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UK Lawmaker Matt Hancock Doesn’t Regret Pro-Crypto Swerve

The former cabinet minister is pushing for the government to be more pro-innovation.

U.K. lawmaker Matt Hancock (Matt Hancock)

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Canadian Self-Regulatory Agency Approves First Crypto-Native Investment Dealer

Coinsquare has also been granted a license to operate as a regulated alternative trading system, allowing it to match large, illiquid crypto trades between institutional investors.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Jan Web/Unsplash)

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Kazakhstan Legislature Pushes New Crypto Rules Forward: Report

The lower house of the country's parliament has passed five bills relating to digital assets as the government seeks to tighten its grip on crypto activity, particularly crypto mining.

Binance is on track to being able to operate in Kazakhstan. (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)

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Tron Partners With Dominica to Issue National 'Fan Token'

The Caribbean island's government may accept native Tron tokens such as TRX and USDT for public payments including taxes, under a new ordinance.

Tron founder and diplomat Justin Sun (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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In SEC Lawsuit, Grayscale Calls Spot ETF Rejection ‘Arbitrary, Capricious and Discriminatory’

The legal brief filed Tuesday argues the SEC’s logic for denying Grayscale’s application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to a spot bitcoin ETF is “flawed” and “inconsistently applied.”

Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Invest: NYC 2019 (CoinDesk)

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Ooki DAO Case So ‘Egregious,’ CFTC Had No Choice, Chair Behnam Says

"Don't expect this to be a free pass," he said of using a DAO to evade U.S. laws.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at DC Fintech Week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Slicing the Elephant: Inside the Design of a Digital Euro

There are plenty of decisions yet to be made about the landmark CBDC, the head of the ECB’s digital euro project, Evelien Witlox, tells CoinDesk.

The digital euro project manager at the ECB says the bank has sliced the elephantine task of developing the CBDC into smaller decisions. (Yuko Suzuki/EyeEm/Getty Images)

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Lawmakers Overwhelmingly Back EU's MiCA Crypto Law in Committee Vote

The landslide support paves the way for the landmark crypto licensing regulation to take effect in 2024.

The EU flag (Håkan Dahlström/Getty Images)

Policy

OECD Releases New Global Tax Reporting Framework for Crypto Assets

The framework's scope will include stablecoins, crypto derivatives and certain NFTs.

OECD logo of a globe, two chevrons and the letters OECD on display

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Global Crypto Standards Due Next Week Could Test Regulators’ Tech Mantra

Financial-stability norms to be set out next week could seek to extend financial regulations to the crypto world - or could seek to go in a whole new direction.

Influential standard-setter the FSB wants a global crypto rulebook (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)