Neil Liversidge, a veteran financial advisor, has called on the government of the United Kingdom to ban transactions in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). Liversidge, the …
British financial advisor calls on the gov’t to ban crypto transactions Read More »
In response to a deluge of comments, the United States Treasury Department’s Anti-Money Laundering office is slowing its roll on a rushed proposal to monitor …
Treasury backs down: Crypto monitoring rule will wait until new administration Read More »
Still facing a courtroom assault in the U.S. for allegedly facilitating money laundering, BitMex is trying to show regulators that it’s trying. On Jan. 12, …
BitMex turns to Chainalysis to solve legal woes, or at least soften the CFTC’s blow Read More »
BitGo, a major digital asset custody and security company, has hired a former compliance executive of Coinbase. Jeff Horowitz, Coinbase’s former chief compliance officer, is …
Former Coinbase compliance exec joins BitGo as new CCO Read More »
As Ripple faces serious legal charges over its associated token XRP, many crypto platforms have decided to drop support for the coin until things are …
GateHub to continue supporting XRP despite Ripple’s legal issues Read More »
In an opinion piece published in the Financial Times on Tuesday, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks put forward the need to reconfigure banking …
OCC’s Brian Brooks thinks that DeFi can root out bias and fraud in traditional banking Read More »
As digital assets made strides toward mainstream status in 2020, the guardians of the incumbent financial system have been working hard to minimize disruption caused …
Seven times that US regulators stepped into crypto in 2020 Read More »
IMVU’s new fiat-convertible VCOIN goes live on the social network. Per a Jan. 12 company announcement shared with Cointelegraph, VCOIN is available for users of …
IMVU’s new blockchain-backed stablecoin goes live Read More »
Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note January takes its name …
Law Decoded: Insurrections, transitions, monitoring transactions and 2021, Jan. 1–8 Read More »
Her Majesty’s Treasury requests and requires the crypto industry’s input on prospective regulation. In a Jan. 7 announcement of open consultation, the United Kingdom’s finance policy …
Following Brexit, the UK asks crypto industry about rules for cross-border stablecoins Read More »
