The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected a petition by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on Friday requesting the creation of tailored regulations for digital assets.
The Campaign for Accountability (CFA), a nonprofit ethics watchdog, renewed its accusations against Circle on December 14, alleging that the company’s Cross Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) is enabling money laundering and potentially funding terrorism.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) has renewed its calls for Congress to pass crypto legislation, according to their annual report released Thursday.
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Blockchain payment firm Ripple has rolled out a whitepaper on the state of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), their utility in cross-border payments as well as challenges towards adoption in several jurisdictions.
South Korea’s central bank governor Lee Chang-yong is calling for action around central bank digital currencies (CBDC) which he says have become imperative and there is an urgency that can no longer be postponed.
Hardware wallet provider Ledger has warned users to avoid connecting to any supported decentralized applications (dApps) using its software due to a compromise in its Library ConnectKit.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has voted on a proposal to introduce a rule aimed at enhancing safeguards for individuals engaging in trades through a derivatives clearing organization.
Taurus, a Swiss crypto custody firm supported by Deutsche Bank, has entered into a partnership with Teylor, a fintech lending platform based in Zurich and specializing in the German SME marketplace.
As Turkey prepares for new legislation in the crypto sector, major banking institutions in the country are making moves to secure their positions in the digital asset space.
The Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS) wants to tighten rules to classify stablecoins as less risky assets than Bitcoin (BTC) and other unbacked cryptocurrencies.
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Yearn.Finance has called on arbitrage traders to return excess profits they accrued as a result of a multi-signature scripting error that led to a $1.4 million drain.
The management team of the blockchain chess game Immortal Game has decided to kill off its non-fungible tokens (NFT) play-to-earn (P2E) features. The reason: widespread cheating.