Regulations

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins appointed James Moloney on Wednesday to head the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance, placing a pro-crypto veteran at the helm of the influential unit that reviews IPO filings…

Democrat lawmakers have introduced a comprehensive legislative blueprint aimed at reshaping U.S. digital asset regulation, proposing to close longstanding gaps in crypto oversight and restore investor confidence in the nearly $4 trillion…

Eric Trump was removed from ALT5 Sigma Corporation’s board of directors due to Nasdaq listing rule requirements, according to a filing disclosed on Sept. 9.The August filing stated that “to comply with Nasdaq’s listing rules,” the company…

The United States sanctioned 19 entities in Myanmar and Cambodia tied to cyber-fraud compounds that target victims worldwide, adding new names to the OFAC sanctions list.The move raises immediate compliance requirements for banks, payment…

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned that layer-2 blockchains operating centralized matching engines may face exchange registration requirements while advocating for regulatory protection of truly decentralized protocols.During an…

The following is a guest post and opinion of Eneko Knörr, CEO and Co-Founder of Stabolut.Months ago, in an op-ed for CryptoSlate, I warned that the EU’s flagship crypto regulation, MiCA, would achieve the opposite of its goals. I argued it…

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko pressed his government to introduce tougher regulation for the crypto industry, local media reported on Sept. 5.According to the report, Lukashenko warned that lax oversight was undermining investor…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a joint roundtable on Sept. 29 to advance regulatory coordination in the digital asset sector.In a Sept. 5 joint statement, the…

Variant Fund chief legal officer Jake Chervinsky maintains that decentralized public blockchains remain the regulatory standard for product development, despite recent announcements of corporate-controlled layer-1 (L1) networks.Chervinsky…

The European Central Bank said that its proposed digital euro would strengthen Europe’s defenses against cyber and infrastructure disruptions while ensuring broad access to digital payments.Piero Cipollone, a member of the ECB’s Executive…