Policy

Blockworks covers a diverse range of cryptocurrency regulatory topics including SEC complaints, banking regulation, anti-money laundering and bipartisan legislation.

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Republican challenger Bernie Moreno captured the industry’s attention when he went up against a key member of the so-called “anti-crypto army”

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Plus, Coinbase predicts a “massive source of inflow of capital” once the industry receives regulatory clarity

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Nishad Singh won’t serve any jail time, Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled on Wednesday

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The WSJ published an article last week about Tether’s alleged AML violations and USDT being used to fund illegal activities

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Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla’s open letter hits a little different as voters get set to cast their ballots next week

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The industry sometimes glosses over the uphill battle involved in getting crypto issues in front of lawmakers

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Gambaryan can now leave Nigeria to seek medical attention

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Incumbent US Senator Elizabeth Warren faced off with the pro-crypto attorney trying to take her seat Tuesday night

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Politicians are realizing that crypto is going to be a winning issue this cycle and in the future, chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad tells Blockworks

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Coinbase hired History Associates in 2023 to assist in retrieving records from the SEC and FDIC

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As part of last week’s FinCEN settlement, TD Bank allegedly failed to report transactions related to crypto to relevant law enforcement agencies

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Former IRS agent and Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan will remain imprisoned in Nigeria’s Kuje prison

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The US regulator accused the crypto market-making firm of acting as an unregistered dealer

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Crypto.com said it received a Wells notice from the SEC in late August

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An SEC spokesperson told Blockworks the Ripple judgment clashes with Supreme Court precedent and securities laws

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Gurbir Grewal, who has been at the agency almost as long as Gensler has been chair, will depart on Oct. 11, 2024

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The SEC’s announcement comes as Mango Markets also mulls a CFTC settlement

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The case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm for alleged money laundering and sanctions violations will continue, judge rules

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We’ve come a long way, but lack of regulatory clarity for crypto in the US remains a major hurdle, industry leaders say

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Ellison’s Tuesday sentencing comes months after Sam Bankman-Fried was handed a 25-year sentence

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Rep. Tom Emmer brought up DEBT Box and asked SEC Chair Gary Gensler if the handling of the case “embarrassed” him

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The SEC claims the reserves backing TUSD were being held in a “speculative fund”

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All five SEC commissioners appeared on Capitol Hill Tuesday to answer questions from House lawmakers about how they are running the securities agency

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Coinbase’s team told a three-judge panel on Monday that the SEC has failed to provide a path for actors in the digital asset space

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The Consensys suit was originally filed in April and included the allegation that the SEC had opened an investigation into Ethereum

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