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French Central Bank CBDC Projects Aim to Manage DeFi Liquidity, Settle Tokenized Assets

The Bank of France is looking at a wholesale central bank digital currency that would be used by banks and financial markets.

The former stock exchange in Paris (Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)

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S. Korean Authorities Look to Freeze $67M Bitcoin Tied to Terra's Do Kwon

Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Kwon's provisional arrest pending extradition, as a worldwide search for the Terraform Labs co-founder continues.

Do Kwon, cofundador de Terraform Labs. (Terra)

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Tether's Former Auditor Fined $1M by SEC for Sloppy Accounting

Friedman LLP, a New York-based accounting firm that provided auditing services for the stablecoin issuer in 2017 is accused of “serial violations of the federal securities laws” and “improper professional conduct.”

Friedman LLP lied about some of its accounting practices, the SEC said Monday. (CoinDesk)

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CFTC’s Ooki DAO Action Shatters Illusion of Regulator-Proof Protocol

The action raises still-unanswered questions about who is culpable when a DAO commits a crime – will casting a vote with a governance token be seen as a smoking gun?

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

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ECB Exploring Distributed Ledger Technology for Interbank Settlements: Panetta

A system that builds on existing interbank settlement infrastructure instead of one based entirely on DLT can be implemented "more rapidly" according to ECB executive board member Fabio Panetta.

The EU flag (Christian Lue/Unsplash)

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California 'BitLicense' Bill Vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom

The bill would have created a crypto licensing regime and set up rules for stablecoins.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Getty Images)

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Push to Enhance CFTC’s Crypto Watchdog Role Gets a Boost in US Congress

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat in the House Agriculture Committee, introduced a bill to match the Senate’s earlier Stabenow-Boozman legislation

U.S. lawmakers have taken another procedural step toward legislation to oversee the crypto industry. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Utah Man Charged With 7 Felonies in Connection to Alleged $1.7M Crypto Mining Scam

The DOJ says James Wolfgramm gained the trust of his victims by flaunting images on his social media of digital wallets filled with millions of dollars of crypto, among other lures.

(Unsplash)

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UK Introduces Law to Seize, Freeze and Recover Crypto

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency bill is meant to build on an earlier law that helped regulators place sanctions on Russia.

The U.K. wants to crack down on illicit crypto activity. (Simon Frederick/Unsplash)

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Israeli Exchange Bits of Gold Becomes First Crypto Firm to Receive Capital Markets License

The firm will now be able to work with local bank and financial institutions.

(Carl & Ann Purcell/Getty Images)