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United States Senator Cynthia Lummis has scored another one for crypto with a Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision issued on Oct. 31. The GAO found that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 should be subject to congressional review. That bulletin, issued in March 2022, has been a
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“We take pride in providing a great service to customers and getting the best outcomes we can for people complaining about breaches of their information rights. This is at the heart of what the ICO does. “We received more
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Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s two multimillion-dollar luxury jets are now subject to forfeiture, according to a filing from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 4. The document states the possibility of forfeiture comes as a result of the “offenses described in Counts One through Four and Seven of Indictment
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“The fair market value of the validation rewards received is included in the taxpayer's gross income in the taxable year in which the taxpayer gains dominion and control over the validation rewards,” according to the legal analysis, which says that value should be figured as of the moment the U.S.
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The U.S. Senate is working on a draft bill shifting digital assets initially classified as securities to be regulated as commodities. The proposed legislation presents a pathway for the regulation of digital assets, providing clarity and consistency
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According to a new press release on Feb. 15, Thai cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex stated that it sent a new scheme to all firm's eligible creditors through its scheme manager KordaMentha. As told by Zipmex, the creditors have until Feb. 21, 2023 to vote on the scheme and "will receive 100%
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Japan has reportedly urged other countries, including the U.S., to regulate crypto exchanges like they do banks. A top official at the Financial Services Agency explained that the recent FTX implosion wasn’t brought on by crypto technology but by “loose governance, lax internal controls, and the absence of regulation and
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"There are authorities at one of Nexo’s offices in Bulgaria which is, as you know the most corrupt country in the EU," a Nexo spokesperson said in an email to CryptoX. "They are making AML and tax-related inquiries about a Bulgarian entity of the group that is not customer facing,
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Hong Kong’s legislative council has passed a new amendment to its anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing system to include virtual asset service providers.The latest legislation will establish a new licensing regime for virtual asset service providers, set to come into effect from June 1, 2023. The new amendment will
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"Pending the finalization of the framework, MAS requires Singapore-incorporated banks to apply a 1250% risk weight for exposures to riskier crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ether," he said. "... Based on MAS’ minimum total capital adequacy requirement of 10% for systemically important banks incorporated in Singapore, this means that
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