Regulation


Finance

Germany's Commerzbank Applies for Local Crypto License

If the license application is accepted, the bank would be authorized to offer exchange and crypto-asset services.

Commerzbank branch (Cineberg/Shutterstock)

Finance

Binance.US Quits Blockchain Association, Forms In-House Lobbying Shop

A source close to the company says the groups’ goals “were not fully aligned.”

Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder (Binance.US)

Policy

UK Regulator FCA Names Interim Head for Digital Assets Unit

The U.K. has been accelerating its efforts to regulate digital assets in recent weeks as the government seeks to establish the country as a crypto hub.

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Videos

Purpose Investments Exec on Launching Canada’s First Spot Bitcoin ETF

Purpose Investments COO Vlad Tasevski discusses working with Canadian regulators to launch the country’s first Bitcoin Spot ETF. Plus, insights into his firm’s partnership with Cosmos to bring the ETF to Australian markets, and regulatory concerns in the U.S. regarding spot market manipulation.

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Videos

Crypto Industry Reacts to EU Regulatory Control

Joshua Ellul, director of the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technology, shares insights into the current state of crypto regulation in the European Union as anti-privacy legislation is put forward in the European Parliament.

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Policy

IMF Says Capital Control Powers Should Include Crypto

The financial stability watchdog is the latest to worry that digital assets are being used to evade sanctions on Russia.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Policy

UK Crypto Industry Hopes for More Clarity From Planned Stablecoin Rules

A new regulatory package for crypto could clear up some gray areas for digital asset companies around which regulations they should comply with.

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Videos

Coinberry CEO on Partnership With Kevin O’Leary’s WonderFi

Coinberry CEO Andrei Poliakov discusses the merger with Kevin O’Leary’s WonderFi, highlighting ambitions to become the leading crypto platform for Canada and the globe. Plus, insights into WonderFi’s acquisition of BitBuy, the impact of QuadrigaCX on Canada’s crypto regulation, and the role of cryptocurrency in the trucker protests. 

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bounces Around $40K as Stocks Waver; Crypto Security Concerns Intensify

New evidence of money laundering could trouble policymakers. Meanwhile, some analysts see limited upside for BTC.

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Policy

Will Biden’s Executive Order Smash Barriers to Crypto?

The digital assets industry is generally positive about the move, which could lead to a coordinated government approach to regulating crypto.

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