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“Hex Trust is fully committed to expanding into the Middle East and sees enormous potential for digital asset growth given the progressive regulations, welcoming governments, and thriving crypto ecosystem in the region," Filippo Buzzi, Hex Trust’s MENA regional director, said in a press statement. Source
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Nonprofit ethics group Campaign for Accountability (CfA) sent a letter to U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown on Nov. 9 to present them with information on the alleged use of cryptocurrency in money laundering. The letter discussed the Tron blockchain and stablecoin issuer Circle in particular.In the letter signed
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Three consultations on relevant rules will run until Feb. 8, 2024, the European Banking Authority has said. Original Source
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A proposed rule would let the CFPB supervise nonbank payment providers and transactions between people, including some crypto transactions. Source
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Tokenization of assets could be the answer to the risky complexities of settling the movement of funds and securities, said Michael Hsu, the acting head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Original Source
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“A high standard of privacy and data protection is instrumental in gaining citizens’ trust in this new digital currency,” the European Data Protection Board’s Deputy Chair Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said in a statement, saying she wanted to “ensure that data protection is embedded early on in the design phase of
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has placed restrictions on peer-to-peer lending platform Rebuildingsociety, the firm with which crypto exchange Binance partnered for compliance with the regulator’s marketing regime. In an Oct. 10 notice, the FCA said Rebuildingsociety was not authorized to “approve the content of any financial
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The top United States agency for consumer financial protection is considering applying the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) to crypto, in an attempt to protect consumers from fraudulent crypto transfers. Speaking at an Oct. 6 payments conference by the Brookings Institution think tank, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Rohit
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The social media platform Snapchat has received a warning from the United Kingdom’s data watchdog over its new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot known as “My AI,” according to an update posted by the regulator. On Oct. 6, the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a preliminary notice to Snap Inc. and
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DSS will enable companies to establish financial market infrastructure leveraging digital asset technology. The United Kingdom is set to establish a new Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) next year to foster innovation in the digital securities sector. The move marks the second crypto-related sandbox initiative in the UK as it continues to
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