U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler testified before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. HE pleading for more resources to address the growing issue of non-compliance in the cryptocurrency industry. Gensler said that the SEC’s resources for investigating emerging crypto problems are “stretched thin” at the moment.
A new law that would establish guidelines for the provision of crypto services in Australia has been submitted. The proposal has been submitted to the Australian Parliament. Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2023 was introduced by Senator Andrew Bragg as a private senators’ bill. This was with the stated purpose
As Ottawa tightens its regulatory monitoring of the volatile crypto sector. The Canadian federal government said that federally regulated pension plans in the country would be required to report their exposure to crypto assets to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI). Under the proposed 2023 budget proposal.
Galaxy Digital, a Canadian investment business run by blockchain advocate Mike Novogratz, reported a preliminary pre-tax profit of $150 million from January 1, 2023, through March 24, 2023. This figure was announced on March 28. After a $1 billion net loss in 2022. Mostly attributable to an unrealized $659 million
According to reports, Terraform Labs co-founder and defendant Do Kwon will file an appeal against the court’s decision to prolong his custody by up to a month in Montenegro. The 31-year-old developer apparently went into hiding for a while when the project’s native token, LUNA, and its algorithmic stablecoin, UST,
According to those acquainted with the situation, Hong Kong-based blockchain game firm Animoca Brands has scaled down its plans by another 20%, lowering its objective for its so-called metaverse fund to $800 million. In November, Animoca Brands announced that it was planning a new $2 billion Animoca Capital fund. But
Solana (SOL) is back on track to its winning ways with significant price surges. The “Ethereum Killer” (tagged by themself) has soared over 125% since the start of 2023. Today, Solana is trading between the $22 and $23 price mark, which climbed about 2.5% in the last 24 hours and
The DAI stablecoin’s issuing body, MakerDAO, has voted in favor of increasing its allocation to existing US Treasury holdings. DAI’s stablecoin liquid backing is being diversified by exposure to real-world assets (RWAs). Such as an increase in investments in government treasury bonds. Last year, MakerDAO’s RWA strategy kicked off with
Larry Fink, CEO of the biggest asset management firm in the world, BlackRock, thinks tokenizing asset classes like stocks and bonds might enhance efficiency in capital markets and increase investor access. BlackRock is looking into the digital asset sector, and the CEO said in his most recent annual letter to
Due to the drastic previous year and collapse of multiple behemoths including FTX, Anchorage Digital is the latest cryptocurrency company to announce strategic layoffs. The firm has had to lay off around 75 employees, or 20% of the total workforce. A corporate spokesperson informed that the layoffs are unconnected to
