Peter Schiff Warns SEC Could Change Definition of ‘Security’ — Expects Lots of Investors to Be Retroactively Fined

Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has sounded the alarm about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) potentially changing the definition of a “security.” He cautioned: “Now that the U.S. Appeals Court has upheld the SEC’s authority to unilaterally change the definition of a ‘dealer,’ I expect lots of private investors to be retroactively … Read more

Peter Brandt Warns Against Trusting SEC Chair Gary Gensler — Says He Has Long History of Not Protecting Investors

Veteran trader Peter Brandt has warned that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler should not be trusted. He stressed that Gensler “has a long history of not looking out for the interests of investors.” Brandt further emphasized that the SEC chairman “was instrumental in the bankruptcy” of a major company and was … Read more

Treasury Official Confirms Crypto Isn’t a Popular Tool for Terrorists — Says They ‘Prefer Traditional Products’

U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Under Secretary Brian E. Nelson has confirmed that terrorists’ use of crypto remains a small fraction of more established mechanisms to move money. He also admitted that “digital assets were not even a popular tool for Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad” and “Hamas is using crypto in relatively small … Read more

Deutsche Börse Group’s Crypto Subsidiary Granted Four Licenses by the German Regulator

A subsidiary of the German multinational company Deutsche Börse Group has been granted four licenses by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority or Bafin. The licensing of the subsidiary helps to distinguish its product offering “as one of the few to meet these exceptionally high standards.” Cementing Crypto Finance’s Position in the European Digital Asset … Read more

South Korea to Expel Crypto Exchanges Failing to Meet Its Stringent Conditions

Cryptocurrency exchanges that fail to meet South Korea’s stringent operating standards will be expelled from the crypto market, the country’s financial intelligence agency has said. The Financial Intelligence Unit said its annual work plan incorporates the insights of cryptocurrency experts serving on its advisory committees. South Korea to Deploy System for Identifying Suspicious Transactions South … Read more

SEC Chair Gary Gensler Outlines ‘Very Real Economic Difference’ Between Bitcoin and US Dollar

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has outlined a “very real economic difference” between crypto like bitcoin and fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar. “You have a whole central bank, and support for one currency, generally per economic region,” the SEC chief noted, adding that we don’t have the same in bitcoin. … Read more

SEC’s Revised ‘Dealer’ Definition Sparks Concerns Over Impact on Crypto Innovation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rules to require firms that act like dealers to register with the Commission. A lawyer explained that the securities regulator took a shot at decentralized finance (Defi) with the rules, which explicitly target decentralized exchanges’ (DEX) liquidity providers (LPs) with at least $50 million in assets. … Read more

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