Regulation
Binance Taps Former Regulators to Strengthen Global Surveillance Team
The exchange is hiring Seth Levy, who spent 16 years at U.S. regulator FINRA, and Steven McWhirter from the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority.
Australia's Financial Regulator Aims to Implement Crypto Regulation by 2025
To this end, APRA plans to conduct consultations on requirements for the financial treatment of crypto-assets in 2023.
Germany's Commerzbank Applies for Local Crypto License
If the license application is accepted, the bank would be authorized to offer exchange and crypto-asset services.
Binance.US Quits Blockchain Association, Forms In-House Lobbying Shop
A source close to the company says the groups’ goals “were not fully aligned.”
UK Regulator FCA Names Interim Head for Digital Assets Unit
The U.K. has been accelerating its efforts to regulate digital assets in recent weeks as the government seeks to establish the country as a crypto hub.
Purpose Investments Exec on Launching Canada’s First Spot Bitcoin ETF
Purpose Investments COO Vlad Tasevski discusses working with Canadian regulators to launch the country’s first Bitcoin Spot ETF. Plus, insights into his firm’s partnership with Cosmos to bring the ETF to Australian markets, and regulatory concerns in the U.S. regarding spot market manipulation.
Crypto Industry Reacts to EU Regulatory Control
Joshua Ellul, director of the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technology, shares insights into the current state of crypto regulation in the European Union as anti-privacy legislation is put forward in the European Parliament.
IMF Says Capital Control Powers Should Include Crypto
The financial stability watchdog is the latest to worry that digital assets are being used to evade sanctions on Russia.
UK Crypto Industry Hopes for More Clarity From Planned Stablecoin Rules
A new regulatory package for crypto could clear up some gray areas for digital asset companies around which regulations they should comply with.
Coinberry CEO on Partnership With Kevin O’Leary’s WonderFi
Coinberry CEO Andrei Poliakov discusses the merger with Kevin O’Leary’s WonderFi, highlighting ambitions to become the leading crypto platform for Canada and the globe. Plus, insights into WonderFi’s acquisition of BitBuy, the impact of QuadrigaCX on Canada’s crypto regulation, and the role of cryptocurrency in the trucker protests.
