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Voyager-Binance.US Pause Denied by Bankruptcy Judge

16.3.2023
A New York court denied the government’s request to halt the $1 billion deal, saying delay would harm customers

Coinbase met with Australian banking regulators over local crypto regulations

16.3.2023
Coinbase's vice president of international policy told Cointelegraph the meetings took place in Canberra and Sydney and touched on the government’s token mapping efforts

Signature Bank’s Prospective Buyers Must Agree to Give Up All Crypto Business: Report

16.3.2023
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has reportedly asked banks interested in acquiring the shuttered New York institution to submit bids by Friday

U.S. Federal Reserve’s Real-Time Payments System Coming In July

15.3.2023
The U.S. Federal Reserve is activating its long-awaited real-time payments system in July, the central bank said in a Wednesday statement, marking a transition that some have seen as a government challenge of the crypto sector’s instant-transaction advantages

SEC Chairman Gensler Suggests Again That Proof-of-Stake Tokens Are Securities: Report

15.3.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler is doubling down on his opinion that proof-of-stake tokens could meet the definition of securities under the Howey test, thus bringing them under his agency’s regulatory authority

Chinese Businessman With Ties to Steve Bannon Arrested, Charged With Fraud, Including $500M Crypto Scam

15.3.2023
Exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui was arrested in New York on Wednesday morning and charged with fraud for allegedly orchestrating a series of fraudulent schemes that bilked retail investors out of a collective $1.4 billion

Bitfury CEO: U.S. Government Using Crisis to Choke Off Crypto Access to Banks

15.3.2023
Brian Brooks, former head of the OCC and now board member of blockchain technology company Bitfury, says the recent crackdown by regulators on three crypto-friendly banks appears to be a coordinated effort and what some are dubbing "Operation Choke Point 2.0"

U.S. Lawmakers Digging Through Crypto Legislation for Bipartisan Winners: Senator

15.3.2023
Ideas have been gathered from the Senate and House, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what can get bipartisan support, said Senate Banking Committee member Thom Tillis

Silvergate Was Not Cut Off From Loans, FHLB Says

15.3.2023
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, the bank that supplied $4.3 billion to Silvergate late last year, did not force Silvergate to repay the advances which have been rumored to be the reason why the crypto-friendly bank had to go into voluntary liquidation, it said

UK to Add Crypto Declaration in Tax Forms

15.3.2023
Taxpayers will have to record their crypto gains separately as of next year, the U.K. Treasury said

Germany and U.S. Seize Over $46M Crypto Tied to ChipMixer Investigation: Europol

15.3.2023
National authorities took down the platform's infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data

India and UAE To Collaborate on CBDC Development

15.3.2023
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will collaborate on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) by jointly conducting at least one pilot

Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others: Report

15.3.2023
Australia's central bank and Treasury have held meetings with international crypto industry executives on the future of digital assets and regulation in the nation

Voyager-Binance.US' $1B Deal Should Be Halted, U.S. Government Says

15.3.2023
The Department of Justice doesn’t like provisions that would render the company immune from prosecution for former wrongdoing

U.S. DOJ Was Investigating Signature Bank's Work With Crypto Clients: Bloomberg

15.3.2023
Prosecutors were looking at the crypto-friendly bank before regulators seized it, people familiar told Bloomberg

EU Parliament’s Smart Contract Plans Limit Standard-Setting Promise, EU Commissioner Says

15.3.2023
Controversial lawmaker proposals on data use may no longer meet original objectives, Thierry Breton told reporters

Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Expects Fed to Raise Rates Next Week — ‘That Would Be the Last Increase’

15.3.2023
Billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, aka the “Bond King,” expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its March meeting next week, which “would be the last increase,” he said. In addition, Gundlach cautioned: “The inflationary policy is back in play with...