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At a time when privacy tools and coins have become the primary target of regulators around the world, the future of privacy-focused coins looks obsolete.

Cryptocurrencies can be used in cross-border or international payments only if they don’t get into Russia’s domestic financial system, the Bank of Russia governor said.

Huobi Thailand failed to fix system issues despite several extensions given by the Thai SEC.

Exchange platforms will get an opportunity to operate legally in the Astana International Finance Center in 2022.

For the past few weeks, the crypto market has been in a tailspin. While other investors may have given up on BTC, its ardent supporters continue to extol its virtues.

Delo was allowed to leave the country to travel to Hong Kong where he is a resident, bringing to a close his part in the legal saga which began in 2020.

Korean exchanges will soon be required to list tokens based on the same guidelines to ensure compliance with local regulations, and make emergency decisions together to prevent another Terra fiasco.

It will look at the use and oversight of crypto in 401(k) and similar plans, which is controversial in many parts of the government.

"Keeping total digital euro holdings between one trillion and one and a half trillion euro would avoid negative effects for the financial system,” said Fabio Panetta.

The thinktank looked at the interplay of performance, security and privacy in possible CBDC designs and made recommendations for optimizing it.

Meltem Demirors sat down with Cointelegraph to express why the industry needs to focus on privacy and freedom when it comes to regulations.

Sber was initially planning to launch its blockchain-enabled digital asset platform and the Sbercoin stablecoin by spring 2021.

The document bears several conceptual contradictions, trying to qualify security tokens as a monetary surrogate.

OIG’s audit disclosed the lack of documented policies and practices related to the management of seized crypto assets — especially related to the use of inventory spreadsheets.

The proposed law won’t necessarily make crypto legal tender in the country, but it’ll at least be a legally recognized financial asset for investments and other uses.

A provision in the bill gives authority over some cryptocurrencies to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), with the agency head saying it cares about having “rigorous oversight of markets.”

The commission could be performing routine check-ups on the exchange in question or it could be looking for specific compliance violations to litigate against.

The IID ordered BlockFi to pay an administrative fine as well as cease and desist “from making any untrue statement of material facts regarding securities.”

Mairead McGuinness said that she planned to discuss a compromise through the MiCA proposal currently under review in the EU.

Gary Gensler added that he continued to be “intrigued with the technology,” but did not directly address if the SEC would approve a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund.