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Wall Street Says a Fed Digital Dollar Spells Destruction for Banks

The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering whether to launch a CBDC like other nations, and bankers argue that’s a dangerous idea.

Bankers are warning the Federal Reserve board about the dangers of launching a digital dollar, at a time when several new members were sworn in this week. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Regulators Are Paying Attention to UST

The collapse of terraUSD (UST) is algorithmic stablecoins’ Libra moment.

The SEC is reportedly probing Terraform Labs. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Should Meet Same Norms as Regular Finance, G7 Says

Finance ministers want to see financial stability and money-laundering standards in effect soon, citing recent market turmoil.

(Bet Noire/Getty images)

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UK Regulator to Consider Terra Coins’ Collapse in New Crypto Rules: Report

Market instability in stablecoins will need to be taken into account, the FCA's executive director for markets said.

The U.K.'s financial regulator will consider Terra when it puts together new crypto regulations. (Ramberg/Getty Images)

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US Treasury Official Warns Crypto Industry to Proactively Sanction 'Problematic' Wallets

FinCEN Associate Director Alessio Evangelista said crypto service providers shouldn't wait for the government to designate a wallet if it's being used for illicit activity.

FinCEN Associate Director Alessio Evangelista (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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G-7 Finance Ministers Call to Accelerate Global Crypto Regulations Following UST Collapse: Report

G-7 officials meeting in Germany want the Financial Stability Board to act more quickly, says a Reuters report.

Klaas Knot (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Fed Vice Chair Pick and Ex-Ripple Adviser Tells Senators Crypto Needs Regulation

Former U.S. Treasury official Michael Barr fielded questions about crypto during his Senate nomination hearing.

Federal Reserve vice chairman nominee Michael Barr (Senate Banking Committee)

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How Do You Tax an NFT?

Plans to share bitcoin data with foreign tax authorities may be hard to adapt to transparent, decentralized blockchains – but once in place, new rules are hard to shift.

The OECD wants to make it harder to keep your bitcoin secret from the authorities by stashing it in tax havens. (Michal Ben Ari/EyeEm/Getty Images)

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US Appeals Court Orders SEC to Bring Enforcement Actions to Jury Trials

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found that the targets of SEC enforcement actions had their constitutional rights violated by the use of in-house judges.

SEC Chair Gensler, right, speaks to Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (with mask) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (Bill Clark-Pool/Getty Images)

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Biden Administration Wants Crypto Exchanges to Separate Customer and Corporate Funds

Federal officials saw Coinbase’s admission about customers’ vulnerability in a bankruptcy and will call for congressional action to segregate clients’ funds, source says.

The Biden administration is pushing for legislation that would fence off customer funds within crypto exchanges, keeping them safe in an exchange failure. (Andrey Denisyuk/Getty Images)