US Court Orders Operator of South African Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme to Pay Over $3.4 Billion – Regulation Bitcoin News
Johann Steynberg, the founder and CEO of Mirror Trading International, has been ordered to pay over $1.73 billion in restitution...
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Is Hollywood over? ETH founder on AI, Wes Anderson Star Wars, robot dogs with ChatGPT brains – Cointelegraph Magazine
Your biweekly roundup of cool AI stuff and its impact on society and the future. The past two months have...
First Republic’s crisis is not an isolated incident: JPMorgan exec
An executive at J.P. Morgan Asset Management is unsure how United States regional banks are “going to operate” when the...
Rep. McHenry announces hearings to address market structure around crypto
Representative Patrick McHenry, the House Financial Services Committee chairman, has announced a series of joint hearings in May focusing on...
UK opens consultation on taxation of DeFi transactions
UK’s HM Treasury has outlined tax policy changes targeted at DeFi lending and staking. The proposals are part of a...
Hong Kong to release cryptocurrency framework next month
Hong Kong’s new cryptocurrency licensing framework is expected in May. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) chief executive Julia Leung...
Crypto Has Evolved From Being Seen as an ‘Anti-Establishment Rebellion Asset’ Says FCA Executive Director – Regulation Bitcoin News
From being seen as a small “anti-establishment rebellion asset” more than ten years ago, crypto has grown to “become more...
Russia Launching Payment System With ‘No Restrictions’ — Digital Currencies to Be Completely Unrestricted – Regulation Bitcoin News
Russia is launching a new payment system that is “bound by no restrictions” where digital currencies could be used in...
US Revenue Collector IRS to Send Four Crypto Crime Investigation Agents Abroad – Bitcoin News
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to send investigators to four countries where they are expected to tackle the...
Ukraine to Adopt Europe’s Crypto Rules, Clarifies Taxation – Regulation Bitcoin News
Officials have revealed that Ukraine intends to implement the crypto market rules approved by the European Parliament. While the government...
Korean Central Bank to Gain Right to Probe Virtual Asset Entities After Financial Regulator Drops Opposition – Regulation Bitcoin News
The South Korean central bank is set to be granted the right to investigate virtual assets after the Financial Services...
Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon Charged by Montenegro Prosecutors – Regulation Bitcoin News
Nearly a month after Do Kwon’s arrest by Montenegro law enforcement, local prosecutors have now indicted the co-founder and CEO...
Ether’s Security Status Remains Unclear as SEC Chair Gensler Fails to Answer Lawmaker’s Question – Regulation Bitcoin News
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, would not answer a direct question in a...
US Lawmaker Introducing Legislation to Remove SEC Chairman Due to ‘Long Series of Abuses’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
A U.S. lawmaker has announced that he is introducing legislation to remove the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman in...
Canadian Police Launch Cryptocurrency Investigations Center – Regulation Bitcoin News
The police service of the Canadian city of Calgary is launching a Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre in partnership with blockchain analytics...
China’s state-affiliated banks onboarding crypto companies in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s push to become a crypto hub has opened an opportunity for not just crypto companies but many state-affiliated...
G20 Finance Chiefs Agree Global Policy Responses to Crypto Are Required – Regulation Bitcoin News
The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors have agreed that crypto regulation cannot be confined to one part of...
Do Kwon lawyers received $7 million before Terra collapse: Report
South Korean prosecutors confirmed that Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon sent 9 billion won ($7 billion) to Kim & Chang...
Meta urged to ban minors from virtual world
Advocacy organizations and safety groups have urged Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant Meta to halt plans to allow minors into...
G7 to Discuss More Crypto Regulation and How to Help Developing Nations Introduce Central Bank Digital Currencies – Regulation Bitcoin News
The G7 countries are discussing more crypto regulation and ways to help developing nations introduce central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)....
DeFi projects could face regulatory requirements, says Hong Kong regulator
Key takeaways A Hong Kong regulator has revealed that DeFi projects could be subject to regulatory requirements. The SFC said...
Committee Advises SEC to ‘Aggressively Assert Authority’ Over Crypto — Says Virtually All Crypto Tokens Are Securities – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee has advised the SEC to “aggressively” assert authority over crypto assets...
