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In anticipation of the next halving event for Bitcoin, researchers from JPMorgan have declared their belief that the underlying asset will remain strong.

When Gary Gensler’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week filed securities charges against America’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, they were premised on a single core idea: that U.S. law already includes the necessary tools to regulate cryptocurrency a

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase this week have set up a high-stakes battle that will engage all three branches of the U.S. government in a competition for power, determine whether the crypto industry will decamp the U.S. for go

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Giving away free non-fungible tokens (NFT) or cryptocurrencies through airdrops to promote investing in digital assets would be prohibited after the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new rules come into effect, an official at the regulator told CoinDesk.The U.K.&rsqu

After news broke that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Binance, the Chief Executive of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ), took to a familiar strategy: tweeting. CZ’s first Twitter communiqué was just the numb

Well I was going to write about last week’s market structure bill but then the SEC sued Binance and y i k e s. So let’s talk about Binance. And then the SEC sued Coinbase! Double y i k e s. So let’s talk about both of them.You’re reading State of Crypto, a

U.K. lawmakers appear to be divided on how crypto should be treated by the country's regulators. While some are suggesting crypto is akin to gambling, others support the government’s efforts to bring digital assets into the scope of existing financial services regulation.La

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) one-two punch of suits against Binance and Coinbase this week hardly came out of the blue. The question of how to regulate crypto exchanges has been at a high simmer for years, and while the specifics of their approach are

The topic of identity on-chain has stirred an active debate among participants. The proponents of a fully permissionless ecosystem cite “access for all” and preserving privacy as key arguments for not identifying users on a blockchain. However, the answer to the quest

BRUSSELS, Belgium – As the U.S. securities watchdog flexes its muscles against major crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase, officials in the European Union are showing off a brand-new crypto framework they say offers greater clarity to blockchain innovators.Few if any of th

Some industry experts say the SEC’s recent actions against U.S.-based Coinbase and Cayman Islands-based Binance could be a net positive for companies operating in the U.S, given the regulatory clarity they could help bring in the long run. In the short to medium term, howev

This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched two major legal actions against Binance and Coinbase, accusing the exchanges of flouting U.S. securities laws.At the heart of this offensive is one man: Gary Gensler, who was appointed chair of the SEC in Febru

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) tore off crypto’s bandage this week, with its back-to-back enforcement actions against two of the most prominent digital assets platforms, Binance and Coinbase (COIN), finally establishing its legal argument against the indu

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a full-frontal assault on the cryptocurrency exchange industry with separate lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase, the largest such enterprises in the world and the U.S., respectively.Led by Chair Gary Gensler, the sec

I developed something of a reputation for being a skeptic about the legal propriety of selling cryptocurrency tokens in the United States. I used to write about this extensively, particularly in 2017 when I was studying for my master's in law and, accordingly, had more free time

A controversial study published last week by the European Parliament appears to turn the rationale for landmark new European Union (EU) crypto laws on its head.The study, by a panel of academics, denied crypto should get special, lighter rules – arguing that they should be

The Securities and Exchanges Commission’s (SEC) suit against the biggest crypto exchange in the world, Binance, could be a huge misstep if other countries allow the crypto industry to develop and it eventually replaces the traditional banking sector, Jim Bianco, president a

A tax proposed by the Biden Administration to curtail Bitcoin mining in the United States has apparently been shelved indefinitely, thanks to the terms of a compromise over the U.S. debt ceiling. 

Uno de los casos de uso más emocionantes para la tecnología blockchain es lo que comúnmente se conoce como activos del mundo real o RWA, por sus siglas en inglés. Según un informe de Boston Consulting Group, se espera que el mercado de RWA en la