Crypto Lawyers Unpack Contradictions and Challenges in Senate Mega-Bill
Defining a Decentralized Exchange Draws Spotlight in Lummis-Gillibrand Legislation
Defining a Decentralized Exchange Draws Spotlight in Lummis-Gillibrand Legislation
Legislation Would Define Key Role for CFTC in Crypto Oversight
QT Ends Loose Money Era and Augurs More Pressure For Token Values
A Primer on DAO Legislation in Multiple States
Regulators around the world are turning their attention to stablecoins after UST’s collapse.
Terra Draws the Ire of Crypto Community as Regulators Circle
Gensler’s Ramp Up Sets Tone for Global Regulators
Flurry of Developments Signals Crypto Adoption
Washington Monitoring Potential Sanctions Evasion with Crypto
European crypto firms may soon be forced to implement KYC (Know Your Client) procedures for non-custodial wallets that they transact with.
Guest writer Ryan Berkun says regulation can help DAOs organize and manage their missions.
The Biden Administration’s executive order on crypto was surprising, and comprehensive.
South Korea President-Elect Yoon Suk-yeol is a potential ally for crypto community.
Andrew Yang told The Defiant that his new DAO is designed to shape inevitable regulation.
Prof. Andrew Hall writes that democracy provides a fitting template for solving some of thornier governance problems in DAOs.
China is embracing NFTs but will not permit settlement or links to cryptocurrencies.
Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo joined Coinbase’s call for a single crypto watchdog agency.
The CFTC ordered Polymarket to pay a penalty and shut down markets that were unlicensed as swaps.
When El Salvador President Nayib Bukele pushed through adoption og Bitcoin as legal tender a major test of crypto economics ensued.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants DeFi regulated to prevent systemic damage to financial system.
DAOs should memorialize their cooperative structures in legal entities that protect members from liability, the authors say in this research piece.
The Bank of International Settlements urged financial regulators to address the “systemic risk” of DeFi protocols and other non-bank entities.
DAOs would be wise to register as legal entities to minimize unlimited liability risks, Mark Lurie writes in this opinion piece.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government would waive non-custodial from complying with stringent reporting requirements approved by the FATF.
DeFi founders debated whether to embrace or resist regulation in the marketplace at the LA Blockchain Summit on Nov. 3.
Another crypto bull run, another whirlwind of regulatory pressure. But if Terraforms Labs’ lawsuit is any indication, DeFi is better prepared to fight back this time around.
This column argues that DeFi and crypto regulation is not to be feared but embraced as the key to growth.
Should DAOs pay taxes? And, if so: Where? There’s a conversation underway in MakerDAO about how it should relate to the governments of the world, which has implications for the whole DeFi industry. In short, people are talking about whether or not MakerDAO should find a way to pay its taxes. “I don’t think anyone …
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Yesterday, Connor Spelliscy and Holmes Wilson argued that the cryptocurrency industry is confronting an existential crisis. In Part 2 of this Defiant Essay, Connor and Holmes issue a call to action and lay out a primer for mobilizing the community to rescue the movement from regulation that could significantly impede, or even cripple, the crypto …
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In Part 1 of this Defiant Essay, Connor Spelliscy and Holmes Wilson argue that the cryptocurrency industry is confronting an existential crisis. The cause: unwise and unjustified regulation that could thwart the promise of the crypto movement. Smart contracts may be unstoppable, but the crypto industry is not. The U.S. government’s blessing has been crucial …
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