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Australian Crypto Regulations Likely to Be Delayed Until Mid-2024: Report

The government is consulting with the industry now.

Australia's government is taking a deliberate approach toward creating crypto laws. (Unsplash)

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BIS Says 'Hub-and-Spoke' Cross-Border Transfers Offer Benefits to Retail CBDC

The system is designed to offer users the best foreign-exchange rates and faster transactions while allowing central banks to keep almost total control of their currencies.

(Hubert Neufeld/Unsplash)

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Bankman-Fried Should Have Only Flip Phone, Website Whitelist, DOJ Says

The bail conditions clampdown comes after suspicions of witness tampering.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaving court on Feb. 16, 2023 (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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Silvergate Closes SEN Platform Institutions Used to Move Money to Crypto Exchanges

Crypto bank warned this week about its ability to remain in business.

Silvergate CEO Alan Lane (Silvergate)

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Binance.US Is Operating 'Unregistered Securities Exchange,' SEC Official Says

The official spoke during a Voyager Digital bankruptcy hearing.

Binance.US at Bitcoin Miami 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Stablecoin Issuer Tether Used Bank Accounts Opened With Falsified Documents in Past: WSJ

Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin, accessed bank accounts by way of falsified documents and intermediaries, a new report says.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Force Crypto Miners to Disclose Emissions

The bill also requires the EPA to study the effect crypto mining has on the environment.

Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is cosponsoring a bill to mandate that crypto miners disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for We The 45 Million)

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Was Silvergate on Borrowed Time as Regulators Backed Banks Away From Crypto?

As customers abandon the prominent California-based crypto bank, its future gets increasingly murky.

(Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

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U.S. Lawmakers Argue SEC Accounting Policy Undermines Safe Crypto Custody

Rep. Patrick McHenry, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Sen. Cynthia Lummis teamed up on a letter questioning regulators about crypto accounting policy.

U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (left) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Voyager Bankruptcy Judge Says He Is ‘Absolutely Shocked’ by SEC Objection to Binance.US Deal

Judge Michael Wiles gave short shrift to idea that VGX token could be unregistered security .

Voyager's bankrupcy has left creditors in the lurch. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)