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SEC delays decision on Valkyrie Bitcoin ETF
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its decision on whether to approve a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund. The SEC has delayed its
UK regulator warns against 111 unregistered crypto companies… and FOMO
The United Kingdom’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned consumers against 111 crypto companies that are yet to register with the FCA.
ICO issuer charged with fraud by SEC for selling unregistered security
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has charged a cryptocurrency issuer for “making materially false and misleading statements†in connection with an
Biden nominee for Treasury Dept will prioritize crypto regulation
Brian Nelson, U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee for under secretary for the Department of the Treasury’s division on terrorism and financial crimes, said he would
With crypto mining banned in Iran, local authorities seize 7K rigs
Iranian provincial police are continuing their crackdown on crypto miners big and small, with news surfacing that they have confiscated more than 7,000 rigs at
Norwegian FSA sees urgent need for crypto investor protection
Amid Bitcoin’s (BTC) drop to six-month lows below $30,000 on Tuesday, a Norwegian financial regulator warned investors that the cryptocurrency industry is largely unregulated in
Powers On… El Salvador is the unlikely leader for sovereign adoption of Bitcoin as national currency
Powers On… is a monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the
Denied electricity, world’s 5th-largest mining pool leaves China for Kazakhstan
BTC.com — a major crypto mining pool that is operated by BIT Mining and owned by the NYSE-listed Chinese lottery service provider 500.com — has
Existing Indian law could impose 2% levy on crypto bought from offshore exchanges
According to local sources, the Indian Government’s 2% “equalisation levy†could be extended to crypto-assets purchased from off-shore exchanges. According to a June 22 report
Chris Giancarlo: U.S. risks becoming ‘backwater’ without central bank digital currency
One of the few high-profile public officials to have served under both the Obama and Trump administrations, Chris Giancarlo is a former Wall Street executive-turn-regulator