Regulation

It’s no secret that Coinbase has played an instrumental role in bringing new users into the crypto space. Coinbase’s friendly onboarding process and status as a publicly traded company allow it to appear as a more traditional investment platform to non-crypto savvy investors, leading to greater trust. However, it seems almost weekly that another article hits

United States senators Mark Warner and Kyrsten Sinema, both Democrats from Virginia and Arizona, respectively, have introduced a new amendment to the infrastructure bill that would lessen the burden on cryptocurrency tax reporting for miners and wallet providers.  As Perianne Boring reported Saturday afternoon, the senators are endorsing an amendment that would exclude cryptocurrency miners

Over the last 10 years, Bitcoin (BTC) has performed exceptionally well as a store of value and for speculative investment purposes. However, a lot of this can be attributed to its decentralized nature, which could have resulted in regulators and governments worldwide making attempts to shut it down long before it ever took off. Governments

We’re living in a time where digital assets are moving towards mainstream adoption. From retail customers to traditional banks and financial service providers, digital assets are on the rise. Many of these assets promised to disrupt financial markets and large incumbents, and while they have received widespread attention, they haven’t quite achieved their potential. That

With more than one amendment proposed to the U.S. infrastructure plan that would modify a provision on cryptocurrencies, some figures in the space are going against the one with White House support. Digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future said today it would not support the amendment crafted by Senators Mark Warner, Rob Portman,

A new cryptocurrency-related bill in Ukraine will allow payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) despite not recognizing crypto as legal tender, a government official claimed. Oleksandr Bornyakov, deputy minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, is confident that it would be “quite legal to pay with cryptocurrencies” in Ukraine through payment intermediaries enabling crypto-to-fiat conversions.

A 2022 trial date has been set for former NFL team owner and alleged “shadow banker” Reggie Fowler. Fowler is the accused operator of the shadow bank to the crypto sector, Crypto Capital which was at the center of controversy in the court case against IFinex Inc — the parent company of crypto exchange Bitfinex

Senator Rob Portman, one of the lead Republican voices for negotiations over an infrastructure bill in the United States Senate, said he supports an amendment clarifying the intent of a cryptocurrency provision. In a tweet today, Portman encouraged his colleagues in the Senate to vote on an amendment proposed this week by Ron Wyden, Cynthia

Atlanta-based investment company Invesco is planning to launch a new Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, or ETF, that will not invest in BTC directly. On Wednesday, Invesco filed an application with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to list a new investment product called Bitcoin Strategy ETF. The Invesco Bitcoin Strategy ETF seeks

The ongoing case between fintech firm Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took another turn this week when the company was granted access to Binance’s documents. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn granted Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s motion to “Obtain international discovery” of Binance records. According to the docket, the approval was made

Lawmakers have written an amendment to an infrastructure bill in the U.S. Senate which proposes excluding certain crypto companies from the reporting requirements for brokers. In an amendment from Oregon Senator Ron Wyden on behalf of himself and Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis and with the support of Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey, the U.S. lawmakers suggested

Investment firm Victory Capital Management has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund. In a Form S-1 registration filed Tuesday with the regulatory body, Victory said it intended to move forward with listing an exchange-traded fund, or ETF, tracking the Nasdaq Crypto Index. The index consists of

A new report from Chainalysis has found that while China’s share of global criminal crypto flows has been falling since the third quarter of 2019, the country still represents a disproportionate amount of illicit cryptocurrency activity. In its August 3 Cryptocurrency and China report, Chainalysis stated that more than $2.2 billion worth of crypto had

Gary Gensler, the Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, believes that the blockchain revolution started by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 is more than just a fad, but a real value proposition for the future of the internet.  In an interview with the Aspen Security Forum on Tuesday, Gesler talked about

Banks in the United Kingdom continue cracking down on Binance cryptocurrency exchange, with banking giant HSBC reportedly becoming the latest bank to cut payment channels to the platform. A series of alleged HSBC clients reported on Twitter this Monday that HSBC UK had suspended credit card payments to Binance. According to an alleged announcement on

South Korea’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Commission, is reportedly planning to shut down a dozen local cryptocurrency exchanges amid fraud allegations. The FSC will suspend operations of at least 11 mid-sized crypto exchanges in South Korea due to alleged illegal activities and fraudulent collective accounts, local news agency The Korea Herald reported Sunday.