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One of the reasons behind the delay is “the enormous amount of work for the lawyer linguists, given the length of the legal text.” 269 Total views 2 Total shares As the Plenary vote for the landmark Pan-European crypto legislation, Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA), has been rescheduled from the end of 2022 to February…

The existing laws are sufficient, and the agency is already doing what it considers necessary, according to Chair Gensler. 177 Total views 1 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has denied a Coinbase petition for rulemaking on transactions with cryptocurrencies that are securities. Coinbase filed the petition in July 2022 and pushed

Bitcoin held in long-term holder wallets has topped $10 billion amid its price falling below $60,000.

A final-second bid saw a digital artwork NFT sell for $777,777 on Nifty Gateway. 1985 Total views 13 Total shares Non-fungible token marketplace Nifty Gateway hosted an auction that saw a single NFT artwork sell for $777,777 after a last-second bid doubled the price.On Dec. 14, Nifty tweeted that the “savage” bid of $777,777 had…

Strong framing move by U.S. Representative Tom Emmer and a looming threat of another crypto ban in Asia: a digest of last week's top crypto policy stories is here. 673 Total views 5 Total shares Last week saw an unlikely first move in the opening narrative battle around a prospective U.S. central bank digital currency:…

UAE’s minister of state for foreign trade Thani Al-Zeyoudi noted that as the country has attracted a lot of talent from the crypto sector, the UAE now needs to roll out the correct regulation to support further growth. 58 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTCrypto…

Regulators in South Korea have issued a new report that offers a bevy of recommendations for how to properly govern the country’s crypto industry. 357 Total views 30 Total shares A report commissioned by South Korea’s federal government recommends the domestic crypto industry adopt a licensing system for exchanges and token issuers as a way…

BIS Innovation Hub head asserted the decline of cash use amid the pandemic has renewed the pertinence of bank-issued digital currencies. 345 Total views 4 Total shares Benoît Cœuré, the head of the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub, recently asserted that central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, have been brought “into sharper focus” amid…