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US CFTC Charges South African With $1.7B Bitcoin Fraud
US CFTC Charges South African With $1.7B Bitcoin Fraud
June 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday (June 30) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court alleging Cornelius Johannes Steynberg of...

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CFTC Director Tells Congress the Agency Is Ready for More Crypto Oversight
CFTC Director Tells Congress the Agency Is Ready for More Crypto Oversight
June 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand introduced June 7 the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, a bipartisan bill that will create a complete regulatory framework for...

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Gensler Pushes Status of No. 2 Crypto Into Regulatory Limbo
Gensler Pushes Status of No. 2 Crypto Into Regulatory Limbo
June 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Gary Gensler’s comments in an interview Monday (June 27) left little doubt that the power play for regulatory authority over the crypto industry against the...

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OCC’s Hsu Says Banks Need Caution With Crypto as Economy Ups Risks
OCC’s Hsu Says Banks Need Caution With Crypto as Economy Ups Risks
June 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The recent crypto troubles have only added to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Acting Chief Michael Hsu’s resistance to allow lenders to...

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Bill Giving CFTC Regulatory Control Would Reshape Crypto
Bill Giving CFTC Regulatory Control Would Reshape Crypto
June 17, 2022  |  Regulation

When Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) revealed that their bipartisan bill creating a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies would define most digital assets...

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Today in Crypto: Mastercard, Mercado Libre Team on Crypto Security in Brazil; Coinbase CFO Points to Evolving Crypto ‘Tailwinds’
Today in Crypto: Mastercard, Mercado Libre Team on Crypto Security in Brazil; Coinbase CFO Points...
June 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Mastercard and Mercado Libre announced Wednesday (June 8) that they are working together to make Mercado Libre’s crypto program in Brazil more secure. Get the...

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Senate Crypto Bill Debuts, and Crypto Industry Gets Big Wins
Senate Crypto Bill Debuts, and Crypto Industry Gets Big Wins
June 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In a big win for the crypto industry, a pair of senators proposed bipartisan legislation that would drastically reduce the authority of the Securities and...

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CFTC Charges Gemini Trust Company in Bitcoin Futures Case
CFTC Charges Gemini Trust Company in Bitcoin Futures Case
June 02, 2022  |  Legal

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced a complaint against Gemini Trust Company over allegedly false or misleading statements regarding a bitcoin futures product,...

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Today in TechREG: SEC, CFTC’s Crypto Aspirations to Be Tested; Big Tech in the US Could Have Its Own Regulator
Today in TechREG: SEC, CFTC’s Crypto Aspirations to Be Tested; Big Tech in the US...
May 31, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in TechREG, a group of European Union lawmakers informed Parliament about their visit to Silicon Valley highlighting the positive feedback from Big Tech to...

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