Google eases Crypto Trust Ads Policy ahead of potential Bitcoin ETF approval
Starting January 29, 2024, Google will allow US-based crypto trusts to advertise on its platform. Advertisers looking to promote crypto...
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UK FCA crypto skills gap is causing slow enforcement, says National Audit Office
The National Audit Office (NAO) in the United Kingdom has raised concerns about the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority...
Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 3-9 – Cointelegraph Magazine
Top Stories This Week Binance founder CZ must stay in US until sentencing, judge orders Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao...
Crypto lawyer wants to depose Changpeng Zhao for civil case
Adam Moskowitz, who has been the lead attorney in a number of civil cases involving crypto firms, filed a motion...
Binance founder CZ must stay in US until sentencing, judge orders
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has been ordered to stay in the United States until his sentencing in February, with...
Hong Kong bans two crypto sites for misleading investors
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) banned the two crypto websites for scamming users. HongKongDAO and BitCuped were blocked...
Elon Musk’s xAI files with SEC for private sale of $1B in unregistered securities
Elon Musk’s X-linked artificial intelligence modeler xAI has an agreement for the private sale of $865.3 million in unregistered equity...
IRS team reports rise in crypto tax investigations
The Criminal Investigation (CI) Unit of the United Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reported an increase in the number of investigations...
Interview with CEO Richard Teng
Binance CEO Richard Teng has assured the “gaps in compliance” from the early days of Binance are firmly in the...
SEC faces sanctions threat as Judge questions DEBT Box case accuracy
United States District Judge Robert Shelby has cautioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawyers, hinting at possible sanctions due...
The SEC is facing another defeat in its recycled lawsuit against Kraken
The legal duel between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Kraken, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, looks like...
Coinbase tracks 6% rise in info requests from law, government agencies
Crypto exchange Coinbase says it recorded a 6% rise in requests from law enforcement and government agencies compared to 2022,...
Paxos receives two in-principle approvals in Abu Dhabi
Paxos has received two in-principle approvals from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The...
FSB calls for global regulation of multifunction crypto firms
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) says multifunction crypto-asset intermediaries (MCIs) are critical to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. However, their business models...
SEC still looking for potential FTX-style fraud at Binance.US: Report
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is still looking for evidence that Binance.US had a backdoor to potentially control...
What’s next for Binance’s Changpeng “CZ” Zhao
A recent court filing suggests that Changpeng "CZ" Zhao's legal challenges are just beginning, despite pleading guilty to violating the...
Binance onboarded millions into finance but forgot the paperwork — Columbia professor
Recent events surrounding the crypto exchange Binance sparked significant debate about the United States’ crackdown on crypto firms. According to...
UK Finance Minister proposes a sandbox initiative for crypto regulations
UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has revealed plans for a cryptocurrency legislative initiative. The government aims to pass legislation to officially...
Appeals court rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for release
FTX founder and convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried will stay jailed after failing to convince a United States appellate court that...
Binance settles with U.S. government: Timeline of US enforcement actions
U.S. government agencies have spent months, sometimes years, investigating Binance in the lead-up to unsealing an indictment against the exchange....
SEC sues Kraken alleging it’s an unregistered exchange, mixes user funds
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Kraken alleging it commingled customer funds and failed to register as...
Bitcoin ETF approval nearing, but brace for more setbacks — BitGo CEO
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Mike Belshe, CEO of crypto exchange BitGo, stated that the market structure needs to...
