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Policy

Japan Plans to Review Its Crypto Rules: Bloomberg

The review which will occur over the coming months could also pave the way for crypto exchange traded funds.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bithumb Weighs U.S. Nasdaq Listing: Report

Late last year, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was reported to be considering listing its shares on Kosdaq.

Bithumb (Shutterstock)

Policy

Binance Founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao Is a Free Man

Zhao, who has been in a halfway house since late August, was released on Friday.

Binance's CZ (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Mango Markets Agrees to Destroy MNGO Tokens in SEC Settlement

Mango DAO, Mango Labs and Blockworks Foundation agreed to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Friday.

SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Swan Bitcoin Claims Ex-Employees 'Stole' Its Mining Business at Tether’s Direction

In a new lawsuit, Swan is looking for financial compensation and legal protections against its former employees.

Swan Bitcoin unveils BTC mining unit as parent company prepares to go public. (Swan Bitcoin)

Policy

Fantasy Sports Company Sorare Charged With Providing Unlicensed Gambling Facilities in U.K.

Sorare was charged with violating the Gambling Act 2005 in the regulator's first move against a blockchain-based platform.

Sorare denies its blockchain-based fantasy soccer game violates U.K. gambling laws. (Unsplash)

Policy

Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Could Be Released on Friday

A Federal Bureau of Prisons rule states that an inmate whose release date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, may be released on the last preceding weekday.

Binance's CZ (Twitter/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC's Gensler Won't Reveal His View on Trump's Bitcoin Reserve, Reiterates Bitcoin Isn't a Security

Gensler was responding to CNBC's question on whether the SEC chair was "warming up to top-tier crypto?"

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Global Effort Disrupts Russia Linked Network Using Crypto to Evade Sanctions, U.S. Charges Two Russians

U.S. President Joe Biden said "to counter Russian sanctions evasion and money laundering, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Secret Service have taken action today to disrupt a global cryptocurrency network, in coordination with international partners."

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Policy

Crypto PACs Dominate Ohio Senate Race, Spending $40M on Sherrod Brown's Foe

Crypto-fan candidate Bernie Moreno has caught up in Ohio polls as the industry's cash outpaces other PACs in one of the key U.S. Senate races that may decide the majority.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee who has so far spurned crypto legislation, faces on onslaught of $40 million in crypto cash backing his Ohio election opponent. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)