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Report: State Securities Regulators Probe Crypto Lender Genesis
26.11.2022
State securities regulators are reportedly investigating Genesis Global Capital in a broad range probe into the “interconnectedness of crypto firms,” Barron’s reported on Friday. The report notes that the Alabama Securities Commission is looking into whether or not cryptocurrency firms have...
Crypto Winter No Longer Has Big Impact on Long-Term Industry Growth, EY Executive Says
26.11.2022
EY’s global blockchain leader says that for the first time ever, crypto’s price swings do not have that big of an impact on the long-term growth of the industry. Nonetheless, he stressed: “It is also important that regulators crack down on obvious Ponzi schemes faster and with...
American regulators to investigate Genesis and other crypto firms
25.11.2022
Alleged securities violations and connections with retail investors are being investigated by the State of Alabama and several other states
US State Regulators Investigating Crypto Trading Firm Genesis Global Capital: Barron’s
25.11.2022
Several regulators, including the Alabama Securities Commission, are looking into whether Genesis may have violated securities laws, according to Barron’s
Disaster looms for Digital Currency Group thanks to regulators and whales
25.11.2022
Regulators failed to regulate, and venture capital firms invested without conducting the proper due diligence
Turkey Investigates Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for Fraud, Seizes Assets
25.11.2022
The Turkish government has launched an investigation on the former chief executive of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried. According to local media, the authorities in Ankara have also seized assets belonging to the founder of the troubled coin trading platform. Turkey’s Financial...
US Lawmaker: FTX Collapse Isn’t a Crypto Failure — It’s a Failure of SEC, Bankman-Fried, Centralized Finance
24.11.2022
U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer says the FTX meltdown is not a crypto failure but a failure with SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and centralized finance. “We need to get to the bottom of this. We need to understand why Gary Gensler and the SEC were not doing their...
S Korean Regulators Draft New Crypto Laws – to Prevent More FTX and Terra ‘Incidents’
22.11.2022
Financial regulators in South Korea want to impose a raft of new crypto-related laws – in a direct response to the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange and the implosion of Terra ecosystem coins in May.
Thus far, most South Korean crypto exchanges have been left relatively unscathed by the...
FTX ordered to pay reimbursement fees to Bahamian regulators
22.11.2022
The Bahamian Securities regulator was ordered to offer custody for digital assets belonging to bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Nov. 12
US Senators Ask Bank Regulators to 'Review' SoFi's Crypto Listings
21.11.2022
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown and several other lawmakers called on the heads of the OCC, FDIC and Fed to review fintch firm SoFi's crypto activities
Defi Chain Co-Founder: FTX’s Collapse Has Rekindled Interest in Defi and Associated Products
18.11.2022
According to Julian Hosp, co-founder of the decentralized finance entity Defi Chain, the fall of the crypto exchange FTX and the domino effect it has had may have rekindled interest in decentralized finance (defi) and associated products. Hosp, however, conceded that the crypto exchange’s...
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Alameda Were Accused of Conspiracy, Racketeering, and Market Manipulation 3 Years Before FTX Collapsed
17.11.2022
Amid the latest bankruptcy case filed by FTX Trading Ltd., U.S. regulators want to crack down on crypto exchanges, and a class action lawsuit has been issued against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and 12 celebrities. However, this is not FTX’s and Alameda Research’s first...
New FTX CEO Says Sam Bankman-Fried Does Not Speak on Firm’s Behalf, After SBF’s Candid Interview With Vox
17.11.2022
Following the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) interview with the New York Times and several direct text messages with Reuters, SBF recently did a much longer and more candid interview with Vox journalist Kelsey Piper. After the interview done via Twitter direct messages, the current...
Bankman-Fried Praises Regulators Hours After Saying 'F*** Regulators'
17.11.2022
Icarus keeps live-tweeting his fall from the Firmament
Crypto skeptic Brad Sherman: federal financial regulators 'sound like Sam Bankman-Fried'
16.11.2022
The U.S. lawmaker suggested four financial regulatory heads had done little to address “crypto billionaire bros” using digital assets for the evasion of sanctions and taxes
FTX Collapse: African Crypto Industry Leaders’ Perspective and Advice to Regulators
16.11.2022
The collapse of FTX and subsequent calls for tougher regulation by the likes of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren have increased the likelihood of regulators adopting even stricter crypto laws. In Africa, crypto industry participants warn of the unintended consequences arising from rushed...
Law Decoded, Nov. 7–14: How regulators reacted to the FTX crash
15.11.2022
While some lawmakers expressed their eagerness to quick up the regulatory progress, others blamed the SEC in FTX's monopoly
FTX's New Leadership Is in Touch With Regulators, May Have Over 1M Creditors, New Filings Say
15.11.2022
FTX filed more than 100 bankruptcy dockets. In a new filing posted late Monday, it finally revealed some of the details of how the exchange chose to enter bankruptcy
Binance Forming Crypto Industry Recovery Fund to ‘Reduce Further Cascading Negative Effects of FTX’
14.11.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is forming an industry recovery fund to “reduce further cascading negative effects of FTX,” said CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). “As an industry, we need to increase transparency,” the executive stressed. “We need to work very closely with...
US lawmaker blames 'billionaire crypto bros' for delayed legislation
14.11.2022
The collapse of FTX has raised alarm bells across Washington D.C