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2023 was an eventful year for the digital assets industry. Ripple won a partial victory against the SEC, TradFi giants like BlackRock entered the spot bitcoin ETF race and FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried was found guilty of fraud. Blockchain Association Director of Government Relations Ron Hammond discusses how the crypto regulation has changed in the past 12 months. Plus, his outlook on upcoming regulatory developments in 2024.

Dec 26, 2023

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie takes a look back on some of the crypto-related enforcement actions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2023. The agency says it filed 784 enforcement actions this year, which included charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon.

Dec 21, 2023

FTX is pushing back against a U.S. government's claim for $24 billion in unpaid taxes from the bankrupt crypto exchange. TaxBit head of government solutions Miles Fuller weighs in on why it's uncommon for the U.S. government to demand such a large amount of money.

Dec 19, 2023

The U.S. government's claim for $24 billion in unpaid taxes from FTX has only one source – taking cash away from its victims, according to the bankrupt crypto exchange. A recent court filing stated in part, "This Alice in Wonderland argument has no support in the law." TaxBit head of government solutions Miles Fuller shares his thoughts on the latest developments.

Dec 19, 2023

As a part of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023, Ledger CEO and Chairman Pascal Gauthier discusses whether crypto hard wallets saw a significant uptick in sales after Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao pleaded guilty to one charge of violating the Bank Secrecy Act last month and the crypto exchange paid a $4.3 billion fine to settle the allegations. Plus, insights into Ledger's sales following FTX's implosion.

Dec 11, 2023

Opinion

Il crollo dell'azienda un anno fa ha scosso il mondo delle Cripto, ma ha cambiato ben poco nella nuova regolamentazione UE Cripto . Bruxelles è più interessata alla questione di cosa sia utile nel mondo delle criptovalute pseudonime, afferma Dea Markova.

By Dea MarkovaNov 17, 2023

Policy

Il presidente della CFTC statunitense, Rostin Behnam, afferma che la sua agenzia è ancora in attesa di nuove autorizzazioni da parte del Congresso per ottenere il potere di supervisione sui Mercati Cripto .

By Jesse HamiltonNov 15, 2023

"The Cryptopians" author and "Unchained" podcast host Laura Shin weighs in on how the crypto industry has changed since the collapse of FTX and the recent conviction of the exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried. "The crypto community turned against Sam once they realized that some legislation that he was championing in Congress would benefit centralized actors," Shin said. After the collapse of FTX, she heard from entrepreneurs that "they really learned their lesson."

Nov 15, 2023

"The Cryptopians" author and "Unchained" podcast host Laura Shin discusses the latest headlines shaping the crypto industry, including FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's conviction and institutional interest growing within the digital assets space. This comes as ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood said on CNBC that it's hard to come up with a logical reason for why SEC Chair Gary Gensler is standing in the way of a spot bitcoin ETF.

Nov 15, 2023

In this episode of Unchained, Laura does a detailed unpacking of the historic Sam Bankman-Fried trial and verdict with defense lawyer Sam Enzer and former Southern District of New York prosecutor Rich Cooper.

Nov 15, 2023