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An agriculture subcommittee heard a CFTC official, a law professor, a Chainalysis cofounder and Charles Hoskinson air their views on regulation and adjacent topics.

“The SEC [decided] to do regulation through enforcement, which is not efficient and really I think has stifled innovation in the United States," said Brad Garlinghouse.

Dutch users need to provide the recipient's full name, the purpose of transfer and full residential address to move digital assets off the platform.

The CEO of Swan Bitcoin, Cory Klippsten, criticizes Celsius Network and other centralized crypto lending platforms, warning of possible market contagion.

Bybit is currently holding listing discussions with the provincial regulator, and if the process fails, the firm will cease operations in Ontario.

The senators seek comments from industry stakeholders, consumers and interested parties.

A slow first day of trading on the short Bitcoin ETF may have been nothing but a slight hiccup in ProShares’ newest product as volumes grew on the second day.

Peirce has called for regulatory clarity around certain issues relating to crypto as part of the SEC Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda, which was released on Wednesday.

“Bybit responded to the OSC’s enforcement action, maintained an open dialogue, provided requested information, and committed to engaging in registration discussions,” said the OSC.

"It is now time for Congress to begin the process of considering and ultimately passing authorizing legislation for the issuance of a U.S. CBDC," said Representative Jim Himes.

The senators introduced new approaches to familiar questions concerning digital assets and decide how to divide regulatory responsibilities.

Christine Lagarde introduced a “MiCA II” idea to cover the issues yet untouched by European regulators.

The cryptocurrency exchange will get a Major Payment Institution License from the country’s top financial regulator.

The bank is exploring technological solutions and platforms for its own digital currency.

Tether expects to be part of industry innovation in the United Kingdom as the country is planning to adopt stablecoins as a means of payment.

The international bank found high technical feasibility among the projects, but significant work on legal and governance frameworks still remains to be done.

“Virtual currency is pure information and therefore energy,” said Gustavo Petro in 2021, in regard to mining crypto in Colombia.

The Israeli central bank looked at trust issues and policy decisions implied in a potential digital shekel, as well as some of the technical aspects of digital currency.

BTC’s high volatility and halving-related bear markets tend to drag down investment and interest in the entire crypto market. Can this be avoided?