FDIC Abandons “Reputational Risk”, Paving the Way for Fairer Treatment of Crypto Companies
The FDIC initiates a strategic change by abandoning the use of “reputational risk” as a supervisory criterion, paving…
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Regulation is an extremely strategic point for the evolution and adoption of cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the entire web3 ecosystem in general. Often denied and criticized by the most extreme members of the community, regulation is considered vital for many crypto activists wishing to see the democratization of blockchain and mass adoption. This considered a hot topic is constantly evolving. As such, Coin Academy will not fail to accurately address crypto regulation news to provide its readers with as much information as possible as quickly as possible.
US Treasury removes Tornado Cash from blacklist, but maintains vigilance against money laundering
The US Department of the Treasury has officially removed Tornado Cash from its blacklist, marking an unexpected turn…
USAID Could Undergo Major Restructuring to Integrate Blockchain Technology in its Contracting Process
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) could undergo a profound strategic and technological transformation. According to…
Aleksei Andriunin, Founder of Gotbit, Pleads Guilty with Reduced Sentence in the US
Aleksei Andriunin, the founder of Gotbit, pleaded guilty to fraud and market manipulation in the United States, accepting…
SEC Abandons Lawsuit Against Ripple, Marking a Decisive Victory
The SEC Abandons Its Lawsuit Against Ripple After Five Years of Legal Battle, Marking a Decisive Victory for…
Argentina Seeks International Arrest Warrant for LIBRA Scandal Mastermind, Hayden Davis
Argentina Requests International Arrest Warrant for Hayden Davis, Accused of Orchestrating LIBRA Memecoin Scam Resulting in $251 Million…
Ripple Obtains DFSA License in Dubai, Leading the Way as Regulated Crypto Payments Provider
Ripple Obtains DFSA License in Dubai, Becoming First Regulated Crypto Payments Provider Ripple has obtained approval from the…
Bank of Russia Launches Pilot Program for Cryptocurrency Investments
Bank of Russia launches three-year pilot program allowing select investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies under strict regulatory…
US Congress Votes to Cancel DeFi Tax Regulation
The US Congress has voted to cancel an IRS rule that would have required DeFi platforms to collect…
Interim SEC President Drops Attempt to Regulate Crypto Platforms
Interim SEC President Drops Attempt to Include Crypto Platforms in Expanded Exchange Regulation Interim SEC (Securities and Exchange…
Elizabeth Warren Challenges Trump’s Crypto Policy and Demands Clarity from David Sacks
Elizabeth Warren Escalates her Fight Against Trump’s Crypto Policy by Requesting Clarification from David Sacks on Potential Conflicts…
Coinbase Revives Security Token Ambitions in the US
Coinbase Revives its Security Token Ambitions in the US Coinbase is once again venturing into the security token…
Trump Organizes White House Crypto Summit
Donald Trump Organizes First-Ever White House Crypto Summit on March 7, bringing together over 25 participants, including key…
Justin Sun’s Legal Battle with the SEC Takes Unexpected Turn
Justin Sun’s Legal Battle with the SEC Suspended The legal battle between Justin Sun and the Securities and…
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Kraken: A Victory Marked by Clarity
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Kraken with No Sanctions, No Admission of Guilt, and No Change in Business Model…
Binance to Remove Non-Compliant Stablecoins in the EEA from March 31
Binance to Remove Non-Compliant Stablecoins in the EEA from March 31, Affecting USDT, DAI, FDUSD, and Others Binance…
The Clash Between Circle and Tether: A Battle Over Regulation of Stablecoins in the US
Circle CEO Advocates for Mandatory Registration of Stablecoin Issuers in the US Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of…
EDF Launches Digital Asset Custody Service for Financial Institutions
EDF, through its subsidiary Exaion, launches a service for digital asset custody aimed at financial institutions, with a…
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Coinbase, Signaling Shift Towards Legislative Regulation
SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Coinbase in Potential Shift Towards Legislative Regulation The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is…
SEC Establishes CETU to Combat Crypto Fraud
SEC’s Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announces the creation of…
Nigeria Files Colossal $81 Billion Lawsuit Against Binance
The Nigeria’s Colossal Lawsuit against Binance for $81 Billion Nigeria is suing Binance for an astronomical amount of…
Argentine President Milei Denies Involvement in LIBRA Memecoin ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Scandal
Argentine President Javier Milei Denies Involvement in LIBRA Memecoin ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Argentine President Javier Milei finds himself at the…
BTC-e Former Operator to be Released in Prisoner Exchange between US and Russia
Alexander Vinnik, Former BTC-e Operator, to be Released in Prisoner Exchange between US and Russia Alexander Vinnik, former…
A Shift in Approach to Regulating Memecoins
Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner, Suggests Alternative Regulation for Memecoins Hester Peirce, a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and…
Donald Trump’s Strategic Choice to Lead the CFTC: Brian Quintenz
Donald Trump’s Strategic Choice to Lead the CFTC: Brian Quintenz Donald Trump is set to appoint Brian Quintenz…
Binance and SEC Agree to Suspend Lawsuit as New Regulatory Framework Takes Shape
Binance and SEC Agree to Suspend Lawsuit as Task Force Develops Regulatory Framework Binance and the US Securities…
Cryptocurrency ETFs: Approval Probability Soars
Approval Probability On the Rise Analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas from Bloomberg ETF believe that exchange-traded funds…
ConsenSys Under Pressure: Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Targets Crypto Companies
Facing Pressure: ConsenSys Experiences Bank Deplatforming Twice The authorities in the United States have deplatformed ConsenSys on two…
French Senate Passes Bill Banning Anonymous Cryptocurrency Transactions, Threatening Financial Innovation
French Senate Adopts Bill Banning Anonymous Cryptocurrency Transactions, Threatening Financial Innovation The French Senate has passed a bill…
Tether Extends Real Estate Reach in UAE with Reelly Tech Partnership
Tether has partnered with Reelly Tech, a real estate platform based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to…
SEC Launches Task Force Led by Hester Peirce to Clarify Digital Asset Classification
SEC Launches Task Force Led by Hester Peirce to Clarify Digital Asset Classification and Reduce Regulatory Uncertainty The…
US Senate to Examine Stablecoin Regulation: GENIUS Act
A Key Bill for the Regulation of Stablecoins The US Senate is set to examine a new legislative…
Pump.fun Faces Lawsuit for Sale of Unregistered Securities
Pump.fun Faces Lawsuit Alleging Sale of Unregistered Securities Pump.fun, the Solana-based memecoin creation platform, is at the center…
The Impact of MiCA Regulation on Stablecoins in Europe
The impact of MiCA regulation on stablecoins in Europe The implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation…
Changes Expected in SEC as Key Regulator Departs
Key SEC Regulator, Jaime Lizárraga, to Depart in January 2025 Jaime Lizárraga, a commissioner of the US Securities…
Polymarket Suspends Access for French Users Amid Investigation by French Gaming Authority
Polymarket Suspends Access for French Users Amid Investigation by French Gaming Authority The renowned decentralized prediction market, Polymarket,…
Gary Gensler to Resign as SEC Chairman, Introducing Uncertainty in US Crypto Regulation
Gary Gensler to Resign as SEC Chairman in January 2025, Marking the End of His Controversial Term Gary…
Russian Government Proposes 15% Crypto Tax
The Russian Government to Introduce Crypto Tax of up to 15% The Russian government plans to tax income…
Regulated Stablecoins Emerge in Europe
Quantoz Payments launches two new stablecoins, USDQ and EURQ, complying with the EU’s MiCA regulation and fully backed…
Republican Lawmakers Criticize SEC’s Silence Over Prometheum Ethereum Services
A group of members from the House Financial Services Committee have sent a letter to the president of…
Trump’s Controversial Appointment: Jay Clayton as US Attorney
Controversial Choice: Jay Clayton appointed as US attorney for the Southern District of New York 🚨 Donald Trump…
US States File Lawsuit Against SEC and Gary Gensler
18 US states, including strongholds such as Texas, Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee, have filed a lawsuit against the…
Gary Gensler Calls Out Crypto Industry as His Potential Departure from SEC Looms
Gary Gensler Calls Out Crypto Industry as His Potential Departure from SEC Looms Gary Gensler, the chairman of…
US Government Targets Polymarket CEO
The home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan has been raided by federal agents, resulting in the seizure of…
The Evolution of Neel Kashkari’s Position on Cryptocurrencies
Neel Kashkari, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and notable critic of cryptocurrencies, recently indicated that…
Sam Trabucco Returns Over $80 Million to FTX Creditors
Sam Trabucco Surrenders Over $80 Million to FTX Creditors Former co-CEO of Alameda Research, Sam Trabucco, has agreed…
FTX Sues Binance and CZ for $1.8 Billion
FTX, currently in bankruptcy, is suing Binance and its former CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, claiming $1.8 billion for…
Former Republican Commissioner Top Choice to Replace SEC Chair
An Former Republican Commissioner Tops the List Donald Trump’s transition team is seriously considering Dan Gallagher, Chief Legal…
French Regulator Investigates Polymarket for Compliance with Gambling Laws
L’Autorité nationale des jeux investigates Polymarket for potential violations of French gambling laws The French regulatory authority for…
VanEck Introduces PYTH ETN in Europe
Asset manager VanEck has introduced the VanEck Pyth ETN in Europe, a financial product based on the PYTH…
US Government Extends Negotiations with PACs to Recover Potentially Fraudulent Donations
US Government Extends Negotiations with PACs to Recover Potentially Fraudulent Donations The US government has obtained an extension…
21Shares Files Registration for XRP Spot ETF
21Shares files S-1 registration statement with the SEC for a XRP Spot ETF Investment firm 21Shares has filed…
SEC Targets Immutable’s IMX Token
SEC Targets Immutable’s IMX Token The web3 firm Immutable has received a Wells Notice from the US Securities…
Canary Capital Files Application for Solana ETF
A new Solana ETF application has been filed with the SEC by Canary Capital, called Canary Solana ETF.…
Ongoing Debate: Eurozone’s Inflation Reaches 2% in October, Exceeding Expectations
L’Ongoing Debate: Eurozone’s Inflation Reaches 2% in October, Exceeding Expectations An annual inflation rate of 2% was reached…
Polymarket’s Volume Potentially Manipulated by Wash Trading, Alleges Report
A Third of Polymarket’s Volume Potentially Manipulated by Wash Trading: Fortune Report Forecasting platform Polymarket is under scrutiny…
Brian Armstrong Calls for Apology from SEC for ‘Damage’ to Crypto Industry
Brian Armstrong Calls on Next SEC Chair to Apologize for ‘Damage’ to Crypto Industry Brian Armstrong, CEO of…
MiCA Regulation Poses Risks to Stablecoins
The European regulation MiCA, which will come into full effect on December 30, imposes new requirements on stablecoin…
Tether CEO Reveals Impressive Asset Reserves and Takes Aim at US Policies
Tether CEO Reveals Impressive Asset Reserves at PlanB Event During the recent PlanB event in Lugano, Tether CEO…
Denmark to Impose Tax on Unrealized Crypto Gains starting 2025
The Danish government plans to introduce a tax on unrealized crypto gains starting in early 2025, which means…
France’s National Assembly Confirms Increase in Flat Tax Rate
L’Assemblée nationale confirms increase in the Flat Tax rate to 37.2% for incomes over €250,000 for single individuals…
Nigeria Drops Charges Against Binance Employee
The Nigerian government drops charges against Binance employee, Tigran Gambaryan The Nigerian government has decided to drop all…
Tokenization: Innovation or Threat to Financial Stability?
Tokenization of Real Assets: Innovation or Threat? The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Bank for International Settlements…
How the US Elections Could Impact Crypto ETFs
Experts believe that a Kamala Harris presidency could slow down the approval of new crypto ETFs beyond Bitcoin…
FBI Arrests Eric Council Jr. for Hacking SEC Account and Spreading Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Tweet
The FBI Arrested Eric Council Jr. for Hacking SEC’s Account and Spreading a Fake Tweet about the Approval…
A Universal Tax: Impact on French Residents and Crypto Sector Players
A Universal Tax for French Residents in Tax Havens The newly adopted amendment by the National Assembly adds…
ECB Lowers Interest Rates in Response to Economic Conditions
The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to lower its interest rates by 0.25%, bringing the benchmark rate…
Tax Increase in France: Impact on Crypto and Bitcoin Investments
The Flat Tax in France Set to Increase to 33% in 2025 A new amendment proposes to raise…
SEC Commissioner Criticizes Cryptocurrency Policies as a Disaster
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda has described the agency’s cryptocurrency policy as a “disaster”, citing a lack of clarity…
The FBI’s Cryptocurrency Infiltration Operation Exposes Market Manipulation
The FBI’s Cryptocurrency Infiltration Operation Exposes Market Manipulation In an unprecedented move, the FBI has launched an infiltration…
Former Alameda Research Director Makes Deal with FTX to Compensate Creditors
Former Alameda Research Director Caroline Ellison Makes Deal with FTX to Compensate Creditors Caroline Ellison, former director of…
Crypto.com Takes Legal Action Against SEC and Gary Gensler
Crypto.com Files Lawsuit Against SEC and Gary Gensler Crypto.com has filed a complaint against the U.S. Securities and…
FTX Bankruptcy Plan Approved: Creditors to Receive Generous Refunds
The Delaware court has approved FTX’s bankruptcy plan, allowing creditors to recover an average of 118% to 143%…
UAE Exempts VAT for Crypto Transactions
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced the exemption of value-added tax (VAT) for all crypto transactions, applying…
Trump Gains Ground Against Harris in Predictions: Elon Musk’s Surprising Support and the Role of Predictive Markets
Donald Trump is gaining ground against Kamala Harris in the predictions of Polymarket, a predictive market platform that…
CZ, Founder of Binance, Released from Prison Ahead of Schedule
CZ, founder of Binance, released from prison ahead of schedule CZ, also known as Changpeng Zhao, the founder…
Former Alameda CEO Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Forfeit $11 Billion in FTX Scandal
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Forfeit $11 Billion in FTX Scandal…
Telegram’s Privacy Policy Shifts Following CEO’s Arrest
Telegram’s Privacy Policy Change in Response to CEO Pavel Durov’s Arrest Telegram, one of the most popular messaging…
Kamala Harris Stands Behind Innovative Technologies in 2024 Presidential Campaign
Kamala Harris Supports Innovative Technologies in 2024 Presidential Campaign Kamala Harris, as part of her 2024 presidential campaign,…
Bitcoin ETF Options Approved by SEC: An Opportunity for Cryptocurrency Investors
The SEC has approved the introduction of options on BlackRock’s Bitcoin Spot ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust, marking a…
SEC Expresses Regret for Using ‘Crypto Asset Securities’ Against Binance
The SEC has admitted that it regrets using the term ‘crypto asset securities’ in its legal action against…
UK High Court Rules USDT as Real Estate, Reinforcing Legal Recognition of Cryptocurrencies
The High Court of England considers USDT as real estate, reinforcing the legal recognition of cryptocurrencies In a…
eToro Agrees to $1.5 Million Settlement and Reduces Crypto Services in the US
eToro Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million Settlement and Reduce Crypto Services in the US The financial services platform…
European Central Bank Lowers Interest Rates Amid Economic Slowdown
European Central Bank Reduces Interest Rates Amid Economic Slowdown The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced a 0.25%…
Former CEO of Alameda Research Seeks Leniency Despite Involvement in FTX Collapse
Former CEO of Alameda Research Seeks Leniency Despite Involvement in FTX Collapse Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of…
Missing Debate on Cryptocurrencies: An Industry Overlooked
Debate Between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump: The Missing Discussion on Cryptocurrencies During the debate between Kamala Harris…
Tether and Tron Join Forces to Combat Financial Crime
Tether and Tron have launched the T3 Financial Crime Unit, in partnership with TRM Labs, to combat crime…
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump: A Crucial Crypto Debate
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet for the first time tonight in a crucial presidential debate. Harris is…
Coinbase Shareholders File Lawsuit Over Regulatory Risks
Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the United States, is facing a lawsuit filed by…
Pavel Durov Announces Changes and Content Moderation Focus on Telegram
Pavel Durov Announces Removal of ‘People Nearby’ Feature on Telegram On September 6, 2024, Pavel Durov, the founder…
Chris Larsen Endorses Kamala Harris for 2024 Presidential Election, Reflecting Ripple’s Evolving Political Strategy
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, the American political landscape is abuzz with activity, and the cryptocurrency industry…
Telegram’s Revised Policy: Balancing Privacy and Moderation
Telegram, the famed advocate of free speech in content moderation, is now compelled to revise its policy on…
Japan Plans Tax Reform for Cryptocurrencies from 2025
The Japan Considers Tax Reform for Cryptocurrencies from 2025 Japan, known for having one of the strictest financial…
Uniswap Labs Settles Fine with CFTC for Illegal Derivative Products
Uniswap Labs Pays $175,000 Fine to CFTC for Illegally Offering Derivative Products Uniswap Labs, the developer of decentralized…
FBI Warns of Increasing North Korean Cyberattacks on Web3 Companies
The FBI has issued a warning about an escalation of cyberattacks by North Korean hackers targeting employees in…
Custom Registration Forms: Addressing the Complexity of Digital Asset Securities
The Need for Customized Registration Forms for Digital Asset Securities The commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange…
Binance Executive’s Alarming Health Issues in Nigerian Prison
A Disturbing Video Shows Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Criminal Compliance, Struggling with Health Issues in Nigerian Prison…
Brazil’s Supreme Court Blocks Platform X and Sparks Debate on Freedom of Expression
Supreme Court Blocks Access to Platform X in Brazil, Igniting Debate on Freedom of Expression The recent decision…
OKX Secures Major Payment License in Singapore
OKX has obtained a major payment license in Singapore, issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, allowing for…
SEC Raises Concerns Over FTX Creditor Repayment Plan
SEC Raises Concerns Over FTX Creditor Repayment Plan The ongoing saga surrounding the FTX bankruptcy has taken yet…
