Securities firms participating in cryptocurrencies, tokenization, decentralized finance (DeFi) systems, and other digital asset realms will have to rely less on external regulatory guardrails and more on their own proactive efforts as the Trump administration charts a new course for the regulation of digital asset environments. The marching orders for this rapid reversal of Biden-era… Read More >>
SEC Crypto Task Force Schedules More Roundtables
Following its first roundtable on March 21, the Crypto Task Force of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slated four more roundtables as part of its ongoing series focused on crypto asset regulation. The task force dates and subjects for each roundtable are as follows: April 11, 2025: “Between a Block and a Hard… Read More >>
Trump Media & Crypto.com to Launch Digital Asset ETFs
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (TMTG), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, is launching digital asset-based exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products via a non-binding agreement with Crypto.com, a crypto trading platform, officials say. The instruments will be offered through the Truth.Fi brand. “The ETFs, made available through Crypto.com’s broker dealer Foris Capital… Read More >>
Clearstream & Crypto Finance to Provide Crypto Custody
Clearstream and Crypto Finance are working to provide a new cryptocurrency custody offering for institutional investors, officials say. Clearstream, a post-trade services provider, will be using Crypto Finance as a sub-custodian offering settlement and custody services in crypto assets to institutional investors, officials say. Both companies are part of Deutsche Börse Group. “The offering is… Read More >>
SEC Roundtables Take On Crypto & A.I.
The SEC is hosting key industry roundtables this month – one will be a series of roundtables on the regulation of cryptocurrencies, and the other will be a one-day event on the governance of artificial intelligence (A.I.). The SEC’s newly formed Crypto Task Force “will host a series of roundtables to discuss key areas of… Read More >>
MBI Launches Crypto Links to Tokyo & European Hubs
A provider of ultra-low latency, wireless connectivity for crypto trading, McKay Brothers International (MBI), has launched what it is calling “the lowest latency connectivity” for crypto-trading hubs in Tokyo, London, and Dublin to meet growing demand for low-latency crypto transactions. “The new service achieves sub-132ms latency (round trip) between Tokyo and London. McKay’s Tokyo-London-Dublin service… Read More >>
Coinbase Europe Fined $3.6M by Dutch Central Bank
It’s been a tough year for Coinbase and we haven’t even reached Valentine’s Day yet. If you’re so inclined, you can trace the troubles of the present-day cryptography movement back to Japan in 2010 and the rise of Mount Gox, the original bitcoin power. It was a quick rise and a fast fall: by 2014,… Read More >>
BitMEX Entities Settle with CFTC, FinCEN for $100M
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reports that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has filed a consent order against five companies charged with operating the BitMEX cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform. The five companies are HDR Global Trading Ltd., 100x Holding Ltd., ABS Global Trading Ltd., Shine Effort Inc Ltd.,… Read More >>
SEC Penalizes Poloniex via Digital Assets Case
Boston-based crypto-asset exchange Poloniex is paying more than $10 million in disgorgement and a civil penalty to the SEC to settle allegations that it once was operating as “an unregistered online digital asset exchange” in the U.S., according to the regulator. “Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, Poloniex agreed to the entry of a… Read More >>
Crypto-Crime Toll Hits $1.36B in Early 2020
The current year “could see the second-highest value in cryptocurrency crimes ever recorded,” according to a recent report issued by CipherTrace. Specifically, in the first five months of 2020 “crypto thefts, hacks, and frauds totaled $1.36 billion,” CipherTrace says. CipherTrace was founded in 2015, by Silicon Valley business people, and it was funded initially by… Read More >>
