crypto regulation

Financial Landscape Unprepared for Increasing FinTech Influence, Oversight Group Says
Financial Landscape Unprepared for Increasing FinTech Influence, Oversight Group Says
December 11, 2024  |  Regulation

Innovation within the financial services and payments space tends to center around two poles: FinTechs, and cryptocurrency. In its newly released 2024 annual report, the...

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Trump Crypto/AI Czar Pick Is Longtime Critic of Regulation
Trump Crypto/AI Czar Pick Is Longtime Critic of Regulation
December 08, 2024  |  Regulation

America’s incoming cryptocurrency/AI czar has a resume long on regulatory skepticism, short on industry expertise. That’s according to a report Friday (Dec. 6) by Bloomberg...

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Coinbase: FDIC Put Brakes on Crypto Banking at US Lenders
Coinbase: FDIC Put Brakes on Crypto Banking at US Lenders
December 08, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase is reportedly accusing an American financial regulator of hindering cryptocurrency banking activity. That’s according to a Friday (Dec. 6) report by Coindesk, citing court...

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Bitcoin Crosses $100K Threshold on News of Trump’s SEC Pick
Bitcoin Crosses $100K Threshold on News of Trump’s SEC Pick
December 05, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s price has exceeded $100,000 for the first time, a milestone for the digital currency. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency was at a little over...

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Brazil Considers Banning Stablecoin Withdrawals to Self-Custodial Wallets
Brazil Considers Banning Stablecoin Withdrawals to Self-Custodial Wallets
December 02, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) reportedly aims to prevent centralized exchanges from allowing their users to withdraw stablecoins to self-custodial wallets. Transfers of stablecoins...

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Crypto Boom Still Has Retail Investors ‘Sitting on Sidelines’
Crypto Boom Still Has Retail Investors ‘Sitting on Sidelines’
December 01, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

There are a lot of eyes on the cryptocurrency market these days amid its latest boom. But as Bloomberg News reported Friday (Nov. 29), it’s...

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McHenry: Banking Regulators Stuck ‘Fighting the Last War’
McHenry: Banking Regulators Stuck ‘Fighting the Last War’
November 20, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

By this time next year, America’s banking regulators will likely have new leadership. At a hearing Wednesday (Nov. 20) Rep. Patrick McHenry took the outgoing...

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Bitcoin Approaches $90K as Crypto Fans Rally on Trump Presidency
Bitcoin Approaches $90K as Crypto Fans Rally on Trump Presidency
November 12, 2024  |  Bitcoin

Donald Trump’s election victory has been a win for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. The price of bitcoin came close to $90,000 on Tuesday (Nov....

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Bitcoin Reaches Record $80K Following Trump Victory
Bitcoin Reaches Record $80K Following Trump Victory
November 10, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s price reached an all-time high of $80,000 following Donald Trump’s presidential victory. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Nov. 10), the digital currency...

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