Policy & Regulation

The acting head of the U.S. federal banking regulator is reportedly stepping down this week.Brian Brooks, who is currently leading the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), will leave the federal agency within the next few…
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The U.K. Treasury has released a consultation paper to gather feedback from stakeholders concerning the government’s regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.The consultation solicits opinions on how the U.K. can make sure…
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Over the last few weeks, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, has been inundated with 7,477 angry comments about a rule change it proposed just before Christmas. “Impressive ineptitude,” says one anonymous commenter,…
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New Zealand’s financial watchdog sounded a warning whistle to cryptocurrency investors after bitcoin’s latest price drop.According to a report on Tuesday by the NZ Herald, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) said New Zealanders who were…
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Gemcoin founder Steve Chen was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for defrauding tens of thousands of investors in one of the largest and earliest cryptocurrency investment schemes.Chen, 63, admitted last February to running…
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U.S. President Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter, less than two weeks before he is set to leave office.Twitter announced the move late Friday, saying it had conducted a “close review” of the President’s recent tweets and…
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The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has published draft legislation that would legally define cryptocurrency and how it may be used in the Central Asian nation. With the proposed legislation, the central bank is following the call of the…
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A new report shows India’s regional internet shutdowns in 2020 cost its economy approximately $2.8 billion, making it the country that suffered the most damage from internet manipulation by a government last year.Internet shutdowns, or the…
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The Democratic party narrowly triumphed in Georgia elections held earlier this week, wresting control of the U.S. Senate from the Republicans. As such, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives now has more freedom to implement its…
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Video streaming platform DLive, owned by blockchain platform Tron, was reportedly used by far-right extremists to live stream the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit…
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