Russia Considers Allowing Digital Currency Trading on the Country’s Largest Exchanges

Key TakeawaysRussia’s Moscow Exchange plans to launch regulated cryptocurrency trading services on December 1.Unqualified investors will face tight investment caps and be restricted to trading BTC, ETH, and...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued two proposals, one that would define event contracts as “swaps” under federal law and another that excludes traditional casino gambling...

Digital Asset co-founder and CEO Yuval Rooz said the crypto industry should use the current regulatory environment to accelerate institutional adoption, arguing that widespread use of blockchain could...

France’s National Assembly Finance Committee approved proposals this week to tax swaps into fiat-pegged stablecoins and extend the country’s exit tax to crypto investors.Amendment I-CF1826, submitted by French...

The UK government has sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges and two payment platforms suspected of helping Russian entities circumvent financial sanctions.Three of the service providers were linked to Kyrgyzstan,...