U.S. Regulation

Elizabeth Warren Demands U.S. CFTC Chair Explain His Chats With SBF

The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, had a lot of contact with Sam Bankman-Friend,…

2 years ago

DeFi Exchange Uniswap Receives Enforcement Notice from the SEC

Decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to pursue…

2 years ago

U.S. Treasury Official Targets Tether USDT Stablecoin in Russian Sanction Evasion

US Treasury Deputy Secretary Adewale Adeyemo said Russia was increasingly using alternative payment mechanisms like Tether’s USDT stablecoin to bypass economic sanctions, according to his written…

2 years ago

Cardano Approached By Several U.S. States For Blockchain Voting

The Cardano Foundation has been approached by several US states interested in developing a blockchain-based voting system. This information came…

2 years ago

Tornado Cash Developer Gets Help in Court From Blockchain Advocacy Groups

Three blockchain advocacy groups have filed amicus curiae briefs on April 5 to defend Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm from…

2 years ago

Former Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon, Found Liable For Fraud in SEC Case

A jury found Terraform Labs and its former CEO, Do Kwon, liable for fraud on Friday. The decision came a…

2 years ago

Goldman Sachs Named as Authorized Participant on BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF

More traditional finance players are entering the spot Bitcoin ETF realm — albeit not yet as issuers — after the…

2 years ago

SEC Enforcement Chief Grewal Addresses Crypto Compliance Concerns

During a recent “SEC Speaks” event, Gurbir Grewal, the Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, expressed concerns regarding…

2 years ago

U.S. Government Moves $130 Million in Bitcoin Confiscated From Silk Road to Coinbase

The US government transferred 1,999 Bitcoin (BTC), approximately worth $130 million, to a wallet linked to crypto exchange Coinbase on April…

2 years ago