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Decentralized finance (DeFi) is entering regulators’ crosshairs, but they don’t seem to be intent on taking it out – yet anyway. Instead a pair of reports from U.S. and French authorities seem more focused on understanding what sort of risks DeFi might pose to both users and the broader financial
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Just like blockchain technology, the emergence of AI is relatively new and the laws governing such innovations are notably limited. Chinese regulators, particularly the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) have floated a new set of guidelines that will oversee the development of ChatGPT-like Artificial Intelligence (AI) products from its homegrown companies.
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March has been a turbulent month for the crypto industry. Bitcoin (BTC) recorded its highest weekly close in 10 months and raised hopes among many that the bear market is over. One of the key drivers of this expectation was a series of banking collapses in the United States. This
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Multifaceted trading platform Robinhood will pay the $10 million fine to DFPI following an investigation by NASAA. Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) has reached a $10.2 million settlement with the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). According to reports, the financial services company is paying the penalty for “operational and technical failures”
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The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said that the company behind cryptocurrency and stock trading platform Robinhood will likely pay more than $10 million in penalties “for operational and technical failures that harmed main street investors.”In an April 6 announcement, the DFPI said the settlement — up to
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The United States’ attempts to “assassinate crypto” are illegal and unlikely to succeed because “crypto is global,” Steven Boykey Sidley, a South African professor and author, has argued. According to Sidley, many formerly U.S.-based companies and innovators have fled the country and have set up bases in countries with more
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Securities regulators from Montana, Texas, and Alabama have jointly filed enforcement actions against cryptocurrency trading platform YieldTrust.ai alleging it is “perpetrating a Ponzi scheme.”According to April 4 statements from the Montanian, Texan and Alabamian regulators, YieldTrust.ai and its Romanian owner, Stefan Ciopraga, claimed the decentralized application (dApp) called "YieldBot" is
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A senior People’s Bank of China (PBOC) official has urged regulators to consider cryptocurrency risks and fraud that could lead to bank failures when innovating regulation. The Chinese official highlighted the recent collapse of U.S. banks that provided services to crypto customers as an example. “The regulation philosophy, technology, and
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To fund the expected battle, Grey last week proposed the community reserve $4 million of the protocol's treasury funds for a "Sushi DAO Legal Defense Fund." The fund, which is almost as much as the DAO's annual operating expenses, received swift backlash on the community's Discord channels, becoming a sticking
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Ric Edelman, founder of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals, talks about a key reason why crypto’s future looks bleaker: an apparent effort to cut it off from U.S. banks. Original Source
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