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Top US Banking Regulator Grants Federal Charter to Crypto Firm Anchorage

South Dakota-based Anchorage Trust Company is making history as the first federally-chartered bank in the US to receive permission to…

January 14, 2021

ECB’s Christine Lagarde Calls for Global Push To Regulate Bitcoin

Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director and current European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde is calling for multi-lateral…

January 14, 2021

UK Treasury Says XRP Is Exchange Token and Not Security

The United Kingdom government appears to be cementing its position that XRP is an exchange token and not a security.…

January 12, 2021

British Banking Giant Blocks Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Transactions

The largest bank in the UK by assets is refusing to transact with cryptocurrency exchanges. The Sunday Times reports HSBC…

January 12, 2021

Hester Peirce Says Enforcement From the SEC Not the Best Way To Provide Crypto Clarity

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce is vocalizing her preference for clearer crypto regulations in the United…

January 9, 2021

SEC Acknowledges XRP’s Use As Fuel for Cross-Border Payments, Says Ripple General Counsel

Stuart Alderoty, Ripple's general counsel, says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has acknowledged XRP's use as fuel for…

January 8, 2021

65,500 Bitcoin and Crypto Advocates Push Back Against FinCEN’s Plan To Track Crypto Transactions

Crypto advocates are coming out in droves to respond to a proposed rule change that would mandate mass surveillance of…

January 8, 2021

Ripple CEO Reveals New Details on Interactions With SEC, Says Company Offered Incentives to Firms Using XRP

Brad Garlinghouse is addressing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Ripple. In a lengthy tweetstorm, Ripple’s CEO…

January 8, 2021

Top Regulator Says US Banks Can Use Stablecoins for Payments

A federal financial regulator is informing US banks that they can adopt new technologies such as stablecoins for their payment…

January 6, 2021

Payments Giant Square Says New US Regulations Will Hurt Crypto Adoption and Enforcement

Payments giant Square is pushing back against proposed regulation from the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) that would require…

January 5, 2021