Regulation


Policy

US Regulators Investigating Binance’s BNB Token: Report

The SEC is looking into whether the crypto exchange should have registered the initial coin offering of Binance coin as a security, according to Bloomberg.

Zhao Changpeng, chief executive officer of Binance, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. The worlds biggest cryptocurrency exchange keeps getting bigger. Binance.com is adding a couple of million registered users every week, with 240,000 people signing up in just an hour on Wednesday, said Zhao. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Policy

Environmentalists Target Greenidge as They Turn Up Pressure on NY Governor to Sign Mining Moratorium Bill

A moratorium on new PoW mining projects that use behind-the-meter fossil fuel energy is now on the NY governor's desk.

The Greenidge Generation facility in Dresden, New York. (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

US Labor Department Sued After Warning 401(k) Providers About Allowing Crypto Investments

The plaintiff, 401(k) provider ForUsAll, is concerned the guidance sets a “troubling precedent” that could lead to a slippery slope of future bans.

Statue of Themis holding the balance scales. (Oleksandr Berezko/EyeEm via Getty Images)

Videos

DOJ Charges Former OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading

Former OpenSea staffer Nate Chastain was charged on June 1 with wire fraud and money laundering after trading on confidential information about which NFTs were about to be featured on OpenSea. It’s the first DOJ has pursued an “insider trading” charge involving digital assets.

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Finance

Coinbase Doesn’t Offer Liability Protection, but That’s No Reason to Panic

The crypto exchange's announcement last month is a sign of regulatory progress to come, according to one institutional investor.

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Policy

South Korean Government to Form Digital Assets Committee in Response to Terra Collapse: Report

The committee will provide criteria for the listing of coins by exchanges, introduce investor protections and monitor unfair trading.

Seoul, South Korea (Shutterstock)

Policy

DeFi Ledgers Can Help Regulators Oversee Sector, BIS Official Says

A new BIS working paper makes a case for "embedded supervision" that argues regulatory oversight can be built into seemingly untamable decentralized finance systems.

Raphael Auer, head of the BIS Innovation Hub's Eurosystem Centre, argues that "embedded supervision" can change the game for DeFi regulation. (BIS)

Policy

UK Government Proposes Stablecoin Safeguards After Terra Collapse

The measure would give the Bank of England more power over failed stablecoin issuers.

Bank of England (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

Policy

Copper's Swiss Unit Approved to Join Self-Regulatory Body VQF

Membership gives a stamp of approval to its compliance with Switzerland's anti-money laundering laws and allows the unit to operate.

Switzerland (Tim Trad/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance Registers Legal Entity in Italy Amid European Move

Binance recently secured regulatory approval in France as it continues its push into the European market.

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