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FTX, Congress, Stablecoins: What 2023 May Bring for Crypto Regulations

30.12.2022
Can you believe this year started off with U.S. law enforcement officials arresting two individuals in connection with the 2016 Bitfinex hacked funds? For this week’s newsletter, the 102nd since we first launched in 2021, I asked CoinDesk’s Policy Team what they’re looking out for this upcoming year

FTX’s International Customers Lawyer Up, Ask Judge to Rule That Customer Assets Are Not Property of FTX Estate

30.12.2022
Lawyers representing FTX.com’s non-US customers have joined the bankruptcy fray, filing a motion on Wednesday asking a Delaware judge to rule that customer assets locked in the collapsed exchange are customer property – not property of the FTX estate

Italian Parliament Approves 26% Crypto-Gains Tax in 2023 Budget

30.12.2022
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's new bill also includes an incentive for those declaring crypto for tax purposes

SBF met with Biden's senior advisors 2 months before FTX collapse: Report

30.12.2022
The FTX founder met with senior White House officials at least four times in 2022

Turkish Central Bank Runs First CBDC Tests

29.12.2022
The monetary authority said it will conduct further trials in the first quarter of 2023

Making Comprehensive Crypto Policy Out of Regulatory Patchwork

29.12.2022
Suggestions that the CFTC is the crypto industry’s “regulator of choice” and more susceptible to capture do not hold up, according to former CFTC Director of Enforcement Aitan Goelman

Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg Arrested in Puerto Rico

28.12.2022
Avraham Eisenberg, the crypto investor whose “highly profitable trading strategy” drained DeFi trading platform Mango Markets of crypto worth $110 million, was arrested Monday in Puerto Rico, court documents said

Justice Department Launches Criminal Probe Into $400M FTX Hack: Bloomberg

27.12.2022
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly launched a criminal probe into the alleged hack that drained nearly $400 million out of FTX-controlled wallets the night the Bahamas-based exchange filed for bankruptcy

New Judge Assigned in Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud Case

27.12.2022
Judge Lewis Kaplan has replaced Judge Ronnie Abrams, who recused herself because of a potential conflict of interest

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Borrowed From Alameda to Buy Robinhood Shares

27.12.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried said in an affidavit he bought Robinhood shares with funds borrowed from Alameda. The admission throws a wrinkle into a lawsuit from crypto lender BlockFi, which says it was promised the shares as collateral against a loan taken out by Alameda

Japan Plans to Allow Local Listing of 'Foreign' Stablecoins: Nikkei

27.12.2022
The Financial Services Agency is seeking feedback on new stablecoin regulations set to take effect in 2023

Brazil’s Securities Regulator Allows Investment Funds to Invest in Crypto

23.12.2022
Assets will have to comply with current regulations approved this week by the country’s outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro

Craig Wright Can Appeal Satoshi Defamation Finding, Norwegian Court Rules

23.12.2022
Claims by Twitter user Hodlonaut that Craig Wright is a “fraud” and “scammer” for claiming to found bitcoin will come under a judicial gaze once more

SEC Increases Scrutiny of Audits of Cryptocurrency Companies: WSJ

23.12.2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasing its scrutiny of audits of cryptocurrency companies and warning both investors and audit firms, WSJ reported

QuadrigaCX Has Had an Improbable Week

23.12.2022
Strap in folks: It’s a big week. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and current FTX CEO John J. Ray III were supposed to speak to the House Financial Services Committee. Obviously, things didn’t quite work out that way

Craig Wright Signals He's Given Up On Convincing Courts He Invented Bitcoin

22.12.2022
Six years after he first claimed to be the true identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto, the Australian computer scientist tweeted, “I have been too angry for too long.”

Sam Bankman-Fried Released on $250M Bail Secured by Parents

22.12.2022
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in U.S. federal court Thursday on charges that he was the mastermind behind the fraud and illicit movement of customer funds inside his former crypto empire, and a judge agreed that he can be released on $250 million bail