Regulation


Tech

WEF Releases Report Assessing Global Blockchain Standards

The Global Standards Mapping Initiative is the most "comprehensive" attempt so far to survey blockchain technical standards, the WEF said.

WEF

Policy

Crypto Long & Short: A UK Ban on Crypto Derivatives Will Hurt, Not Protect, Investors

The FCA’s retail investor crypto derivatives ban is a misuse of regulatory authority, argues Noelle Acheson. What’s more, its main justification is one of crypto assets’ strongest features.

British pounds

Markets

A Regulatory Reckoning for the Crypto Industry?

Between BitMEX action, the U.K.’s derivative ban and the new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement framework, regulations are coming for crypto.

Breakdown 10.10

Policy

Dutch Central Bank Gives First Approval to Digital Asset Exchange

AMDAX has become the first to register with Holland's central bank under recently implemented EU anti-money laundering regulations.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Policy

Ripple Chairman Says Firm Could Leave US if Regulatory Environment Doesn't Change

Ripple has threatened to leave the U.S. if crypto regulation doesn't change.

Ripple Executive Chairman Chris Larsen and Lyna Lam

Policy

After BitMEX: Regulation Must Change for the Digital Age

Recent regulatory enforcement against BitMEX shows how out of step the world's financial regulators are with digital innovation.

Arthur Hayes, then-CEO of BitMEX, speaks at CoinDesk's Consensus 2018.

Policy

OFAC Warns That Firms Helping Victims With Ransomware Payouts Risk Violating Its Rules

If you assist a ransomware victim in paying out to cyber attackers, you could end up facing civil penalties, OFAC says.

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Policy

SEC Won't Take Action Against Compliance-Focused Digital Security Exchanges

Digital security exchanges that ensure listed assets are legitimate will not face sanctions, the SEC said in an open letter.

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Policy

CFTC Charges Firm With Illegally Providing Leveraged Trading of Crypto, Gold

A Caribbean-based firm is in hot water with the CFTC for allegedly allowing U.S. retail investors to partake in leveraged trading of cryptocurrencies and precious metals.

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Policy

Russian Web Censor Tells Binance It's Been Blacklisted – Three Months Late

Roskomnadzor blacklisted Binance in June, but apparently only made the cryptocurrency exchange aware of its decision today.

Internet censorship