US Elections: Are CBCs Becoming ‘Highly Political’?
It wasn't until Facebook announced the Libra stablecoin in 2019 that anyone talked about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). And...
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OneCoin’s lawyer was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
At a hearing on January 25, a federal judge sentenced a lawyer responsible for money laundering through the OneCoin crypto...
UK accelerates digital pound design amid privacy concerns and banking criticism
Treasury and BOE will intensify efforts to explore CBDC feasibility and design options. CBCC emphasizes privacy and security throughout the...
AI Advances May Disrupt Self-Initiated Cyber Threats: NCSC Report
Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to significantly increase cyber threats, particularly ransomware attacks, over the next two years, according to...
SEC crypto enforcement reaches 10-year high under Gary Gensler
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission It brought 46 enforcement actions against crypto companies in 2023, more than double...
Hut 8 rejects the claims in the Jcapital report and refers to the official SEC documents
In a Jan. 24 announcement, bitcoin miner Hat8 refuted the claims made in a Jan. 18 brief from investment information...
SEC pushes decision on BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF until March
The United States securities regulator has pushed back its decision on BlackRock's proposed Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) a day...
Assets tied to fines, SEC says in Ripple’s financial controversy.
Judge Sarah Netburn of the Southern District Court of New York has accepted the latest installment in the battle of...
The crypto lender lit up to return the money in the Texas settlement
Crypto lending firm Abra — which has been in receivership since March 2023 — has reached an agreement in principle...
Nexo wants 3 billion dollars in compensation from Bulgaria for the aborted investigation
Cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo is seeking $3 billion in damages from the Bulgarian government following botched criminal investigations.Nexo disclosed details...
‘Doomsday Clock’ calls AI an existential threat, a “disturbing technology” for the human race.
The "doomsday clock" was revised by atomic scientists on January 23 to reflect the planet's emergency, with only 90 seconds...
Pro-Crypto US Presidential Candidates Leave, Trump ‘Will Never Allow’ CBDC: Law Decoded
Two US presidential cryptocurrency candidates who have been covered by Cointelegraph in recent months have officially dropped out of the...
FINRA found violations in 70% of the crypto assets they reviewed
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) reported that approximately 70% of crypto-related communications from its survey made "false, exaggerated, promising,...
Court orders payment of $20M in Crowd Machine 2018 ICO case.
A California court has ordered Crowd Machine and Metavin, issuers of Crowd Machine Compute Tokens (CMCT), to pay more than...
Tornado Cash Founder Vows ‘Strong Defense’ In US Criminal Court.
Roman Storm, the co-founder of controversial cryptocurrency exchange Tornado Cash, has called for support from privacy advocates, saying he is...
Trump will never allow CBCC, gives ‘full credit’ to Vivek Ramaswamy
The former president of the United States and the current presidential candidate, Donald Trump, again mentioned the subject of central...
Binance and SEC lawyers present arguments on crypto as a security: Report
In a lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, lawyers representing cryptocurrency exchange Binance asked a judge...
Coinbase, Paradigm, other crypto aggregators argue regulations are ‘waste of time’
Crypto firms Coinbase, Paradigm and Consensys are asking the US Treasury to revisit its reporting requirements for transactions with crypto-mixers,...
SEC Blames ‘SIM Swap’ Attack for Hacked X Account Before Official Bitcoin ETF Approval
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a "SIM swap" attack, which...
FTX Estate Sells Majority of Greyscale Bitcoin Trust Shares: Report
Failed crypto exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda Research sold more than two-thirds of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares, according...
The US, UK and Australia have tightened sanctions on crypto operators linked to Hamas.
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions on "networks and facilitators" of crypto transactions...
US GAO conducts ‘0 analysis’ for crypto report on sanctions evasion: Coinbase CLO
Coinbase's chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, came down heavily on the US Government Accountability Office's recent report on the use...
