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Policy

U.S. Accounting Board Seeks Crypto Standards Requiring Firms to Report Price Shifts

The first U.S. rule for crypto accounting would aim at giving investors a better sense of a company’s digital assets through a “fair-value” approach.

Tesla has previously written down crypto holdings in accounting rules the industry says need an overhaul. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Classification Seeks to Make Industry More Welcoming to TradFi Participants

Cryptocurrency is an incredibly broad and diverse field, with a huge array of wholly different assets, making the industry an intimidating one to enter.

Crypto prices rallied on Friday (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Policy

Basel Committee Endorses Global Crypto Banking Rules to Be Implemented by 2025

The rules suggested that a bank's exposure to certain crypto assets must not exceed 2% and should generally be lower than 1%.

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Policy

With Crypto’s Blowups, TradFi Boasts Its Legal Rigor

Standard-setters say existing rules for lending traditional securities should apply to crypto, too.

Lawyers say better crypto contracts would halt messy situations such as the one bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network is now in with its creditors. (Dafydd Owen/Getty Images)

Policy

Stablecoins Need to Set a Common Standard, Says US Banking Watchdog

The acting OCC chief says stablecoins aren’t ”interoperable” and that should change.

Michael Hsu, acting Comptroller of the Currency (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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DeFi Giant Yearn Leads the Way on ERC-4626 Token Standard Adoption

The new standard for yield-bearing tokens could unlock innovation in the burgeoning Ethereum economy.

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Opinion

ERC-4626: DeFi's Newest Money Lego

An Ethereum Improvement Proposal wants to standardize a key component in yield-generating strategies.

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Policy

Derivatives Trade Association ISDA to Develop Common Standards for Crypto Assets

ISDA is aiming to characterize the different features of crypto assets and their relevance to contractual standards.

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Policy

China to Release National Blockchain Standard Next Year, Says Official: Report

While cracking down on on the cryptocurrency industry, Beijing is pouring resources into blockchain for governmental and enterprise use.

Anshun covered bridges in Chengdu, Sichuan. (Zain Lee/Unsplash)

Tech

Coinbase and ZenGo Spar Over QR Code Standards That Could Strand ERC-20 Tokens

Users who must use QR codes should verify transaction details before finally confirming the transaction to save themselves money and headaches.

Not all wallets employ the same QR code standard for ERC-20 tokens. That's a problem.

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