European Union to Regulate Stablecoins, Not Issue Its Own: Source

Sandali Handagama is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She does not own any crypto.The Group of Seven (G-7) advanced economies must take the lead in implementing recommendations by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to combat illicit financial flows through crypto, the president of the global financial crimes watchdog…

Attorneys for crypto exchange Gemini argued that a proposed resolution for Genesis' bankruptcy doesn't have enough detail or provide any assurances for some if its largest debtors in a new filing Wednesday.A set of ad hoc creditors, the Fair Deal Group, also filed an objection to the proposed plan on similar grounds, saying the proposed

Jan 5, 2021 at 11:48 a.m. UTCBitcoin price for the last two days.(CoinDesk 20)Bitcoin Bounces Back Above $31K After Monday’s DropBitcoin is trading higher on Tuesday, and the bull market is looking less overheated than it did a day ago.At press time, the top cryptocurrency by market value is changing hands near $31,590, representing a…

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has said the panel will "crack down on the use of crypto to fund terrorism and evade sanctions" at a time when the U.S. must stand with both Ukraine and Israel as "they fight back against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian-backed terrorists like

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Cheyenne Ligon is a CoinDesk news reporter with a focus on crypto regulation and policy. She has no significant crypto holdings. Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the…

Aug 11, 2020 at 19:00 UTCJoe Rogan for Fed Chair! Feat. Hugh HendryA former hedge fund manager and financial dissident gives his take on what ails the U.S. economy and why the Federal Reserve should be more, not less, irresponsible.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today on the Brief:A public company has switched $250 million…

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Jocelyn Yang is a markets reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Emerson College's journalism program. Bitcoin (BTC) edged below $27,000 as the latest banking debacle failed to trigger the sort of price surge that has occurred in recent weeks amid multiple U.S. bank failures.The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading…

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) indictment against the Tornado Cash developers, filed Wednesday, is commensurate with the government’s seeming disdain for privacy.Across the government, there seems to be an entrenched assumption that an individual’s desire to keep the details of their life private means they’re engaging in wrongdoing. This overly simplistic assumption is not…