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EU’s Controversial Smart Contract Kill-Switch Rules Finalized by Negotiators

Lawmakers and governments have reached a deal on the Data Act despite protests from the blockchain industry.

The EU is looking to govern data from connected devices (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

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UK Needs Bespoke Legal Framework for Using Crypto as Collateral: Law Commission

The Commission, funded by the Ministry of Justice, also pushed for legislation to treat crypto as a new type of property in its latest set of recommendations.

The U.K. Law Commission wants crypto and NFTs to be treated as personal property. (Reinaldo Sture/Unsplash)

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Nevada Files to Place Crypto Custodian Prime Trust Into Receivership

Nevada's Financial Institutions Division previously indicated that Prime Trust had a massive deficit on its books.

Prime Trust Consensus Booth (Prime Trust)

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EU Seals Deal on Crypto Bank-Capital Rules

Lawmakers have previously favored ‘prohibitive’ capital requirements to keep unbacked crypto assets out of the banking system

The EU Data Act has raised smart contract fears (Pixabay)

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Leading House Democrat Solicits Feedback From Gensler and Yellen on Crypto Bill

The bill would provide guidelines for U.S.-based crypto exchanges to register with regulators.

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U.S. Judge Rejects Binance.US Complaint Over SEC Press Release

The exchange had complained that regulators made “misleading” public statements about the Binance’s handling of customer funds.

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Singapore's MAS Proposes Design Framework for Interoperable Digital Asset Networks

Banking giants like Standard Chartered, HSBC and Citi are set to run multiple tokenization trials across wealth management, fixed income and foreign exchange.

Singapore (Shutterstock)

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Bybit Gains Crypto License in Cyprus

The Dubai-based crypto exchange strengthens its foothold in the European Union after its exit from Canada and the U.K.

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Japanese Crypto Issuers Won't Pay Taxes on Unrealized Gains, Govt. Clarifies

Token issuers in the country were taxed for unrealized gains from holding on their own tokens.

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