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“# SEC sees $5M victory in case against Kik ” On Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the end of its lawsuit against Kik Interactive. The Canadian messenger app fell afoul of the U.S. regulator for failing to treat its sale of KIN tokens as a securities offering. A district judge confirmed the SEC’s…
“# Regulation will keep PayPal’s new crypto services from looking like crypto for now ” Earlier today, PayPal confirmed that it would be adding crypto payments to its global platform over coming months. The rollout will begin in the United States, where PayPal also became the first recipient of the New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) conditional Bitlicense,…
“# OKEx’s lips remain sealed on its sudden crypto withdrawal freeze ” For nearly a week, uncertainty as to why OKEx suddenly suspended its cryptocurrency withdrawals on Oct. 16 has lingered on. The ongoing suspension has been puzzling to many, but the exchange’s representatives maintain that the move was solely because one of the company’s…
“# Abramoff-linked crypto firm says SEC has no case against it ” The NAC Foundation has accused the United States Securities and Exchange Commission of misconduct in an ongoing case. According to court documents Oct. 20, Rowland Marcus Andrade and his company NAC Foundation asked a San Francisco federal judge to dismiss the SEC’s June lawsuit alleging…
“# The Bahamas launches world’s first CBDC, the ‘Sand Dollar’ ” The Central Bank of the Bahamas has announced the country’s “Sand Dollar” — a state-backed virtual currency — is now available nationwide. According to an Oct. 20 Facebook post from Project Sand Dollar, the central bank digital currency (CBDC) became available to all 393,000…
“# Brazil is prepping an IPO for its state-run digital bank ” Brazil’s Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, said during an online event this Tuesday that Brazil “is about to” join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and that the Brazilian government has plans to launch a public offering of shares (IPO) for…
“# Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now ” Recent comments from Jerome Powell, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, show the American government is not especially concerned with speed when it comes to developing a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. In contrast, Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano argues that time…
“# French Finance Minister throws shade at crypto, praises blockchain ” French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who once said Facebook’s Libra token would risk the “monetary sovereignty of states,” is continuing his criticism of cryptocurrencies. In an Oct. 19 tweet, Le Maire claimed some cryptocurrencies are associated with purchasing drugs and weapons in addition…
“# Leaders of global CBDC projects talk shop in panel today ” As part of DC Fintech Week, a digital conference on the governmental side of the financial technology sector, several international leaders gathered for an Oct. 19 panel called: Central Banks, CBDCs and Cryptoeconomics. “I don’t see technological barriers in this area, but I do…
“# US financial watchdog fines early Bitcoin mixer $60M for money laundering ” The founder and operator of some of the first “mixing” services in crypto will have to cough up $60 million to U.S. regulators, even as he faces continued criminal charges. The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on Monday a $60-million…