CFTC Takes Legal Action Against Kucoin, Highlights BTC, ETH, and LTC as Commodities
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against Kucoin, emphasizing the classification of bitcoin, ethereum, and...
Regulation
SEC Asks Judge to Fine Ripple $2 Billion in XRP Case — Ripple CEO Says ‘There Is Absolutely No Precedent for This’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking nearly $2 billion in fines from Ripple Labs in the ongoing...
EU Anti-Money Laundering Laws Ban Provision of Services for Anonymous Cryptocurrency Accounts
A new set of anti-money laundering laws passed by the EU has banned crypto asset service providers from servicing and...
Ripple CEO Expects SEC to Lose Against Ethereum, Mirroring XRP Lawsuit Outcome
Ripple’s chief executive believes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be unsuccessful in classifying ether as a security,...
SEC Requests More Funding to Regulate Crypto Sector
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has submitted its 2025 budget request, which will partly fund the securities watchdog’s...
Argentine Senate Passes Reform Creating Cryptocurrency Entities Registry
The Argentine Senate passed a law that creates a registry for any institution that offers cryptocurrency services in the country....
Dubai International Financial Centre Enacts Digital Assets Law
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the largest free zones of the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia...
Indian Finance Minister Says Crypto Assets Cannot Be Currencies — Expects ‘Some Framework Emerging’ From G20 Discussion
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stated that it is the position of the Indian government that crypto assets cannot...
US Senators Push SEC to Stop Approving Spot Crypto ETFs — Say Other Crypto Markets Risker Than Bitcoin
Two U.S. senators have urged U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler to refrain from approving additional crypto...
South African Regulator Set to Issue Licenses to 60 Crypto Platforms by End of March
A South African regulator has said it plans to issue licenses to 60 crypto platforms by the end of March....
UK Watchdog Says It Will Not Object to Crypto ETN Listing Requests
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority has said it will not object to requests by recognised investment exchanges to launch...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Insists Crypto Field Is ‘Rife With Abuses and Fraud’
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has reiterated that the crypto industry is filled with instances of...
Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Operations in Spain
Worldcoin, the biometric identity project, has been banned from operating in Spain for up to three months, according to a...
US Judge Backs SEC: Trading of Certain Cryptocurrencies on Secondary Markets Are Securities Transactions
A U.S. district judge has sided with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a ruling that declares the trading...
House Financial Services Committee Advances Bill to Repeal SEC Bulletin Preventing Banks From Offering Crypto Custody Services
The House Financial Services Committee of the U.S. Congress has advanced a resolution that seeks to disavow SEC SAB 121,...
Report: Election Concerns Halt South Korea’s Crypto and ETF Regulation Ease
South Korea has delayed its efforts to relax its crypto regulations and the prohibition on spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....
Gemini Agrees to Over $1 Billion Restoration in Settlement With New York Regulators
In an agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the Winklevoss-led cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has committed to...
CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act Back in the Senate
The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act has been reintroduced in the Senate with the support of five U.S. senators. “As Americans...
South Africa Regulators to Unveil Document Categorizing Stablecoins as a ‘Particular Type of Crypto Asset’
In 2024, the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group, a consortium of South African regulators that unveiled a position paper on crypto...
Argentina to Regulate Cryptocurrency Exchanges With Executive Order
The government of Argentina is reportedly preparing to regulate cryptocurrency service providers with an executive order. The measure would be...
Beyond Bitcoin: Ripple CEO Says Approval of Multiple Crypto ETFs ‘Inevitable’ — Embraces Idea of Spot XRP ETF
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based...
Blockchain Basics Act Introduced in Ohio, South Carolina, and Mississippi
The Blockchain Basics Act, a series of regulations aimed at safeguarding people’s cryptocurrency rights at a state level, has been...
