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ESMA labels MEV as 'market abuse' in latest regulatory consultation paper

28.5.2024
The European Union's Securities and Markets Authority has recommended treating miner-extracted value (MEV) as a form of market abuse under the MiCA regulatory framework

Consensys Hails Spot Ether ETF Approval, Slams SEC’s ‘Deliberate Regulatory Abuse’

24.5.2024
Consensys has lauded the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of 19b-4 filings for spot ether exchange-traded funds as “a step in the right direction.” However, the software firm expressed its disapproval of what it calls the securities regulator’s...

Trader loses 7-figure sum due to 0L Network hard fork

8.5.2024
“Forking out wallets without community input is theft,” according to the trader, who also claims to be part of 0l Network’s marketing team

Warren Flags Crypto Ties to Child Sexual Abuse in Letter to DOJ, Homeland Security

26.4.2024
Leading crypto critic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland what tools the federal government needs to crack down on the use of digital assets to perpetrate child sexual exploitation, according to a letter she sent to the top U.S. law-enforcement...

US Senators Warren and Cassidy Push for Action Against Cryptocurrency Use in Child Abuse Trade

26.4.2024
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy are asking federal agencies about their technical capacity to combat crypto payments in the sale of child abuse material. The post US Senators Warren and Cassidy Push for Action Against Cryptocurrency Use in Child Abuse Trade appeared first on Cryptonews

US senators target cryptocurrency use in child abuse trade

26.4.2024
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy are asking federal agencies about their technical capacity to combat crypto payments in the sale of child abuse material

SEC Lawyers Resign After Judge Sanctions the Regulator for ‘Gross Abuse of Power’

23.4.2024
Two lead attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case against crypto firm Debt Box have reportedly resigned. This followed a federal judge sanctioning the SEC for its “gross abuse of power” after the agency made “materially false and misleading...

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hears claims of stablecoin abuse

10.4.2024
Wally Adeyemo, the US Treasury Deputy Secretary, has released an official statement on how stablecoins are being used to avoid established security safeguards. The statement was issued before a hearing with the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. It references various terrorist...

EU Watchdog Says Reordering Blockchain Transactions Might Be Market Abuse. Industry Says It's Not

5.4.2024
Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), in which crypto miners reorder transactions they validate for profit, is not inherently bad, some policy experts point out

Kanye West Allegedly Did A Super Mario Dance After Threatening A Staffer

3.4.2024
Ye, the rapper known by most as Kanye West, is the subject of a new lawsuit from an ex-employee who alleges he subjected staff to an abusive work environment. The lawsuit alleges that West imitated Nintendo’s beloved video game icon, Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, while threatening...

House Committee on Financial Services Explores Need for SEC Reform Amid Concerns Over Gensler’s Leadership

20.3.2024
House Committee members grilled SEC Chair Gary Gensler over concerns about regulatory overreach and lack of transparency. Calls for SEC reform are mounting, with critics citing insufficient feedback periods and a focus on social justice initiatives over the agency's core mission. Ranking member...

UK FCA Plans to Implement Market Abuse Regime for Crypto in 2024

19.3.2024
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has announced its intention to introduce a market abuse regime for cryptocurrencies by the end of the year. The post UK FCA Plans to Implement Market Abuse Regime for Crypto in 2024 appeared first on Cryptonews

UK Regulator FCA Plans to Deliver a Market Abuse Regime for Crypto This Year

19.3.2024
The U.K. has been refining it approach to regulating the crypto sector

SEC Committed 'Gross Abuse of Power' in Suit Against Crypto Company, Federal Judge Rules

19.3.2024
A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must pay legal costs for Debt Box, a Utah-based crypto company the SEC brought a suit against, finding that the regulator had committed a "gross abuse of power" in its efforts to secure a temporary restraining order

Unveiling the Dark Web: How Privacy Coins Fuel the Trade of Criminal Material Online

1.3.2024
Privacy coins are fuelling the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to Chainalysis’s 2024 Crypto Crime Report. The report highlights crypto’s growing role as legal tender among dark web vendors of CSAM. Like other things listed on the dark web, CSAM is often...

Bitcoin Mining Not A Threat to Public Safety – Rep Emmer Criticizes OMB’s Abuse of Power

23.2.2024
United States lawmaker Tom Emmer has criticized the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) decision to approve the Energy Information Administration (EIA) request to collect data on Bitcoin (BTC) mining firms. The post Bitcoin Mining Not A Threat to Public Safety – Rep Emmer Criticizes...

Bitcoin Favored in Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation: FinCEN Report

14.2.2024
A few years ago, bitcoin {{BTC}} became a popular means to conduct illegal transactions to support a booming global business in the smuggling and exploitation of people, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury