Regulation


Finance

Russian Oil Companies Want to Mine Crypto on Flare Gas: Report

One company is already doing so, but the regulations remain unclear.

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Finance

Huobi Japan Gets Regulators’ Go-Ahead to Offer Derivatives

Japan’s top financial watchdog has some of the strictest rules for crypto in the world.

Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood (segawa7/Shutterstock)

Policy

The CFTC Was Proved Right on Bitcoin Futures. What’s Next for the Agency?

For years the commodities overseer was the de facto regulator of crypto markets.

"Crypto Dad" Chris Giancarlo Talks About the New Digitization of Value

Policy

Gensler for a Day: How Rohan Grey Would Regulate Stablecoins

Stablecoins make use of the same shadow banking carveout that imperiled the financial system in 2008. That can’t continue, says the co-author of the Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement (STABLE) Act.

Rohan Grey, Willamette University College of Law

Policy

Decentralization’s Challenge to Policymakers Is Coming

We are fast approaching a point where there will no longer be “decentralization theater” and things will get real.

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Policy

India’s Newest Crypto ‘Unicorn’ CoinSwitch Kuber in Talks with Government over Regulation: Report

CEO Ashish Singhal said the company is making “amazing progress” in its conversations with the government and regulators.

L to R: Vimal Sagar - Co-founder & COO, Govind Soni - Co-founder & CTO and Ashish Singhal - Co-founder & CEO

Policy

Invesco Drops Efforts to Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF

A competing product by ProShares will start trading on Tuesday.

(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Former SEC Official Expects More Bitcoin ETF Approvals

Lisa Bragança said the agency doesn’t want to have just one.

Former SEC attorney Lisa Bragança on CoinDesk TV (Screenshot/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Learns to Play the DC Influence Game

The infrastructure bill was the first shot in a long battle on Capitol Hill. But do lobbyists in Washington really understand crypto?

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Is Too Big for Partisan Politics

The industry enjoys broad support among the American people, and that should be reflected by our elected officials, too.

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