Do bitcoin developers have a fiduciary duty to bitcoin owners? A company managed by the infamous Craig Wright claimed so. The main claim boiled down
UK crypto hub plans; criticism on EU KYC plans; Binance not subject to US fed. securities laws, says court; and UK court finds no fiduciary
After the DeFi reports from the OECD and the Financial Stability Board earlier this year, there’s a new kid in town: IOSCO’s DeFi report. IOSCO
DeFi copies TradFi risks, says IOSCO; next EU battle = KYC; more trouble for interest-bearing crypto products in US; Dubai gets crypto.com hub; de-banking lawsuit
Russia U-turn on crypto? EU MiCA close to fast-track, India nears crypto tax vote, OECD releases crypto tax consultation, are DAOs an existential threat to
EU Parliamentary committee votes on MiCA draft; UK FCA warns Bitcoin ATMs; Ukraine adopts Virtual Assets Bill; Israeli banks cannot flatly refuse crypto clients; Guernsey
Do bitcoin developers have a fiduciary duty to bitcoin owners? A company managed by the infamous Craig Wright claimed so. The main claim boiled down
UK crypto hub plans; criticism on EU KYC plans; Binance not subject to US fed. securities laws, says court; and UK court finds no fiduciary
After the DeFi reports from the OECD and the Financial Stability Board earlier this year, there’s a new kid in town: IOSCO’s DeFi report. IOSCO
DeFi copies TradFi risks, says IOSCO; next EU battle = KYC; more trouble for interest-bearing crypto products in US; Dubai gets crypto.com hub; de-banking lawsuit
Russia U-turn on crypto? EU MiCA close to fast-track, India nears crypto tax vote, OECD releases crypto tax consultation, are DAOs an existential threat to
EU Parliamentary committee votes on MiCA draft; UK FCA warns Bitcoin ATMs; Ukraine adopts Virtual Assets Bill; Israeli banks cannot flatly refuse crypto clients; Guernsey
SEC Chair Gary Gensler took a new shot at Coinbase amid an ongoing dispute between the agency and the company. In brief Gary Gensler hinted
In a speech today, the head of the Bank for International Settlement’s (BIS) Innovation Hub, Benoît Cœuré, urged a sense of urgency around central bank digital currencies
“While I believe in the power of new technology, we also need to manage its impact on our economy and society,” said Rishi Sunak. Read
Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles I have been reflecting recently, and in connection with this speech, on America’s centuries-long enthusiasm for novelty. In
But the UK’s central bank still hasn’t decided if it will release one. In brief The UK’s central bank has said that a central bank
The UK central bank boss continues to bash Bitcoin—but has his eye on stablecoins. In brief The Bank of England’s boss has again said Bitcoin
El Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin legal tender is an “interesting experiment” with a speculative asset that does not pass the test of being a
The Bank of England’s executive director of the Financial Market Infrastructure Directorate says that stablecoins are hardly “launching us off into some brave new world.”
As the economy moves online, digital currencies will be the future of financial systems, according to Russia’s central bank governor, Elvira Nabiullina. Moscow published a
Monitoring the payments of citizens was never China’s motivation for developing a sovereign digital currency, a former central bank official said Sunday. China began to
