CFTC fines Utah man over $2.5M for leveraged Bitcoin fraud
CFTC announced Jacob Orvidas had conducted a leveraged Bitcoin fraud between October 2017 and July 2020. Orvidas was also charged...
Regulation
CFTC commissioner calls for crypto regulatory pilot program
Caroline Pham, a commissioner with the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has suggested a limited pilot program in...
Change to US accounting rules will be a boon to companies holding crypto in 2025
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has unanimously approved rules for accounting for the fair value of companies’ cryptocurrency holdings,...
Computer science experts say US should create new fed agency for AI: Survey
A plurality of experts believe the United States should create a new federal agency dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) governance,...
Digital euro can ward off a host of private payment service ills: ECB official
The European Central Bank (ECB) is quite happy with the European Commission’s legislative proposals for the digital euro. ECB executive...
Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 27 – Sept. 2 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Stories This Week Grayscale wins SEC lawsuit for Bitcoin ETF review Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments recently scored a...
UK MPs call for global alliance to tackle AI misuse
A group of influential members of parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom have advised the government to collaborate with democratic...
Ripple legal team opposes SEC appeal over XRP decision
Lawyers representing Ripple in its lawsuit with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have suggested the regulator hasn’t...
Elon Musk’s X platform has payments licenses in seven US states
The most recent payment license that X obtained was from Rhodes Island. Some of the US states that X has...
The good, the bad and the ugly of the EU’s crypto rules
While United States regulators such as Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler make bad-faith claims that “there’s been clarity...
Crypto exchange Binance is considering a full exit from Russia
Key takeaways Binance is considering exiting the Russian market as it continues to face regulatory challenges in other parts of...
SEC charges LA company with offering of NFT securities
SEC charged US-based media company Impact Theory with offering and touting investment potential of their Founder’s Key NFTs. Impact Theory...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s life in jail, Tornado Cash’s turmoil, $3B BTC..
Top Stories This Week Tornado Cash co-founders charged with money laundering, sanctions violations United States officials pressed charges against the...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers push for temporary release, object to prosecutors’ proposed deal
Lawyers representing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, have claimed the “extraordinary accommodations” offered by authorities were insufficient in...
Bitstamp halts Ether staking in the US, cites regulatory challenges
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Crypto entrepreneur faces potential prosecution in Israel related to $290M scam: Report
Police in Israel have reportedly accused entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg of defrauding users out of roughly $290 million through scams involving...
First Republican presidential debate to feature pro-crypto candidates
Candidates for the Republican nomination for the 2024 United States presidential election who have publicly expressed their support or disdain...
Coin Center responds to US lawmakers’ request for crypto tax guidance
Cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center has provided suggestions for United States lawmakers to consider in potential legislation related to the...
US judge rules in favor of human ingenuity, denies copyright for AI art
In a recent court decision, United States District Judge Beryl Howell upheld the stance of the U.S. Copyright Office that...
SEC seeks appeal over Ripple, crypto prices plunge, EU Bitcoin ETF
Top Stories This Week Judge grants SEC request to file motion for appeal in Ripple case Judge Analisa Torres has...
New Zealand parliamentary report advises against hasty crypto regulation
While the cry for crypto regulation is becoming ever louder in much of the world, and regulation by enforcement is...
Tornado Cash lawsuit judge sides with US Treasury in motions for summary judgement
A federal judge in Texas has sided with the United States Department of the Treasury by granting a motion for...
