Lawmakers in the European Parliament have approved the world’s first comprehensive package of rules aimed at regulating the cryptocurrency industry. In a vote Thursday, the EU Parliament voted 517 in favor and 38 against to pass the Markets in Crypto Act, or MiCA. The legislation, which seeks to reduce risks for consumers buying crypto assets,...
Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have seen a spectacular recovery this year (though ethereum’s founder has issued a stark warning over crypto’s “next bull run”). The bitcoin price has topped $30,000 per bitcoin for the first time since last summer while ethereum has surged to over $2,000 per ether as upgrades fuel a price...
The United States has moved towards regulating cryptocurrencies, beginning with a focus on stablecoins. Despite previous concerns about the ambiguous nature of crypto regulations, the U.S. is taking a proactive step in regulation. They also seem to be starting with the bridge between digital currencies and traditional fiat money. Stablecoin bill draft surfaces in U.S...
Trading and investing platform eToro said on Thursday it has partnered with Elon Musk-led Twitter to let users access real-time prices of cryptocurrencies, stocks and other assets, and to enable the trading of those instruments. The trading data will be available through Twitter’s Cashtags feature, which was launched in 2012 and allows users to interact...
The U.S. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it will remove digital asset tokens TRON and Spell from its trading platform, sending the prices of both down sharply on Wednesday. Binance.US said the move was the result of a periodic review and that factors it regularly considers can include trading volume and liquidity, changes in...
Nirmala Sitharaman, the finance minister of India, has proposed a common framework for G20 countries to deal with crypto. India has the presidency for the G20 Summit this year, and cryptocurrencies are a very important part of the discussion. Sitharaman told the Peterson Institute for International Economics meeting in Washington D.C., “Given so many collapses...
Germany continues its crypto-friendly stance by introducing a new law allowing companies to issue crypto shares. The German Ministry of Finance said it was working on the Future Financing Act, a law “intended to support private asset accumulation and mobilize more private capital for future investments .” Other key improvements include the reduction of minimum...
Binance’s Australian derivatives license was canceled at the crypto exchange’s own request, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission said Thursday, after the regulator had begun a “targeted review of Binance” in February. Beginning April 14, Binance’s derivatives clients in Australia will not be able to open or increase their existing trading positions. By April 21,...
BTG Pactual, one of Latin America’s largest investment banks, has introduced a dollar-backed stablecoin through its crypto platform, Mynt. The stablecoin, BTG Dol, is the world’s first dollar-backed stablecoin issued by a bank, BTG Pactual said in an announcement on Tuesday. The São Paulo, Brazil-based bank said it is enabling clients to “dollarize part of...
Andrew Bragg, an Australian senator, has advanced a bill to regulate the local crypto market. Will it really “protect consumers and promote investors”? Reports have emerged of the Australian government taking steps to tighten regulations on cryptocurrency in the Pacific nation. This has raised concerns among the cryptocurrency community. Many fear these actions could hinder...
