South Korea urges FATF to scrap Crypto travel rule threshold
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) informed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) about the increasing gaps in regulation regarding…
Category: Legal
Japanese PM Takaichi Denies Involvement in ‘Sanae Token’ Cryptocurrency
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has formally denied any connection to a cryptocurrency named after her, the ‘Sanae Token,’ during…
Pro-Crypto UK Mayor Andy Burnham Emerges as Potential Next Prime Minister
Andy Burnham, the Labour Party Mayor of Greater Manchester, is gaining attention as a potential successor to UK Prime Minister…
Why the banking industry is fighting a crypto bill
In the days before a key Senate vote, the American Bankers Association sent more than 8,000 letters trying to change…
Crypto’s second U.S. lobbying front — tax policy — sees industry push on mining, staking
Top U.S. crypto lobbying groups united to ask that the U.S. House of Representatives embrace a bill that gives digital…
CLARITY Act: Gaming Groups Lobby Senate To Ban Sports Betting On Polymarket, Kalshi
Gaming groups are reportedly pushing for senators to include a language in the CLARITY Act that would prohibit sports betting…
Crypto PACs Back Pro-Crypto Election Candidates As CLARITY Act Nears July 4 Deadline
Crypto political action committees (PACs) are pumping up campaign cash contributions ahead of crucial Democratic primaries this week. Meanwhile, legislators…
Aave Founder Warns UK Stablecoin Rules Could Push Issuers Abroad
Stani Kulechov, founder of the decentralized lending protocol Aave (AAVE), has raised concerns that the United Kingdom’s current stablecoin regulatory…
US Crypto Industry Groups Urge Congress to Pass Original Mining and Staking Tax Bill
A coalition of leading U.S. cryptocurrency industry groups is pressing Congress to advance a bill on mining and staking taxation…
Fairshake ramps up election spending as CLARITY faces deadline
Crypto-backed political groups have spent at least $7 million on key Democratic primary races as lawmakers continue negotiating the CLARITY…