# Coinbase providing customer geolocation data to ICE: Report

# Coinbase providing customer geolocation data to ICE: Report

” Coinbase providing customer geolocation data to ICE: Report “ A new report has indicated that crypto exchange Coinbase has provided Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with a “suite of features” intended for tracking the company’s customers. According to the report, ICE has been granted access to an intelligence-gathering application, called Coinbase Tracer, that…

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# US govt delays enforcement of crypto broker reporting requirements: Report

# US govt delays enforcement of crypto broker reporting requirements: Report

” US govt delays enforcement of crypto broker reporting requirements: Report “ The provision in the U.S. infrastructure bill signed into law in November, which will require financial institutions and crypto brokers to report additional information, could reportedly be delayed. According to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg, the United States Department of the Treasury and…

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# US lawmaker lays out case for a digital dollar

# US lawmaker lays out case for a digital dollar

” US lawmaker lays out case for a digital dollar “ Connecticut House of Representatives member Jim Himes has released a proposal aiming to start a dialogue on the United States potentially launching a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. In a white paper released on Wednesday, Himes urged Congress to begin exploring the rollout…

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# Crypto’s uses and misuses: Binance-Reuters quarrel raises questions

# Crypto’s uses and misuses: Binance-Reuters quarrel raises questions

” Crypto’s uses and misuses: Binance-Reuters quarrel raises questions “ Crypto exchange Binance has courted controversy almost from its 2017 beginnings, and five years later, the dustups continue. On June 6, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission was reported to be investigating whether Binance Holdings broke U.S. securities rules in launching its digital tokens….

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# Elusive Bitcoin ETF: Hester Peirce criticizes lack of legal clarity for crypto

# Elusive Bitcoin ETF: Hester Peirce criticizes lack of legal clarity for crypto

” Elusive Bitcoin ETF: Hester Peirce criticizes lack of legal clarity for crypto “ The crypto sector may be maturing, but regulatory clarity around the treatment of digital assets continues to remain cumbersome.  This was recently highlighted by Commissioner Hester Peirce — also known as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) “crypto mom”…

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