Regulation


Policy

Contango Conmigo: Why a Bitcoin Futures ETF Could Be a Bloody Ride

Regulators maintain the futures market is a lower-risk way to list bitcoin. But there’s a major catch.

Photo taken in Thai Mueang, Thailand

Policy

How to Do Business as a DAO

Should a DAO retain a law firm? Three representatives from Morrison Cohen LLP discuss the emerging legal issues around this new type of business enterprise.

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Policy

What Stablecoins Might Become

At issue is whether issuers of the digital assets will be regulated like banks.

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Videos

Galaxy Digital Research Report: 10 Things That Show Crypto Is Booming

Galaxy Digital Research has released a report on the top 10 things and 15 charts that show crypto is booming. Galaxy's Head of Firmwide Research Alex Thorn shares insights into the main takeaways. Plus, his outlook on bitcoin's price, the U.S. bitcoin futures and spot ETF landscape, the memecoin phenomenon, BTC market share dominance, and regulation.

Recent Videos

Finance

Russian Oil Companies Want to Mine Crypto on Flare Gas: Report

One company is already doing so, but the regulations remain unclear.

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Finance

Huobi Japan Gets Regulators’ Go-Ahead to Offer Derivatives

Japan’s top financial watchdog has some of the strictest rules for crypto in the world.

Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood (segawa7/Shutterstock)

Policy

The CFTC Was Proved Right on Bitcoin Futures. What’s Next for the Agency?

For years the commodities overseer was the de facto regulator of crypto markets.

"Crypto Dad" Chris Giancarlo Talks About the New Digitization of Value

Policy

Gensler for a Day: How Rohan Grey Would Regulate Stablecoins

Stablecoins make use of the same shadow banking carveout that imperiled the financial system in 2008. That can’t continue, says the co-author of the Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement (STABLE) Act.

Rohan Grey, Willamette University College of Law

Policy

Decentralization’s Challenge to Policymakers Is Coming

We are fast approaching a point where there will no longer be “decentralization theater” and things will get real.

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Policy

India’s Newest Crypto ‘Unicorn’ CoinSwitch Kuber in Talks with Government over Regulation: Report

CEO Ashish Singhal said the company is making “amazing progress” in its conversations with the government and regulators.

L to R: Vimal Sagar - Co-founder & COO, Govind Soni - Co-founder & CTO and Ashish Singhal - Co-founder & CEO