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South Korean ministry recommends enactment of special Metaverse laws

The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of South Korea revealed plans to move away from imposing traditional video gaming laws on the Metaverse. Instead, the ministry decided to issue new guidelines for incentivizing the growth of the budding ecosystem.South Korea’s interest in garnering Web3 and the Metaverse ecosystems is

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Ether staking could trigger securities laws — Gensler

Ethereum’s upgrade to proof-of-stake may have placed the cryptocurrency back in the crosshairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Speaking to reporters after the Senate Banking Committee on Sept. 15, SEC chairman Gary Gensler reportedly said that cryptocurrencies and intermediaries that allow holders to “stake” their crypto may define it as a

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SEC chair suggests openness to crypto bills that don’t ‘inadvertently undermine securities laws’

United States Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler supports legislation that gives the Commodity Futures Trading Commission greater authority over crypto — seemingly if it doesn't step on the SEC’s toes.In written remarks for a Thursday program hosted by the Practising Law Institute, Gensler encouraged intermediaries in the crypto

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Big questions about how laws and taxes apply to NFTs and the metaverse

NFTs can now serve as court documents… but they might also be unregistered securities, illegal loot boxes, or come with impossible tax demands. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are thought of by most people as just funny pictures that degens on the internet spend far too much money on for poorly understood reasons.

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Celsius crisis and the hated accredited investor laws – Cointelegraph Magazine

Accredited investor laws are the bane of many in the crypto industry, who see them as preventing small investors from accessing big opportunities. When Celsius was recently forced to cut off access to U.S. citizens who were not accredited investors, many cried foul.Did it help some users avoid the current

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Aussie consumer group calls for better crypto regs due to ‘lagging laws’

Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE has called on the federal government to provide better protection for crypto investors while submitting a proposed regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country.The regulatory framework was submitted in response to the federal Treasury's consultation paper for “crypto asset secondary service providers” (CASSPs)

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