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cryptocurrency-regulation2 years ago

EU leads the way with world's first comprehensive crypto regulation, while US falls behind.

EU states have approved the world's first comprehensive set of rules to regulate crypto assets, requiring firms that want to issue, trade and safeguard crypto assets, tokenized assets and stablecoins in the 27-country bloc to obtain a license. The move puts pressure on countries such as Britain and the United States to follow suit and come up with global norms for cross-border activity. Regulating crypto has become more urgent for regulators after the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.

cryptocurrency-regulation2 years ago

SEC Chair Gensler asserts existing crypto regulations in response to Coinbase pushback.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler has responded to Coinbase's petition for clear crypto regulation by stating that the rules for the sector already exist and that the industry has largely been non-compliant. Gensler argued that the SEC has already published rules for custody, exchanges, broker-dealers, and advisors, as well as how to register securities offerings. He also stated that most crypto assets, apart from Bitcoin, fall under the securities definition of an investment contract. Coinbase and other US crypto firms have criticized the SEC's lack of clear regulation and its enforcement-based approach to the industry.