The SEC intends to host a round table with Coinbase and other crypto legal rivals, and Ripple plans to acquire Hidden Road for $1.25 billion.
Former Binance CEO Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao also joins Pakistan Crypto Council as advisor, and the stablecoin startup Cap raised $8 million in seed funding.
The Hong Kong FSC's staking guideline is part of the government's roadmap to develop the region's crypto framework.
Unlocking the local market would further boost the USD stablecoin market and revitalize the South Korean crypto industry, one analyst said.
A total of 51 firms are currently on the FCA's crypto asset register, which also includes Coinbase, Fidelity, Gemini and Kraken.
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Taiwan's top financial regulator and a lawmaker have each drafted separate versions of a special crypto act.
The country aims to add insider trading regulations on crypto-related companies following a rise in scam reports, Nikkei said.
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Bpifrance's ability to make direct token investments became "much more urgent" in light of the United States' accelerating crypto strategy.
The halt was due to BaFin identifying "serious deficiencies in Ethena GmbH 's USDe token authorization" and instructed Ethena GmbH to freeze its asset reserve.
In collaboration with industry, regulators and the community, plans include creating a framework for digital asset platforms and stablecoins.
The new exchange, Grinex, reportedly shares similarities to Garantex, which was shuttered earlier this month by international authorities.
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Participants will be enabled to convert their bank deposits into tokenized deposits for payments at local shops, according to a local report.
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The Bank of Korea cited bitcoin's volatility and IMF guidelines as the reasons for its decision not to review.
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Valued at just £60,000 ($77,400) at the time of the alleged theft, the bitcoin is now worth around £3.2 million ($4.2 million).
Crypto represents a small but growing part of Russia's $192 billion oil trade, with companies using BTC, ETH and USDT, the sources said.
The Central Bank of Russia announced a new proposal to allow qualified investors to trade crypto in a three-year experimental timeframe.
South Korea announced in January that it would gradually lift the de facto ban preventing institutional investors from investing in crypto.
The regulators are examining OKX's decentralized finance services and digital asset self-custody, in addition to whether such services follow the European Union's MiCA regulations and could be subject to penalties, Bloomberg reports.
The European Central Bank is developing a digital euro, with concrete details for its rollout to be prepared in Q2.
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The Central American nation acquired an additional 6 BTC on Sunday, boosting its total holdings to 6,111.18 BTC.
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A Russian official said it's impossible to block the crypto market within the country, and it will remain a key tool for sanction evasion.
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The IMF said last month that its $1.4 billion deal with El Salvador would confine government purchases of bitcoin.