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South Africa’s Election Won’t Interfere With Crypto Policy: Industry Watchers

South Africa's general elections are set for May 29, and crypto observers are paying close attention to its crypto licensing regime that's expected to clear dozens of firms.

South African President and African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

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Australian Securities Exchange Could Approve Spot-Bitcoin ETFs Before 2024-End: Bloomberg

Bloomberg's report cited "people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the information is private."

Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Johnny Bhalla on Unsplash)

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Here’s How EU Nations Are Preparing to Enforce MiCA

With MiCA stablecoin rules taking effect in June, CoinDesk reached out to regulators in all 27 EU member states to show where countries are at with implementation.

Europe is getting ready to enforce MiCA. (Danielle Rice/ Unsplash)

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Japan's Embrace of Web3 Uncertain as Ruling Party Under Threat

Liberal Democratic Party leader and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida once called Web3 a “new form of capitalism,” but he faces a party leadership election in September.

Kishida reiterated “Web3 is part of the new form of capitalism,” referring to his flagship economic policy intended to drive growth and wealth distribution. (Photo by Takayuki Masuda/ CoinDesk Japan)

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DOJ Disputes Roman Storm's Characterization of Tornado Cash Operations in New Filing

The DOJ said Tornado Cash was a money transmitting business, among other details.

SDNY Courthouse 40 Centre Street

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Custodia Bank Appeals Court Loss in Fed Master Account Lawsuit

Custodia filed a notice of appeal on Friday after a judge last month ruled it did not have the right to a Fed master account.

Caitlin Long, Founder and CEO, Custodia Bank and Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Warren Flags Crypto Ties to Child Sexual Abuse in Letter to DOJ, Homeland Security

Digital assets are the "payment of choice" for child sexual-abuse materials, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy wrote in their letter, asking what tools the feds need.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Attorney General Merrick Garland what more can be done to stop crypto use in child sexual abuse.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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EU Parliament Adopts Anti-Money Laundering Rules Package, Also Policing Crypto

The new laws set up "enhanced" due diligence and customer checks for crypto firms.

European Parliament (Frederic Köberl/ Unsplash)

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Ex-Head of China's Digital Yuan Effort Facing Government Probe: Report

Yao Qian is reportedly being investigated for "violations of discipline and law."

China renminbi bills (Moerschy/Pixabay)