United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has called for “new tools, expertise, and resources” aimed at addressing misconduct in the crypto space in the regulator’s 2024 budget request. In prepared testimony for a July 19 hearing of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government with the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee,…
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Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to reclaim its psychologically-important level at $30,000 as analysts predict that choppy accumulation may last for months. Bitcoin soared to a new yearly high of over $31,800 on July 13, driven by optimism surrounding the potential approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States and Ripple’s landmark legal victory in…
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Bitcoin’s failure to rebound off strong support levels increases the risk of a deeper correction that could also negatively impact altcoins. Source link
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications from several firms have been published in the Federal Register, moving them one step along in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) process. According to records updated July 19, the Federal Register received notices of proposed rule changes allowing Bitcoin (BTC) ETF applications from BlackRock, Fidelity, Invesco Galaxy, VanEck…
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United States Sen. Jack Reed sponsored a bipartisan bill introduced into the Senate on July 18 that would tighten Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and sanctions requirements for decentralized finance (DeFi). According to a news release on Reed’s website, the bill is titled the Crypto-Asset National Security Enhancement and Enforcement (CANSEE)…
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Two members of the United States House of Representatives have added their names to a list of lawmakers criticizing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler’s approach to digital asset regulation. In a letter to Gensler dated July 19, Representatives French Hill and Dusty Johnson suggested legislation was a more effective approach to addressing…
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining’s environmental impact has always been a controversial topic. On the one hand, critics emphasize that securing the Bitcoin network takes more power than some whole countries’ annual electricity consumption. On the other hand, much of the crypto community argues that it is a necessary activity that has enabled the Bitcoin blockchain to…
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In the latest episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses Ripple’s partial victory against the Securities and Exchange Commission and its impact on the crypto market. Although people traded based on emotion after headlines popped out, the next day, as investors could process what happened, the altcoins gave away half…
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Since 2021, pop superstar Taylor Swift has been rerecording and releasing her entire back catalog of albums in an effort to break away from her previous record label and gain greater control over her art. The fact she has to go through such a painstaking, expensive process just to recover what most would consider rightfully…
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Global securities marketplace Nasdaq is halting the launch of its own cryptocurrency custody that it previously planned to roll out by the end of the second quarter 2023. Nasdaq has suspended the launch of its digital asset custody business because of regulatory risks in the United States, CEO Adena Friedman announced during the Q2 results…
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