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ForkLog 8 21.12.2022

U.S. Senator questions need for a ban on cryptocurrencies

The cryptocurrency industry needs stricter rules, but there is little point in advocating a blanket ban. This was the view expressed by Tina Smith, a U.S. Senator from Minnesota, on NBC.

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ForkLog 14 21.12.2022

Hester Peirce questions the usefulness of the Howey test in classifying cryptocurrencies

The Howey test used to gauge whether an asset qualifies as a security does not fully account for the nature of digital assets. In an interview with Decrypt, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said.

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ForkLog 15 20.12.2022

Coinbase CEO: Regulate CEXs, not DeFi

Brian Armstrong urged regulators to focus on centralized exchanges rather than the DeFi segment.

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ForkLog 16 19.12.2022

US Senate weighs possible ban on cryptocurrencies

The SEC and CFTC may need to consider banning cryptocurrencies, though implementing such a measure could prove difficult. This was stated on NBC by Sherrod Brown, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee.

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ForkLog 19 16.12.2022

Crypto.com receives Brazil payment-institution licence

The Crypto.com cryptocurrency platform has received a Payment Institution Licence from the Central Bank of Brazil.

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ForkLog 5 16.12.2022

Report: More than 100 regulatory directives issued for the crypto industry in 2022

Since the start of the year, authorities in 42 countries approved 105 'regulatory measures and guiding directives' for participants in the crypto industry, according to Huobi Analytics in its annual report.

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ForkLog 15 16.12.2022

National Bank of Kazakhstan Publishes White Paper on Digital Tenge

The National Bank of Kazakhstan has successfully completed the second phase of testing the digital tenge platform and published the final white paper.

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ForkLog 16 16.12.2022

Dutch central bank says KuCoin operates without registration

The Dutch central bank (DNB) warned consumers that the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange operates in the country without the required registration.

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ForkLog 21 14.12.2022

US Senate introduces bill to tighten crypto regulation

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Roger W. Marshall introduced a bill to tighten money-laundering rules for cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 24 14.12.2022

Compound accused of selling unregistered securities

A lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the decentralized autonomous organization behind the lending platform Compound, its co-founder Robert Leshner, and venture investors backing the project, alleging the sale of unregistered securities.

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ForkLog 21 14.12.2022

FTX CEO accuses former executives of storing private keys unencrypted

FTX stored private keys without encryption. This is stated in the transcript of the testimony of the new CEO of the bitcoin exchange John Ray III before the US House Committee on Financial Services.

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ForkLog 14 14.12.2022

AIFC outlines preliminary results of pilot between Bitcoin exchanges and Kazakh banks

ForkLog spoke with Yagub Zamanov, director of the Department of Financial Technologies at the Astana International Financial Centre, about new rules for Bitcoin exchanges, local startups, and the FTX collapse.

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