French Regulator Floats 'Fast-Track' Registration for Incumbents as MiCA Rules Bed in
EU countries are making the transition to a tough new crypto regime set by Brussels. Source
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US Treasury seeks to tighten nonbank rules following banking crisis
The United States Treasury and a number of top U.S. financial regulators suggested new rules to make it easier for the Federal Reserve to designate nonbank institutions as systemically important, making it easier to supervise and regulate them.In remarks from the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Council Meeting on April
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Ukraine to Adopt Europe’s Crypto Rules, Clarifies Taxation – Regulation Bitcoin News
Officials have revealed that Ukraine intends to implement the crypto market rules approved by the European Parliament. While the government is already moving in that direction, the tax service has issued a clarification regarding the taxation of income resulting from cryptocurrency transactions. Ukraine Set to Incorporate EU Crypto Regulations Into National
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The European Parliament Has Voted for the EU’s Landmark MiCA Regulation and Anti-Money Laundering Transfer of Funds Rules
The Markets in Crypto Assets regulation was first proposed by the European Commission in 2020, and to pass into law has to be approved by the parliament and the EU’s Council, which represents the bloc’s member states. Its main provisions start to apply just over 12 months after publication in
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Hong Kong Judge Rules Crypto Assets as ‘Property,’ Following Similar Rulings Worldwide – Bitcoin News
In a court case linked to the now-defunct crypto exchange Gatecoin, a Hong Kong judge has ruled that cryptocurrencies are “property” which is “capable of being held on trust.” According to the law firm Hogan Lovells, this case should provide greater clarity to insolvency practitioners and other common law jurisdictions. Hong
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Hong Kong court rules cryptocurrencies as property
A court based in Hong Kong has acknowledged cryptocurrencies as property that can be held in trust in a ruling involving the defunct crypto exchange Gatecoin. In a report published by the law firm Hogan Lovells, Justice Linda Chan said that crypto has the attributes of a property. The court deemed
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US Lawmakers Slam SEC Chair over Multiple Rushed Rules and Hostility against Crypto Firms
The lawmakers also referred to the enforcement actions against crypto companies by the SEC. The US lawmakers have put the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler on a hot seat over rushed rulemaking. For the first time since the Republicans took over the House of Representatives
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BoE Considers Limits on Stablecoin Payments as Parliament Debates New Crypto Rules
The new rules will look to regulate stablecoins like commercial bank money, “including the requirement that the coins should be redeemable from the stablecoin arrangement, in fiat money, at par value and on demand,” Cunliffe said. Stablecoins, however, will not receive protection against failure in the same way that commercial
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SEC Lays Its Cards on the Table With Assertion That DeFi Falls Under Securities Rules
“We see this new technology, and we're not willing to make any adjustments to accommodate it,” SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said Monday on CoinDesk TV, further detailing her criticism of last week's move, which she opposed. “If you don't look exactly like incumbent firms, then we're just going to be
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CFTC chair says Binance intentionally broke rules concerning futures, commodities
Rostin Behnam, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently spoke out about the allegations levied against Binance, claiming that the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange’s leadership knowingly operated outside of U.S. laws governing the exchange of commodities and futures. Speaking at a fireside chat that took place at the DeCenter Spring
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