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Hester Peirce, the SEC commissioner who is also popularly known as 'crypto mom' because of her in-depth understanding of the crypto space has come out with an updated token harbor initiative first introduced in February 2020, to help new crypto startups raise funds without worrying about regulatory clampdowns. The new token fundraising solution proposes a The post SEC Commissioner's New Token Harbor Initiative...

On Wednesday, April 14, Coinbase (COIN) made a stellar debut on Wall Street closing at $328 per share and drawing valuations of $83 billion at the time of closing on Nasdaq. This is a strong 30% gain on a listing day. However, the...

Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader from California recently appeared on Squak Box to talk about various governance policies of the Biden government as well as their approach towards the highly popular...

Michael Morrell, the former acting director of CIA published an...

Galaxy Digital, a crypto custody firm led by Mike Novogratz has filed for a Bitcoin ETF before the US SEC on 12th April. The latest filing before the SEC takes...

Ame Butte, the former CFO of the New York Stock Exchange in a recent interview with CNBC said the direct listing of Coinbase on Nasdaq is a sign of real financial innovation. The comments came in the context of massive Bitcoin and crypto...

Indian Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs in a recent interview said that the Indian government is open to crypto regulations and is considering the various aspects of the nascent field to frame the laws around...

Amid highly rising inflation and with the Turkish Lira losing value against the USD, the country is now looking for a digital alternative to its national currency. Drawing a leaf from China's CBDC move, Turkey is all set to launch its...

The SEC vs Ripple Lab lawsuit took an interesting turn on April 6th when Ripple counsel requested...

With the crypto market gaining strong attention worldwide, UK's legal system is expecting a surge ahead in crypto scams taking place in the country. The head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recently...

No, it is not an April fools prank!! On Thursday, April 1, crypto exchange Coinbase announced that it has finally secured the approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

Having resigned as the SEC chairman last December 2020, Jay Clayton is finally taking a new responsibility up his sleeves. Donning the crypto hat, Jay Clayton is now joining the crypto advisory board of One River...

The Indian government as well as the central bank - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - has been quite inclined on introducing a ban on using crypto assets in India. However, local crypto firms and exchanges and putting their...

Alipay and WeChat Pay the two dominant players in China's online payments marketplace are all set to see tough competition from the country's very own central bank digital currency (CBDC) aka Digital Yuan. On Thursday, March 25, speaking during a panel discussion organized by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Mu Changchun, director of the The post China's CBDC All Set To Eat...

Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume has hired two former FATF executives as its regulatory and compliance advisors. The new appointees include former FATF Executive Secretary Rick McDonell and...

China has proposed a set of global guidelines on Central Bank Digital...

In the latest developments within the Indian cryptosphere, it turns out that Indian corporates might have to report their cryptocurrency holdings to the government. India's blockchain lawyer Varun recently shared a draft image, the access to...

Indian companies from now on might require to disclose their crypto holdings in their Standard SCH III balance Sheet reporting with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the company's act 2013. The said piece of regulation would impact almost every company that has registered through the company's Act and is believed to have got the The post Is Indian Govt. Planning to Tax...

Coinbase has reportedly pushed back its much-awaited public debut on Nasdaq by a couple of weeks to April in the wake of CFTC's $6.5 million fine for wash trading...

The Swiss Financial Market...