During her opening speech at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) seminar on financial inclusion in Marrakesh, Morocco, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said digitalization is “the most important way” to scale up financial inclusion. “It is digital that moves help to people, investment and ability of the economy to accelerate,” Georgieva said, citing digital cash…
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The eighth iteration of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8), a cryptocurrency tax reporting rule, was formally adopted by the Council of the European Union on Oct. 17. The regulation will enter into force after it’s published in the Official Journal of the EU. DAC was sanctioned in May 2023 following the enactment of the…
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Last week, the FTX court saga had elements of a TV drama, with Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s former business associate and girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, sharing some shocking stories about SBF’s rule over the company. Ellison admitted to fraud during her time as CEO at Alameda under Bankman-Fried’s direction. However, she blamed the misuse of FTX user…
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On Oct. 13, the Group of Twenty (G20) — an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union and the African Union — unanimously adopted the “G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communique” during its meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco. G20 members accepted the crypto regulatory roadmap proposed in a joint report by the International…
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On Oct. 12, the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), part of the French Central Bank, published a summary of its public consultation on a regulatory framework for decentralized finance (DeFi). The public consultation lasted two months, from April to May 2023, in response to the initial paper discussing possible regulations for DeFi…
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BarnBridge decentralized autonomous organization’s (DAO) members have conducted their voting on how to react to the United States Securities Exchange Commission’s (SEC) potential demands. The voting ended on Oct. 12 with an unanimous decision to comply with the SEC’s potential demands and pay fines if necessary. Tyler Ward and Troy Murray were nominated as DAO’s…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Union’s markets regulator, released an article on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and its risks for the EU Market on Oct. 11. In a 22-page report, the ESMA admits the promised benefits of DeFi, such as greater financial inclusion, the development of innovative financial products, and the enhancement…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had to publicly insist that their project, one of the world’s first operating central bank digital currencies (CBDC), doesn’t threaten the country’s financial stability. The press release from the CBN came out on Oct. 9 in response to “news items on some media platforms,” suggesting that the eNaira threatens…
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One of the friendliest European jurisdictions to crypto, Cyprus, might bring its industry regulation to tighter standards. According to an Oct. 10 report by the Cyprus Mail, the local Ministry of Finance intends to amend the existing Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Law. The ministry has presented its amendments package to the Parliamentary Committee…
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On Oct. 3, United States District Court Judge Analisa Torres rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) motion to appeal its loss against Ripple Labs, the company behind the XRP (XRP) cryptocurrency. Torres denied the SEC’s motion, claiming the regulator failed to meet the burden to show that there were controlling questions of law…
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