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TechREG Weekly US: More Crypto Regulation, Enforcement Is Coming; FedNow Will Allow Delayed Payments to Prevent Fraud

TechREG Weekly US: More Crypto Regulation, Enforcement Is Coming; FedNow Will Allow Delayed Payments to Prevent Fraud
TechREG Weekly US: More Crypto Regulation, Enforcement Is Coming; FedNow Will Allow Delayed Payments to...
May 20, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

This week, lawmakers and regulators announced that they are working on new rules and legislation in the crypto space. Federal agencies are also poised to...

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Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers to Combat Fraud
Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers...
May 19, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Today in technology regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) eyes cryptocurrency enforcement, while the United Kingdom’s financial regulator plans to use new powers to...

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Today in TechREG: SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress for Additional Funds; UK Regulator Steps up Efforts Against Authorized Push Payments Scams
Today in TechREG: SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress for Additional Funds; UK Regulator Steps up Efforts...
May 18, 2022  |  Technology

Today in TechREG, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urged Congress to increase the agency’s budget to hire more staff to...

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These Bills Could Change SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Trend 
These Bills Could Change SEC’s Crypto Enforcement Trend 
May 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

On Tuesday (May 3), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the expansion of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit with 20 additional positions, for...

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Bipartisan Bill Paves the Way for CFTC’s Crypto Oversight
Bipartisan Bill Paves the Way for CFTC’s Crypto Oversight
May 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Republican and Democratic lawmakers last week (April 28) introduced the Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2022 in the House, which essentially authorizes the Commodity Futures...

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Gensler Says SEC Plans to Regulate Crypto Exchanges, Sharing Power With CFTC
Gensler Says SEC Plans to Regulate Crypto Exchanges, Sharing Power With CFTC
April 05, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning a series of changes that could aggressively step up its regulation of the cryptocurrency industry, most notably...

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Bipartisan Bill to Give CFTC More Power Over Crypto at SEC’s Expense
Bipartisan Bill to Give CFTC More Power Over Crypto at SEC’s Expense
March 27, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The fight between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over who will regulate cryptocurrencies just took a turn that...

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CFTC Charges 4 in $44M Bitcoin Scam
CFTC Charges 4 in $44M Bitcoin Scam
March 11, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal civil enforcement action this week against four men for allegedly conducting a $44 million...

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