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Sorry, haters. Bitcoin ETFs are Gary Gensler’s legacy now
A version of this story appeared in our The Guidance newsletter on January 12. Sign up here. He might have...
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Coinbase lashes out against regulator’s bid to ‘grab jurisdiction’ over crypto — and it’s not the SEC
The US crypto industry has many watchdogs. There’s the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the...
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Coinbase praises judge’s ‘digging’ as high-stakes SEC trial kicks off
Coinbase will argue in court today that the US’s powerful securities regulator lacks the authority to claim that the exchange...
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Hong Kong’s push for Bitcoin ETFs gets a boost from US breakthrough
As US investors celebrate the historic approval of the first Bitcoin spot price exchange traded funds, industry leaders in Asia...
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EU’s new money laundering deal poised to burden crypto more than traditional finance
In a move that may force the crypto industry to scrutinise payments more intensely than traditional finance firms do, lawmakers...
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Why South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand are blocking US Bitcoin ETFs in ‘unprecedented’ move
For all the excitement greeting the approval of Bitcoin ETFs this month, there was one group that was underwhelmed by...
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Bank for central banks pushes ‘new phase’ to study privacy in CBDCs
Investigating how to secure privacy for central bank digital currencies — a top criticism of state-backed digital assets — will...
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Trump just made CBDCs an election issue. Connecting them to China is his next likely move
Most Americans have never heard of central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, but that may be about to change in...
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Bitcoin ETFs and ‘rapid change’ in crypto demand monitoring, global watchdog says
The Financial Stability Board says the new US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds show the need to carefully monitor crypto markets...
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Hong Kong regulators plan to tokenise securities even as they fight crypto crime wave
In its latest effort to stoke Hong Kong as a crypto hub, the city’s top financial regulator plans to tokenise...
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In-depth analysis of the stablecoin depeg from DeFi and the USDX event
Last week's stablecoin depegging once again shook the decentralized finance (DeFi) world, with USDX, a synthetic stablecoin issued by Stable...
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