Browsing: Regulation

The focus of the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation has shifted from rulemaking to supervision and ensuring regulatory consistency, ESMA Chair Verena Ross said at the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, according to Cointelegraph. ESMA plans in…

A U.S. Senate investigation found 84% of 846 cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran and sanctioned by the United States and Israel processed all or nearly all transactions in Tether’s USDT, according to The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ said the…

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose seven basis points to 5.23%, reaching its highest level since 2007.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 2409, which bans public officials from issuing or promoting crypto assets. The move makes California the first U.S. state to legally prohibit politicians from engaging in memecoin-linked activities. The bill strictly bars…

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it has sued Cash FX Group and three related individuals over an alleged $950 million forex investment fraud. The CFTC alleged the defendants ran a crypto-linked multilevel Ponzi scheme and promised investors weekly…

U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, known for her crypto-friendly stance and nicknamed ‘Crypto Mom,’ will step down on Oct. 2, crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reported. After nearly nine years at the SEC, Peirce is set to join Regent University School…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled for Ohio and Tennessee in a lawsuit over sports event contracts involving Kalshi, The Block reported. The court said Kalshi did not present sufficient grounds to have its sports event…

The U.S. SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published an FAQ on its website on Sept. 25 on how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets and related transactions. According to the FAQ, once a crypto system is sufficiently functional, continued…

Tokenization is advancing faster than U.S. regulators can build rules, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a CoinDesk opinion piece. Cuomo argued that regulatory clarity is not just a legal or political issue but an economic one, adding…

U.S. Treasury market volatility has surged while expected volatility for Bitcoin and U.S. stocks remains near this year’s lows, widening the gap between the markets, CoinDesk reported. The outlet said the MOVE Index, which tracks implied volatility in U.S. Treasuries,…