the regulator has no intention of banning digital currencies...
IMF Recommends Standards for CBDCs and Crypto to ‘Ensure Financial Stability’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a set of policy recommendations for crypto regulation to stave off financial stability ch...
Crypto Market Fear Subsides Following Fed Announcement that ‘It Will Not Ban Crypto’
During the US House Financial Services Committee meeting on September 30, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, confirmed that...
Crypto Exchange Coinjar Paves the Way for Regulation in Australia by Securing Financial Conduct Authority Registration in the UK
Melbourne, September 30, 2021: Australia’s longest-running cryptocurrency exchange CoinJar has become one of the first in the world to be ...