Regulation

Regulation

Opinion

Will Global Regulations Stifle the Crypto Industry or Encourage New Users?

Worldwide, financial regulators are working to expand their oversight without limiting innovation.

(Anne Nygård/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Former CFTC Chair: Here's How SEC and CFTC Can Work Together to Regulate Crypto

Forming a self-regulatory governing committee “might be a way to develop standards for this market,” Timothy Massad said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”

(Former CFTC Chairman and Harvard University Research Fellow Timothy Massad, CoinDesk TV)

Finance

Seven S. Korean Brokerages Plan to Start Crypto Exchanges Next Year: Report

Authorities in the country have trending towards strict oversight since the terraUSD collapse.

Seoul, South Korea (Ciaran O'Brien/Unsplash)

Policy

Australia to Use 'Token Mapping' as Framework for Crypto Regulation

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the aim is to keep up with developments and protect consumers.

Sydney, Australia (Photo by Johnny Bhalla/Unsplash)

Opinion

The Coming Privacy Wars

Whether governments like it or not, demand for privacy is growing – and will perhaps even accelerate the more they try to suppress it.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Policy

US Treasury's Tornado Cash Sanctions Are ‘Unprecedented,’ Warns Congressman

With just 28 legislative days left this year, “it’s unlikely that any crypto legislation is going to move,” Rep. Tom Emmer said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” show.

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC Commissioner: Crypto Market Needs Clear Guidelines on Its Regulator

Kristin N. Johnson joined CoinDesk TV’s "First Mover" to discuss two bills in Congress that would make her agency the primary crypto watchdog.

Kristin N. Johnson, commissioner of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CoinDesk)

Finance

UK Group to Test Stablecoin Payments, Provide Data to Bank of England

The Digital FMI Consortium, a group of private-sector companies, will start a pilot scheme in October and run it for a minimum of a year.

El Banco de Inglaterra sube las tasas en 50 puntos base. (PeterRoe/Pixabay)

Policy

SEC Files Complaint Against Dragonchain for Unregistered Initial Coin Offering

The complaint alleges the blockchain startup failed to register more than $16 million in crypto asset securities.

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Congress Must Decide How Cryptos Should Be Regulated, Former CFTC Commissioner Says

Dawn Stump told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” that lawmakers need to determine whether digital assets are commodities or securities.

Former CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)