Regulation

The Diet building, Japan's parliament.
Japan's Cabinet Proposes Scrapping Corporate Tax on Unrealized Crypto Gains
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has been considering submissions on how best to encourage the industry's development, which it sees as a pillar of economic reform.
The Diet building, Japan's parliament.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon
Spot Crypto ETF Applications Will Be Considered, Hong Kong Regulators Say
The statement from the SFC and HKMA comes as expectations mount the U.S. SEC is on the verge of approving a spot bitcoin ETF.
Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon
Crypto-Friendly Does Not Mean Crypto-Easy
U.S. crypto regulation has much to learn from Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. But while these jurisdictions offer legal clarity around digital assets, they also have some of t...
Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
Warren’s Crypto Bill Is Likely Unconstitutional. It’s Also Unlikely to Pass
Democratic lawmakers signed on to sponsor the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act. The bill is bad for crypto in the U.S., even if it never gets through Congress.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Messari CEO Reflects on Senate’s Influence on Crypto Industry
Messari CEO Reflects on Senate’s Influence on Crypto Industry
As part of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023, Messari CEO Ryan Selkis discusses the impact of Washington's influence on the crypto sector. "The ongoing Democratic control of th...
Messari CEO Reflects on Senate’s Influence on Crypto Industry

SEC's Crypto Enforcement Actions in 2023
SEC's Crypto Enforcement Actions in 2023
CoinDesk's Most Influential list, a ranking of the 50 people who defined 2023 in crypto, includes U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler. CoinDesk Gl...
SEC's Crypto Enforcement Actions in 2023

Die with the most likes, the artist behind the NFT.
Die With the Most Likes: Elizabeth Warren in the Style of 'Relentless. Ground. Beef'
The artist made an NFT of the U.S. senator, lead of an "anti-crypto army," for our Most Influential package.
Die with the most likes, the artist behind the NFT.

The CFTC's Caroline Pham (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)
Caroline Pham: Supportive Regulation at the CFTC
The CFTC commissioner, in a year marked by an aggressive, sometimes arbitrary regulatory enforcement, stood out as an accommodator of innovation in the crypto sector.
The CFTC's Caroline Pham (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Ravi Menon, the head of Singapore's central bank (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)
Ravi Menon: Singapore's Middle Way Regulator
Singapore's central bank head has steered a path between Hong Kong's embrace of crypto and India's stifling of it.
Ravi Menon, the head of Singapore's central bank (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Stefan Berger (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)
Stefan Berger: The Man Who Made MiCA
He steered through the European Union's world-leading Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) this year in the aftermath of FTX and other scandals. He's now working on a di...
Stefan Berger (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)