DOJ unveils extensive monitorship over Binance operations
Binance compliance commitments with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) were unsealed on Dec. 8,...
Tether announces wallet-freezing policy for OFAC-sanctioned persons
Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced another step toward cooperation with law enforcement and regulatory agencies by...
EU officials reach ‘historic’ AI regulation deal
The European Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the rules governing the use...
VanEck files 5th amendment to spot Bitcoin ETF under ‘HODL’
Asset manager VanEck filed a fifth amended application for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF)...
Less than 2% of El Salvador’s population holds crypto: Report
In spite of the continuous efforts by the government of El Salvador to promote widespread cryptocurrency...
Fidelity and SEC meet to discuss spot Bitcoin ETF application
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently met with Fidelity to seek additional clarity...
Crypto lawyer wants to depose Changpeng Zhao for civil case
Adam Moskowitz, who has been the lead attorney in a number of civil cases involving crypto...
US senators target crypto in bill enforcing sanctions on terrorist groups
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the United States Senate introduced legislation aimed at countering cryptocurrency’s...
Kazakhstan blocked 980 unlicensed crypto exchanges in 2023
In 2023, Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) blocked access to almost a thousand crypto exchanges serving...
Microsoft faces UK antitrust probe over OpenAI deal structure
The UK’s antitrust regulator is considering initiating a merger investigation into Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar collaboration with...
Binance founder CZ must stay in US until sentencing, judge orders
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has been ordered to stay in the United States until his...
SEC discussing ‘key technical details’ with spot crypto ETF applicants: Report
Officials with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission are reportedly discussing aspects of Bitcoin (BTC)...
Montenegrin official plans to extradite Do Kwon to the United States: Report
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will reportedly be extradited to the United States rather than South...
Bitzlato ex-CEO Legkodymov pleads guilty to 1 count in Brooklyn court
Anatoly Legkodymov, co-founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, pleaded guilty to one count of...
AI regulations in global focus as EU approaches regulation deal
The surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI) development has prompted governments globally to rush toward regulating...
Russia debuts cross-border payments in Tether stablecoin
One of the first cross-border payment platforms in Russia has officially announced its launch and says...
British regulator adds Justin Sun-linked Poloniex to warning list after $100M hack
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has added crypto exchange Poloniex to its warning list of...
US GOP presidential candidate slams Gensler and ‘three-letter agencies’
United States presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy came down hard on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair...
Global policymakers are still pushing CBDCs despite their failures
Despite the risks and the failures associated with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), global policymakers are...
House Committee passes bill to ‘preserve U.S. leadership’ in blockchain
A United States House Committee has unanimously passed a pro-blockchain bill, which would task the U.S....
Terraform’s Do Kwon mounts last ditch effort to avoid extradition: Report
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has launched his final attempt to appeal a Montenegrin court’s decision...
Judge accepts Binance CEO CZ’s guilty plea, with sentencing in Feb
A federal judge has accepted Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao’s guilty plea to money laundering but...
