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"The crypto ecosystem is very different from that of traditional assets, so the rules must be tailored accordingly and not capture ecosystem participants that don’t have a pathway to compliance," said Kristin Smith, CEO of the Blockchain Association, in a statement shortly after the proposal emerged. Source
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The Treasury Department published a nearly 300-page proposed rule on Friday in response to the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act saying centralized crypto exchanges, payment processors, some hosted wallet providers, some decentralized exchanges and people or entities that redeem crypto tokens they created will be bound to those reporting
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Tornado Cash Devs Are Caught in a U.S. Dragnet Source
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Meanwhile, a report from HashKey Capital shows that the ether Liquid Staking Derivatives market – which is decentralized and non-custodial, unlike services offered by exchanges – is projected to grow by $24 billion in the next two years, and Ether.Fi, a decentralized staking platform, closed a $5.3 million round in
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Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, fell over 10%, registering its most significant weekly decline since early November. Gold, known to have an inverse relationship with real yields, fell more than 1%, its fourth straight weekly decline, and Nasdaq dropped 2.22%. Original Source
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Despite criticizing the U.S. Trustee as the "sole objector to the Motion" seeking to "inject itself into a routine settlement process that is already adequately safeguarded by two different creditor committees," the debtors motion said it was proposing revisions in an effort to address the concerns. Source
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Several firms have applied to list these exchange-traded funds, which would hold derivatives contracts tied to ether – rather than ether itself. But they need the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's blessing, something Bloomberg said might be imminent. Original Source
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A group of crypto investors and developers lost a lawsuit funded by Coinbase which sought to argue that the U.S. Treasury Department overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash, a mixing service. Source
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As Coinbase Inc. (COIN) scraps with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its right to exist as an exchange, the company has achieved an unprecedented milestone in U.S. oversight by winning approval to handle customers’ buying and selling of crypto futures. Original Source
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When it comes to cryptocurrency/blockchain regulation, considerable attention has been focused, this past year, on the United States' action (or inaction). But the U.S. is not the world, just one important player, and crypto, from its beginnings, has been a global enterprise. Perhaps, then, it makes sense to step back and
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