The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has for the first time penalized what it dubs a “peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanger” for breaking anti-money laundering (AML) rules.…
Andrew Yang, one of a number of candidates looking to take on U.S. president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, has released a new…
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), is reportedly eyeing a New York license for its long-delayed crypto exchange Bakkt. With Bakkt’s launch…
Arca Investment Management is seeking regulatory approval to sell a new type of stablecoin to retail investors. The Los Angeles-based digital asset manager filed a…
With the deadline for Americans to file their taxes days away, more than 20 U.S. lawmakers have again urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to…
Bitstamp, one of Europe’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is looking to expand its U.S. operations, having just been issued New York’s latest virtual currency license. The…
A court in Toronto, Canada, has ruled that a 30-year old drug dealer must forfeit CA$1.88 million (US$1.41 million) in bitcoin used in illegal activities…
The Takeaway: The SEC’s new guidance outlines how it will apply the decades-old Howey test to crypto assets. However, there remain a number of unanswered…
Ernst and Young (EY), the court-appointed monitor for collapsed Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, has proposed transitioning the company from a restructuring process to bankruptcy proceedings.…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to hire a “crypto specialist” attorney advisor. According to a job posting on USAJobs, an official…