Crypto Regulation Analysis
India Freezes Additional Bitcoin Amid Mobile Gaming App Investigation
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) says it has frozen 44.5 more bitcoins as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation into mobile gaming app ...
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South African Financial Sector Regulator Declares Crypto Assets a Financial Product
According to a general notice published in a government gazette, crypto assets are now treated as financial products under South Africa’s Financial Advisory ...
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EU Commissioner Urges US to Create New Crypto Rules — Says ‘We Need to Look at Global Regulation of Crypto’
The European Commission’s commissioner for financial services has reportedly urged U.S. lawmakers to establish new rules to regulate the crypto industry. “We do ...
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France’s 3rd Largest Bank Societe Generale’s Subsidiary Obtains Registration as Digital Asset Service Provider
Societe Generale-Forge, a subsidiary of France’s third-largest bank, has obtained registration with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the French financial markets regulator, ...
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Texas Securities Regulators and Attorney General Object to FTX Purchasing Voyager Digital
Regulators from the state of Texas and the state’s attorney general are objecting to FTX purchasing Voyager Digital, as the state’s securities commissioner ...
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US Lawmaker Calls on SEC to Issue Crypto Regulations — Says ‘a Formal Regulatory Process Is Needed Now’
A U.S. senator has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue crypto regulations now “through a transparent notice-and-comment regulatory process.” ...
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Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Defines Rules to Classify Cryptocurrency Assets as Securities
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has clarified the criteria by which different cryptocurrency assets can be considered securities. Through the issuance ...
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India’s Central Bank RBI Publishes Digital Currency Details — Confirms Digital Rupee Pilot Launching ‘Soon’
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says it will soon commence “limited pilot launches” of the country’s digital currency (digital ...
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Google to Require Government Authorization to Provide Advertising Services for Financial Products in Spain
Google, the web search and software monolith, has announced that it will require authorization from government entities to lend advertising services to financial ...
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Brazilian Presidential Candidate ‘Lula’ Da Silva Signals Support for Central Bank of Brazil Involvement in Crypto Regulation
The presidential candidate that obtained most of the votes in the first Brazilian ballot round, Luis Inacio Da Silva, better known as “Lula,” ...