June 09, 2022
Why Starling Bank CEO Said No to Crypto

“We’re in a very dangerous phase,” said Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden in a session at the ongoing Money2020 Europe conference in Amsterdam when describing the heightened exposure to fraud...

June 08, 2022
Crypto Regulation Weekly: Behnam Crows as Bill Favors CFTC; Japan,...

No one will be shocked to hear that Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam was unstinting in his praise of a Senate bill that would give his agency...

June 08, 2022
DOJ Calls for International Cooperation to Fight Crypto Crime

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report Monday (June 6) that urged the U.S. to strengthen its coordination with other nations to investigate and combat crimes involving digital assets. ...

June 08, 2022
In US First, NY Requires Stablecoins to Be Backed by...

New York was the first state to put a regulatory framework in place for cryptocurrencies with its Bitlicense, and now it is doing the same for stablecoins. New York State...

June 08, 2022
Centralized Crypto Exchanges Hope Regulation Will Blunt DeFi Threat

Crypto exchanges have been talking about the need for regulatory clarity for years, saying the uncertainty about basics like whether cryptocurrencies are or aren’t securities holds back the industry and...

June 07, 2022
Risk Management Platform Feedzai Teams With FinTech Trust Payments on...

Trust Payments, which works on frictionless payments and value-added services, announced Tuesday (June 7) that it has entered a multi-year partnership with Feedzai, a RiskOps platform for financial risk management....

June 07, 2022
PayPal Opens Door to Outside Crypto Wallets

PayPal is an island in crypto no more. The company announced on Tuesday (June 7) that people who hold cryptocurrencies in their PayPal account wallets will now to able to...

June 07, 2022
The Clearing House: Digital Dollar Is a Solution in Search...

The banking industry had its say about the Federal Reserve’s ongoing investigation of a digital dollar last week, and it’s fair to say that it fell somewhere between opposition and...

June 06, 2022
FinCEN Proposes Rulemaking To Add No-Action Letter Enforcement Tool

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on Friday (June 3) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) relating to the implementation of a no-action letter process at FinCEN. A no-action letter...