Recent reports on Twitter have announced that Montana has legalized cryptocurrency mining within the state. In February of this year, the Montana Senate House passed the “Right to Mine” Bitcoin (BTC) bill with an impressive vote of 37-13. Also, this bill grants citizens of Montana the right to own and
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong is seeking public input on its recently proposed licensing scheme for cryptocurrency exchanges. That is slated to go into effect in June 2023. On Feb. 20, the SFC announced the consultation process and detailed a new licensing framework for the industry.
The largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance onboarded Noah Perlman, crypto exchange Gemini’s former C-suite executive, as its new Chief Compliance Officer. Evidently, Binance is reinforcing its compliance team through significant hiring to insulate itself from growing regulatory scrutiny. The news about this prominent hiring was first reported by Bloomberg on Monday,
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Kraken, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. SEC to examine whether regulations broken in some of its sales to American investors. The inquiry is related to some services Kraken provided to customers in the United States. The exchange has
Federal bank regulatory authorities in the United States have released a statement on the risks of cryptocurrencies to banking organizations. On Jan. 3, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a joint statement regarding the challenges that
Sherrod Brown, the head of the United States Banking Committee, propounded that the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to embargo Cryptocurrency. He further stated that the Treasury Department and “all the other agencies” should evaluate any potential actions linked to the Cryptocurrency market. Brown
The UK Treasury is reportedly finalizing a framework for the regulation of the cryptocurrency industry. According to The Financial Times, the country’s financial authorities are currently putting the finishing touches on the significant crypto regulation. This includes prohibitions on international businesses selling to the UK, strategies for dealing with business
The Israeli Finance Ministry brings new recommendations to regulate and oversee the crypto industry within the country. In a recent report, Shira Greenberg, Israel’s Chief Economist at the Ministry of Finance proposed an extensive regulatory framework that would bring trading platforms and cryptocurrency issuers into compliance and would increase the
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange is being investigated by the US authorities. According to a senior House Republican, the United States Congress has decided to probe Binance, claiming its involvement in the demise of the FTX exchange. In accordance with this, Patrick McHenry, a U.S representative stated: This is serious.
