Regulation


Policy

FinCEN Encourages Banks to Share Customer Information With Each Other

The guidance is apt to chafe privacy advocates, inside and outside the crypto space, who are already uneasy about the honeypot that FinCEN’s suspicious activity report database has become.

FinCEN director Kenneth Blanco

Finance

India's Banks Are Once More Serving Crypto Traders and Exchanges

Indian banks have started doing business with select cryptocurrency exchanges and their customers, CoinDesk has confirmed.

Mumbai, India

Policy

Putin Orders Russia's Public Officials to Report Crypto Holdings

Russian civil servants must start reporting their crypto assets as the country's first crypto law comes into force in January.

Vladimir Putin

Markets

SEC Enforcement Director to Step Down by End of Year

Enforcement Director Stephanie Avakian led SEC investigations during the heart of its ICO crackdown.

Securities And Exchange Commission Announces Lawsuit Against Elon Musk

Markets

G7 Officials Stress Need to Regulate Digital Currencies: US Treasury

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a statement following a virtual call with other G7 members.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Policy

Bolivia Essentially Banned Crypto but Blockchain Advocates Are Pushing Back

Bolivia is one of the rare countries that has essentially banned cryptocurrency, but the nation's blockchain advocates aren't giving up.

Bolivia

Markets

Ukraine's Draft Crypto Bill Passes First Parliamentary Hearing

Ukraine's parliament has approved the first version of a draft cryptocurrency bill, bringing regulation of the industry a step closer.

Verkhovna Rada building in Kyiv, Ukraine

Policy

Crypto.com Secures Australian Financial Service License

Crypto.com has secured an Australian Financial Service License through its acquisition of The Card Group.

Sydney, Australia

Markets

Crypto Long & Short: How Bitcoin Development Is Evolving – And What’s Behind It

Bitcoin price spikes grab headlines, but the asset's long-term value depends on its developers – and what drives them.

Diagonal chain, a blockchain concept, gray closeup

Policy

Coinbase CEO: Trump Administration May 'Rush Out' Burdensome Crypto Wallet Rules

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly voiced concern the outgoing Trump Administration may ram through onerous new data-collection requirements for crypto exchanges.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, could be "planning to rush out some new regulation regarding self-hosted crypto wallets before the end of his term," tweeted Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.