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Australian Central Bank: Regulating Blockchain Protocols 'Unlikely to Be Effective'

Cryptocurrencies don't pose "any pressing regulatory issues" for the Australian central bank's policies for payments.

By Wolfie ZhaoOct 30, 2017

Markets

Russia Wants Regulators to Research Blockchain Security Risks

The Security Council of Russia plans to research the risks of blockchain, according to a government statement published today.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 29, 2017

Markets

Russia Likely to Mandate Identity Checks for Bitcoin Purchases

Russia’s deputy finance minister said this week that cryptocurrency purchasers will be required to prove their identity under forthcoming regulations.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 9, 2017

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2:00 PM

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SEC's big swing to clear tokenization path isn't likely to get resilience of full rule

Former SEC lawyers say that using its power to grant tokenization "innovation" efforts an exemption from securities law isn't as strong as a full-fledged rule.

1:00 PM

Neutral

Wall Street and crypto are crashing into each other as tokenized treasury markets hit $14.6 billion

Not all crypto exchange executives agree, but the data does not lie: centralized exchange trading volumes dropped more than 11% to $4.61 trillion, their lowest since late 2024.

Yesterday

6:00 PM

Negative

Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed

Anthropic’s new Claude Fable 5 puts powerful cyber tools behind safety filters. DeFi, already hit by more than $840 million in hacks this year, is one of the industries with the most to lose if the filters fail.

5:00 PM

Positive

Here's what SpaceX's IPO means for its $1.3 billion bitcoin reserve

The largest company on public markets now holds bitcoin as a treasury reserve, not as a business model. Its first earnings cycles will test which version of corporate crypto survives a bear market.

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