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Australia Releases Token Mapping Consultation Paper, Plans to Reveal Crypto Rule Framework in 2023

The move was announced in August by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's new government .

Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)

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UK Crypto Industry Celebrates Government’s Planned Exemptions for Crypto Ad Approvals

But the country’s financial watchdog says it will “take a consistent approach to that taken for other high-risk investments,” when the time comes to set up enforcement rules.

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At World Economic Forum This Year, Panels Debated Blockchain 'Case Studies'

In efforts to avoid association with the FTX collapse, conversations shifted away from "crypto" and more to specific applications of the underlying blockchain technology.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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2023: The Year Regulators Finally Grasp Crypto?

Amid a prolonged collapse in asset prices, the digital assets space had a wild 2022. The problems may force regulators’ hands on the crypto space.

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World Leaders Warmed to Blockchain at Davos This Year, Despite Crypto Winter

Crypto advertising has dropped at Davos in 2023, but discussions and panels from industry leaders are in full swing.

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Crypto Bankruptcies Are Very Complicated

The FTX, Voyager, Celsius and BlockFi bankruptcy proceedings are proving how complicated they really are.

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Nepal Orders Internet Providers to Block Crypto-Related Websites

Nepal's Telecommunications Authority has instructed all internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent all crypto-related activity.

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CoinDesk Research’s 2022 Annual Crypto Review

Even though 2022 was a bear market it was an eventful year for all facets of the crypto industry.

(Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

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Brother of Criminal Bitcoin Mixing CEO Pleads Guilty to Stealing 712 Bitcoins From IRS

Gary Harmon, brother of Helix CEO Larry Harmon, stole his brother’s forfeited crypto right out from under the IRS’ nose, and spent it extravagantly.

Gary Harmon awash in a tub full of money. (U.S District Court for the District of Columbia)