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The Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority when it classified Coinbase-listed cryptocurrencies as securities, the exchange has argued in its final bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the securities regulator.In an Oct. 24 filing in a New York District Court, Coinbase chastised the SEC claiming its definition for what
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In the last week, several major financial regulators, both national and international, simultaneously produced new guidelines for decentralized assets. The European Banking Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority proposed guidelines for assessing the suitability of management members in crypto firms, offering standardized criteria for evaluating their knowledge, expertise,
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New European Union laws known as the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation, MiCA, due to take effect in December 2024, require prospective crypto license holders to show owners and executives have a good reputation. MiCA authorizations – which will allow crypto companies to operate across the 27-nation bloc – can
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On Oct. 18, the European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor issued a joint statement on regulating a digital euro, as proposed by the European Commission in July 2023. The regulators made several recommendations to enhance the personal data protection standards for the European Union central bank digital currency
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For DeFi to Flourish, Right-Size the Regulators Source
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Crypto firms have been using the “major questions” doctrine to defends themselves against the enforcement actions of the regulations. However, it has its own flaws in place. Over the last year, multiple firms in the crypto space have engaged with regulators on different issues. These companies have been boldly questioning
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What’s Holding Crypto Back? It’s the Founders, Not Just Regulators Source
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Though the anticipation for MiCA has gone into full throttle, ESMA has warned national regulators against allowing what it calls ‘letterbox’ entities. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is wary of global crypto firms who might try to exploit loopholes currently present in its Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCA). MiCA,
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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.In this week’s newsletter, European securities regulators have published a report on the DeFi ecosystem that lists the risks it poses to the
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“Ehrlich and Voyager lied to Voyager customers,” said Ian McGinley, the CFTC’s enforcement director, in a statement about the suit, which calls for restitution, penalties and industry bans for the former executive. “While representing they would treat customers’ digital asset commodities safely and responsibly, behind the scenes, they took shockingly
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