Regulations

Parliament (Henn Photography/GettyImages)
UK Wants to Make It Easier to Seize Crypto in Terrorism Cases
The government wants to mirror planned changes to the Economic Crime and Transparency bill to enable authorities to swiftly seize crypto assets linked to terrorist activities.
Parliament (Henn Photography/GettyImages)

U.K. lawmaker Matt Hancock (Matt Hancock)
UK Lawmaker Matt Hancock Doesn’t Regret Pro-Crypto Swerve
The former cabinet minister is pushing for the government to be more pro-innovation.
U.K. lawmaker Matt Hancock (Matt Hancock)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Jan Web/Unsplash)
Canadian Self-Regulatory Agency Approves First Crypto-Native Investment Dealer
Coinsquare has also been granted a license to operate as a regulated alternative trading system, allowing it to match large, illiquid crypto trades between institutional inves...
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Jan Web/Unsplash)

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CoinDesk)
Binance Accused of Filing Inaccurate Financials by UK Subsidiary Shareholder
Dimplx Limited may obtain a court-ordered valuation of its ownership stake in Binance’s U.K. subsidiary, which it says was misrepresented in filings.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CoinDesk)

Almaty, Kazakhstan (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)
Kazakhstan Legislature Pushes New Crypto Rules Forward: Report
The lower house of the country's parliament has passed five bills relating to digital assets as the government seeks to tighten its grip on crypto activity, particularly crypt...
Almaty, Kazakhstan (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)

Tron founder Justin Sun (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Tron Partners With Dominica to Issue National 'Fan Token'
The Caribbean island's government may accept native Tron tokens such as TRX and USDT for public payments including taxes, under a new ordinance.
Tron founder Justin Sun (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Invest: NYC 2019 (CoinDesk)
In SEC Lawsuit, Grayscale Calls Spot ETF Rejection ‘Arbitrary, Capricious and Discriminatory’
The legal brief filed Tuesday argues the SEC’s logic for denying Grayscale’s application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to a spot bitcoin ETF is “flawed” and “inconsis...
Grayscale's Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Invest: NYC 2019 (CoinDesk)

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at DC Fintech Week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Ooki DAO Case So ‘Egregious,’ CFTC Had No Choice, Chair Behnam Says
"Don't expect this to be a free pass," he said of using a DAO to evade U.S. laws.
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam speaks at DC Fintech Week. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

The digital euro project manager at the ECB says the bank has sliced the elephantine task of developing the CBDC into smaller decisions. (Yuko Suzuki/EyeEm/Getty Images)
Slicing the Elephant: Inside the Design of a Digital Euro
There are plenty of decisions yet to be made about the landmark CBDC, the head of the ECB’s digital euro project, Evelien Witlox, tells CoinDesk.
The digital euro project manager at the ECB says the bank has sliced the elephantine task of developing the CBDC into smaller decisions. (Yuko Suzuki/EyeEm/Getty Images)

EU lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of landmark new crypto laws. (Håkan Dahlström/Getty)
Lawmakers Overwhelmingly Back EU's MiCA Crypto Law in Committee Vote
The landslide support paves the way for the landmark crypto licensing regulation to take effect in 2024.
EU lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of landmark new crypto laws. (Håkan Dahlström/Getty)