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London-based crypto trading firm Copper plans to start offering tokenized securities early next year, according to reports on Nov. 29. Under the leadership of former British Chancellor Phillip Hammond, the company expects to capitalize on institutional investors' demand.The service is expe ...

IOSCO, the international regulatory body overseeing securities markets, has released its conclusive report containing policy suggestions for crypto and digital asset (CDA) markets.The suggestions within this report play a crucial role in formulating a unified global regulatory approach to ...

Crypto firm Bakkt appears to be returning to digital asset custody as its primary business, adding support for six new coins, according to an announcement on Nov. 15. Aside from Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), Bakkt will expand its custodial support to include Bitcoin Cash (BCH), ...

Web3, blockchain, crypto and mass adoption were major buzzwords in 2021 and 2022, but the public interest in the terms fell to the wayside over the last year as media headlines narrowed their focus to the now defunct FTX exchange and the trial of its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. Fast-f ...

The weeklong Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit began on Nov. 11 in San Francisco. The highlight of the event will surely be on the sidelines, when United States President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Ping meet on Nov. 15, but with the focus of the organization being on the region ...

The Hollywood actors’ union SAG-AFTRA concluded its strike on Nov. 9 after 118 days of picketing with new deals on various proposed stipulations including artificial intelligence (AI) usage. Since then, the union has released a summary of its final deal with studios, which inclu ...

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has selected Ripple Labs Inc., a leading blockchain payments platform, as the official technology partner for developing Digital Lari, their central bank digital currency (CBDC) project.Ripple said in a  statement that the partnership will ...

Rules for crypto asset promotion that came into force in the United Kingdom on Oct. 8 have led to some confusion, judging from the low level of compliance. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) responded with additional guidance for crypto firms to help them fall into line.The FCA released ...

The tokenization of real-world assets has been tipped as a major use case of blockchain technology that could drive Web3 adoption. In episode 35 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, host Elisha Owusu Akyaw interviews Sanjay Raghavan, vice president of Web3 Initiatives at Roofstock ...

Hong Kong’s securities regulatory authority has issued two circulars to regulate digital asset tokenization in its pursuit of becoming a prominent Web3 hub in Asia.The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), in these circulars, offered instructions to intermediaries participating in token ...

Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s Nifty Newsletter. Keep reading to stay up-to-date with the latest stories on nonfungible tokens. Every Wednesday, the Nifty Newsletter informs and inspires you to dig deeper into the latest NFT trends and insights. In this week’s newsle ...

Turkey is reportedly drafting fresh regulations to govern crypto-assets in an effort to convince the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international organization responsible for combating financial crimes, to remove it from a “gray list” of nations that have not done enough to combat money l ...

United States Senator Cynthia Lummis has scored another one for crypto with a Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision issued on Oct. 31. The GAO found that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 should be subject to congressional review. That bulletin, issu ...

The digital era is in full swing, and with it comes a surge of opportunities that promise to redefine the business landscape. The buzz around blockchain technology and Web3 functionalities is real and for a good reason.They are not just buzzwords but gateways to unparalleled securit ...

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTTC) has signed an agreement to acquire Securrency, a digital asset infrastructure developer. The acquisition will allow DTCC to embed digital assets gradually in its existing products and services, it said. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. I ...

Ras Al Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi inaugurated the new RAK Digital Assets Oasis (RAK DAO), an economic free zone dedicated to supporting companies involved in digital and virtual assets, blockchain, Web3, and artificial intelligence (AI), on Oct. 19.As previously reported ...

The Inspector General’s Office (OIG) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the independent United States government body that provides deposit insurance to commercial and savings banks, has published an evaluation report on the corporation’s crypto asset risk strategy. ...

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is preparing regulations to supplement the Virtual Asset Users Protection Act passed earlier this year, according to local reports. New regulations should be ready by January, well ahead of the law entering into force, the FSS head said. ...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission released its 2024 examination priorities report on Oct. 16. The agency’s Division of Examinations has been publishing similar reports for over a decade to let its registrants know the emerging risks it will be focusing on. Crypto dealer-b ...

The need for an oracle in decentralized finance (DeFi) is a major impediment to adoption in the real world, according to the authors of a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) bulletin. The problems with oracles are both practical and principled, and the study’s authors saw no way around ...

Seven leaders in decentralized finance (DeFi) have banded together to form the Tokenized Asset Coalition (TAC). The new advocacy group will work toward the adoption of public blockchains, asset tokenization and institutional DeFi, it announced Sept. 7.Aave Companies, Centrifuge, Circle, Co ...

All-in-one crypto trading solution TradeSanta has just unveiled its new crypto profit calculator to help users calculate fees, profits and losses before they open a trade.In a fast-moving market, keeping on top of your financial position isn’t easy. Just recently, Bitcoin (BTC) post ...

Why is protecting your digital assets in the Web3 era important?What are the most prominent security threats in the Web3 ecosystem?What measures should you take to safely navigate in Web3?DHow to choose the right tool to safeguard your digital assets ...

The Toyota GR Cup, a North American racing series held by Toyota Gazoo Racing, recently announced it will start awarding digital trophies and record driver performances on the Polygon blockchain. Image source: Toyota press release.Per a press release, the new on-chain awards system wi ...

Tact was pervasive in the United States House of Representatives Agricultural Committee’s consideration of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act on July 27. With many references to bipartisanship and self-congratulatory mentions of the members’ cooperation a ...

A bill to create a regulatory framework for digital assets has been introduced by Republican members of the Agriculture and Financial Services Committees of the United States House, the result of several months of joint effort by the two committees.The 212-page bill — called the Fin ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Union’s markets regulator, released a consultative paper on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) mandates on July 12. It was the first of three consultative packages the agency expects to publish and concerns technical speci ...

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is unlikely to directly list a cryptocurrency on its exchange but could consider an “appropriately-backed” tokenized real-world asset such as gold.Speaking to Cointelegraph, Dan Chesterman, the ASX’s chief information officer and group executive of ...

On June 28th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York had issued a default judgment that granted a permanent injunction against Michael Ackerman, a resident of Alliance, Ohio.  ...

Digital Asset — the New York firm responsible for Australian Securities Exchange’s now-abandoned blockchain-based clearing system — has blamed the securities exchange for dropping its blockchain plans. Meanwhile, representatives of the ASX have clapped back in statements to Cointelegraph, ...

Prime Trust’s financial condition is “critically deficient,” and the crypto custodian has been unable to honor customer withdrawals since June 21, according to Nevada’s business regulator.In a June 21 cease and desist order, Nevada’s Department of Busines ...

On June 22, wallet infrastructure provider and digital asset custodian BitGo announced on Twitter that it had decided to cancel its acquisition of fintech infrastructure provider Prime Trust. According to BitGo, “This decision was not made lightly.” The full announcement read: ...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released a chapter of its annual report early. That chapter, on the future of the monetary system, discussed “a new type of financial market infrastructure – a unified ledger.” The chapter was published June 20, one day after the International Mone ...

On June 19, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its “Digital Asset Fund Flows Report,” revealing that cryptocurrency investment products experienced outflows totaling $5.1 million last week. The outflows contributed to the continuation of a nine-week streak of outflows, r ...

Ethereum users have been given another way to create nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and other digital assets on the blockchain with the launch of a new protocol.Launched on June 17, the protocol, dubbed “Ethscriptions,” is a nod to the Bitcoin (BTC) Ordinals protocol — where a ...

Binance, Binance.US, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly agreed on Friday, June 16, to temporarily limit access to customer funds exclusively to Binance.US employees.According to reports, the proposed agreement, pending approval from the overseeing fed ...

On June 12, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its latest weekly “Digital Asset Fund Flows Report,” revealing that cryptocurrency investment products experienced outflows of $88 million last week. The substantial drawdown added to the ongoing eight-week streak ...

Digital asset infrastructure provider Taurus is stepping up its tokenization efforts in Europe through a full integration with the Polygon blockchain, the company announced on June 2. The move will allow its clients to automatically issue digital securities. Taurus claims to have over ...

Financial experts at Standard Chartered have predicted that the price of Bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the end of 2024. This bullish outlook is attributed to the increased attention and interest in Bitcoin among investors following the collapse of several US banks, including Silicon Valley. ...

Societe Generale-Forge (SG-Forge), a subsidiary of the French banking giant Societe Generale, has introduced a new stablecoin called EUR CoinVertible, which is pegged to the European currency. The regulated company has designed this stablecoin for qualified institutional investors who have comple ...

According to Christian Hui, the Minister of Financial Services in Hong Kong, the city's crypto-friendly policies are drawing the attention of numerous crypto companies, with over 80 expressing interest in establishing offices. This surge in interest is attributed to the official announcement of s ...