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Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others

Private meetings have been held this week around the Treasury's token mapping consultation paper.

Tom Duff Gordon, vice president of international policy at Coinbase, discusses future of crypto, live from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (CoinDesk)

Policy

Voyager-Binance.US' $1B Deal Should Be Halted, U.S. Government Says

The Department of Justice doesn’t like provisions that would render Voyager immune from prosecution for former wrongdoing

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Policy

EU Parliament’s Smart Contract Plans Limit Standard-Setting Promise, EU Commissioner Says

Controversial lawmaker proposals on data use may no longer meet original objectives, Thierry Breton told reporters.

The EU Commission's Thierry Breton (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Policy

Signature Bank Shutdown Caused by 'Crisis of Confidence' in Leadership, NYDFS Says

The New York regulator pushed back against claims it shut down Signature because of crypto.

NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris in conversation with Chainalysis co-founder Jonathan Levin at Links 2022. (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance

The department has reviewed decentralized finance’s role in such incidents as North Korean ransomware attacks, and will issue a risk assessment, a senior official said.

Elizabeth Rosenberg (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Policy

SEC Is 'Completely Out Of Control,' Says a16z Crypto's Head of Policy

At the annual Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, representatives from crypto companies argued the lack of regulatory clarity would stifle US innovation.

Panelists at FIA Boca 2023 (left to right): Coinbase Senior Institutional Strategist John D'Agostino, Coinbase Associate General Council Julia Huechel, a16z Head of Policy Brian Quintenz, CoinFund President Chris Perkins (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

Policy

EU Parliament Passes Bill Requiring Smart Contracts to Include Kill Switch

One critic says the bill alters the fundamental nature of an automated computer program.

EU data rules target smart contracts (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

Policy

India’s Crypto Industry Finally Sees Lawmakers Engaging

The event managed to bring senior leaders from India’s ruling party and the opposition benches.

Indian politicians and policy makers at a crypto event by CoinDCX and Bharat Web3 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC Names Executives From Circle, TRM, Fireblocks Among Others to New Tech Advisory Group

The committee will be chaired by former White House official Carole House.

Christy Goldsmith Romero (CFTC)

Policy

Justice Department Investigating TerraUSD Stablecoin Collapse: Reports

The investigations follow the filing of the SEC’s civil fraud lawsuit against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon last month.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Cred's executives with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and related charges. (Getty Images).