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The legislation, separate from the upcoming Digital Asset Basic Act, may came into force already in 2023.
2022-11-1 12:55 | |
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Recent cases involving crypto fraud serve as a timely reminder to do your own due diligence until regulators take more action. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
2022-10-3 00:06 | |
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If successful, the DOJ could theoretically use the case as a model to police market manipulation for other assets, regardless of whether they are considered securities. Regulators are watching.
2022-6-11 01:58 | |
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Regulators in five U.S. states issued emergency orders on Wednesday requiring a metaverse casino with alleged Russian ties to immediately halt the sale of its non-fungible tokens (NFTs), citing fraud, deceit and registration violations.
2022-5-11 19:30 | |
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As it grows, the crypto industry and its sectors attract more attention from regulators and political actors. In the United States, this industry seems poised for more hostility from the current administration as it is increasingly compared with illegal activities.
2022-1-27 21:00 | |
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U.S. securities regulators are still going after ICO cheats from the 2017-18 bull market. Initial coin offerings raised tens of billions of dollars during the last major cryptocurrency bull market.
2021-6-23 21:45 | |
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Austrian regulators say crypto scams are the most reported forms of investment fraud in the country ahead of the usual suspects like stock or gold schemes. Authorities in the country are trying to firm up virtual currency regulations to combat the menace of such criminal activities while regulated trading in digital assets continues to enjoyRead More
2021-2-20 22:00 | |
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Crypto scams appear to be dominating investment fraud cases in Austria.
2021-2-19 14:40 | |
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The Association of Russian Banks is worried about regulators being unable to track illicit transactions of an offline-enabled digital ruble.
2021-1-14 15:01 | |
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Brooks is optimistic that regulators will find it easier to work with algorithms than with bankers.
2021-1-12 20:07 | |
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Chinese regulators are reportedly investigating a crypto fitness app over suspected financial fraud and illegal fundraising
2019-12-19 15:23 | |
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TRIBTC Launches BTC P2P Binary Options Beta Platform TRIBTC. com launched the world’s first platform offering peer-to-peer binary options trading for cryptocurrency pairs. The idea of creating this platform appeared because classic binary options platforms, where traders bet against the broker, are prone to fraud and hence banned by regulators in many jurisdictions.
2019-12-12 16:12 | |
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US regulators are looking into BitMEX over accusations the popular cryptocurrency derivatives platform broke strict trading laws. The probe might expand into a full-blown investigation if American citizens are found to have been victims of fraud or manipulation by the derivatives platform.
2019-7-20 16:28 | |
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The financial regulatory authority of Germany claims that it has no knowledge of “Cyber Incidents” or market manipulation on trading platforms in the country. This is according to a recently uploaded press release on May 28.
2019-5-29 01:18 | |
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has announced that the company is working on introducing its debit card to customers in the U. S. Armstrong’s announcement came in a live AMA session on YouTube on May 16, 2019, during which he fielded questions and touched on various topics such as community trust ratings for altcoins and fraud prevention.
2019-5-18 19:15 | |
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Blockchain security company BitGo is launching a new service for institutional clients: a clearing and settlements system that operates off-chain. BitGo announced this new service in a press release on May 14, 2019, describing some of the features that this new system will have.
2019-5-15 23:44 | |
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Several major cryptocurrency traders have reportedly begun discussing plans to enact an industry-wide blacklist of suspicious actors, to stem the tide of scams, theft and fraud in the crypto space.
2019-5-10 15:52 | |
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To many on the outside, the blockchain industry and speculative crypto markets are one and the same, which often leads to misunderstandings. For the two entities that regulate the market, the U.
2019-4-18 22:13 | |
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Aggrieved Nigerians are demanding that the country’s banking and financial regulators, as well as the Foreign Affairs Ministry (NIIA), look into allegations of fraud leveled against Paxful – a bitcoin peer-to-peer (P2P) exchange platform, reports The Guardian, April 6, 2019.
2019-4-9 05:00 | |
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As anxiety grows around every new twist and turn in the ongoing QuadrigaCX drama, along with extensive QuadrigaCX media coverage, Canada’s mainstream media has been calling on the government to bring in better oversight and regulation of cryptocurrency businesses, especially cryptocurrency exchanges.
2019-3-20 18:42 | |
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On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry.
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
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Last year the U. S. Securities Exchange Commission took enforcement action against initial coin offerings and other crypto companies perpetrating fraud. Many believe 2019 will be the year when regulators clamp down on rogue cryptocurrency operators.
2019-1-6 01:00 | |
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As reported by the Wall Street Journal, US regulators have filed over 90 cryptocurrency fraud cases in the last… The post $100M+ Lost due to Crypto Scams and Only $36M Recovered by US Regulators.
2018-12-29 01:28 | |
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Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has issued a new batch of cease-and-desist orders against unregistered Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) operating in the state, taking the total number of signed orders against ICOs in Colorado to 18.
2018-11-22 19:23 | |
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As global regulators rush to institute legal frameworks aimed at reducing the amount of fraud and scams that exist within the cryptocurrency industry, a recent series of arrests in Tokyo highlight just how important regulations can be.
2018-11-15 02:00 | |
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The Texas State Securities Board issued an emergency cease-and-desist against a company it claims committed fraud in offering crypto mining contracts.
2018-11-7 00:30 | |
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The debate if XRP is a security or not has been heating up ever since 2016. In fact, just last month Ripple revealed that their legal executives are working with SEC to convince the regulators otherwise.
2018-10-29 19:03 | |
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Blockvest is being sued the Securities and Exchange Commission for making false claims that the regulator’s approval for its planned ICO. The regulator is looking for an injunction against the defendant in return for all the financial gains of its ICO activities.
2018-10-15 18:00 | |
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An exchange-traded bitcoin fund (ETF) would signal greater acceptance of bitcoin as a mainstreet investment, while also making it much easier for both institutional and retail investors to get involved.
2018-10-6 01:07 | |
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The head of Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), Richard Teng, told attendees of Fintech Abu Dhabi that greater regulatory measures are needed in order to reduce the amount of fraud and scams that exist in the crypto markets.
2018-9-20 09:00 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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Today, September 12, 2018, OKCoin announced that the company will be offering token-to-token only trading in twenty states across the U. S. This announcement of its expansion in U.
2018-9-12 17:01 | |
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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a non-profit watchdog for public brokerage firms in the U. S. , has had its first run-in with the cryptocurrency industry.
2018-9-12 21:15 | |
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The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), with support from various state and provincial securities regulators in Canada and the U. S. , is pursuing more than 200 active investigations of initial coin offerings (ICOs) and crypto-related investment products.
2018-8-30 15:45 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just put nine more bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the chopping block. In three separate orders issued on August 22, 2018, the agency nixed the proposals and contingent rule changes for ETF filings submitted by ProShares, GraniteShares and Direxion.
2018-8-23 18:18 | |
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UK financial regulators focus attention on second fraud operation this week involving a crypto company claiming to be an authorized firm
2018-8-9 16:53 | |
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly.
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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Cryptocurrencies have long been a part of a regulatory grey zone, with international regulatory bodies holding mixed opinions on the development of this nascent industry and asset class. Whether this is due to worries of fraud, cybercrime or heavy financial risk, regulators have often strayed away from touching on the subject of cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-28 02:09 | |
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According to Bloomberg, Jon E. Montroll from Saginaw, Texas is facing up to 20 years in prison for stealing thousands of Bitcoins from customer funds, running an unregistered securities exchange, and lying to US security regulators after his cryptocurrency exchange, BitFunder, was hacked.
2018-7-26 23:20 | |
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According to Bloomberg, Jon E. Montroll from Saginaw, Texas is facing up to 20 years in prison for stealing thousands of Bitcoins from customer funds, running an unregistered securities exchange, and lying to US security regulators after his cryptocurrency exchange, BitFunder, was hacked.
2018-7-24 18:15 | |
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Joe E. Montroll of Saginaw Texas is facing up to 20 years in prison after admitting to lying to investigators about his role in the theft of Bitcoins deposited by customers of his platform. 2018 has seen a raft of arrests and convictions in the cryptocurrency space as law enforcement, and financial regulators work hard […] The post Bitcoin Trader Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud, Faces 20 Years in Prison appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-7-24 16:27 | |
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A new taskforce involving five countries’ taxation regulators was announced on Monday, July 5. The announcement by the Inland Revenue Service (USA) will aim to increase cooperation between the United States of America, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in order to combat crimes committed using cryptocurrencies, specifically tax evasion.
2018-7-9 14:59 | |
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The EU’s Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies released a report entitled “Virtual currencies and central banks monetary policy: challenges ahead.
2018-7-3 23:28 | |
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The case against embattled cryptocurrency startup My Big Coin is being watched closely by industry insiders, as it will help determine whether or not the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has the authority to combat potential fraud associated with the coin and others.
2018-6-14 07:04 | |
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With crypto scams running rampant across the globe, Human Trust Protocol, aka Hub, is joining hands with Civic, a blockchain identification service provider, to verify users via know-your-client (KYC) data gathered from the Civic secure identity platform (SIP).
2018-6-13 00:23 | |
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After years of legal wrangling with the U.S. securities regulator, President-elect Donald Trump's win was taken by the crypto industry as a definitive sign that their courtroom shackles and enforcement actions would be thrown off when he takes the oath of office again.
Coinbase (COIN) is concerned about “ongoing regulation through enforcement” which is not “helpful to the overall direction of the industry” in Australia ahead of expected draft legislation, senior executives of the cryptocurrency exchange told CoinDesk.
The potential legal action against Robin Hood should be viewed as a continued attempt by the SEC to reinforce its position that all crypto tokens outside bitcoin and ether should be classified as securities, the report said.
Gary Gensler wants 33 more people in the enforcement division of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deal with "new and emerging issues," according to the regulator's annual budget pitch.
Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) is set to make its final case on Tuesday that a judge should spring it from the clutches of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its unregistered-securities dispute.
The founder of crypto exchange Digitex, Adam Todd, has been ordered by a federal court to pay almost $16 million to resolve accusations that he ran an illegal platform and sought to manipulate its native token, DGTX, the U.