Société Générale progresses in crypto space with digital asset services registration
The French stock market regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), approved France’s Société Générale bank as a digital assets service provider (DASP) on Sept....
Mastercard taps Paxos to launch crypto trading for banks
Mastercard officially announced on Oct. 17 a new program to enable financial institutions to bring crypto trading capabilities and services to their customers.Called “Crypto Source,”...
Mastercard to help financial institutions offer crypto to their clients
The world’s payment giant Mastercard announced in an interview with CNBC that it will help financial institutions including banks offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients....
What new EU sanctions mean for crypto exchanges and their Russian clients
Nine months into the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, sanctions against the latter have continued to grow at an aggressive pace. This time around, legislators...
Germany leaves the US behind in top crypto economies in Q3: Report
Germany has become the most favorable crypto economy in the world in the third quarter of 2022, according to a new report. The United States,...
Koreans to have access to blockchain-powered digital IDs by 2024
South Koreans could soon allow its citizens to use blockchain-based digital identification (ID) instead of physical cards as soon as 2024, as the nation further...
The CFTC’s Ooki Dao action is a bad omen for American crypto developers
Considerable anxiety exists in the world of Web3 related to regulation and the legal status of cryptocurrency projects. It’s particularly apparent in the United States,...
India aims to develop crypto SOPs during G20 presidency, says finance minister
The finance minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, revealed India’s plan to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for cryptocurrencies during its G20 presidency, from Dec. 1,...
It’s time for the feds to define digital commodities
This month, the European Union (EU) agreed on the text for a unified licensing regime for cryptocurrency exchanges to operate across the EU bloc as...
Texas authorities object to Voyager’s disclosure statement in its current form
The Texas State Securities Board (SSB) and the Texas Department of Banking (DOB) raised an objection in court against Voyager Digital’s disclosure statement, questioning the...