August 09, 2024
Crypto Needs Comprehensive Policies to Protect Economies and Investors
By:Tobias Adrian, Dong He, Arif Ismail & Marina Moretti (IMF Blog) The global push for clearer policies on crypto assets has gained significant momentum under India’s G20 Presidency. As this work progresses,...
August 08, 2024
FTX and Alameda Pay $12.7 Billion to End CFTC Lawsuit
FTX and sister company Alameda Research have agreed to pay their creditors $12.7 billion. The agreement, approved Wednesday (Aug. 7) by U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, is part of a settlement...
July 23, 2024
Swiss Lenders Aim to Fill Crypto Payment Gap
Following the collapse of two crypto-friendly American banks, European lenders are reportedly filling that space. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 23), two Swiss banks — Amina Bank and Sygnum...
July 10, 2024
Payments, Penalties and TradFi Adoption Define This Week in Web3
Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) framework is now live, and...
July 09, 2024
Two Former FTX Executives to Be Sentenced in October, November
Two former FTX executives who testified against the cryptocurrency exchange’s co-founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, now know when they will face sentencing hearings. Nishad Singh will be sentenced on Oct. 30 and...
July 04, 2024
Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation
Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture. It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto...
June 28, 2024
This Week in Web3: Mt Gox Bitcoin and Crypto’s Future
The 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox served as one of the first, big crypto scandals. Over 100,000 creditors of the digital asset exchange lost over $9.4 billion worth of bitcoin...
June 27, 2024
Stablecoin Regulation & Adoption are Essential for U.S. Crypto Policy
This article discusses the role of stablecoins in the cryptoasset ecosystem, examining not only the functionality and role that these cryptoassets play in this rapidly growing sector, but how these...
June 27, 2024
Surviving Regulation by Enforcement
In the 16 years since Satoshi Nakamoto published the original Bitcoin whitepaper, U.S. regulators have failed to promulgate regulations to provide a clear legal framework for the burgeoning digital asset...