SEC ‘regrets any confusion’ from dubbing tokens as securities: filing

October 31 marks the ten year anniversary of the release of the Bitcoin whitepaper, which was authored by Satoshi Nakamoto, and whose identity still remains a mystery.In this relatively short period of time, Bitcoin has challenged the way modern society looks at global finance and banking, and has been the catalyst for the birth of…

In an interview with Cointelegraph on Friday, Oct. 18, United States Representative Warren Davidson gave his thoughts on the Securities Exchange Commission’s (SEC) flawed approach to regulating digital assets as well as Mark Zuckerberg’s upcoming Oct. 23 testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.Congressman Davidson (R-OH) is a figure familiar to many in the crypto…

Rostin Behnam said it was "critically important to have a primary cop on on the beat" of an emerging market that included cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. 601 Total views 55 Total shares Acting chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, Rostin Behnam has likened the government agency’s enforcement of the digital asset space to…

The halcyon days of state subsidized electricity are over. Officials from Inner Mongolia are mulling an electrical policy that would prevent cryptocurrency miners from using inexpensive, state-subsidized electricity.Per the Inner Mongolia Electric Power Group Co, the region expects to recover around 6.732 billion yuan ($977 million) in taxes and fees thanks to these new measures.…

Bitcoin billionaire Palihapitiya will use earnings from the sale to fund other “future-shaping technologies” for his venture firm. 847 Total views 13 Total shares Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya has sold 15% of his position in the crypto and stock trading platform and finance company SoFi. The company went public earlier this year through a merger with…

Bitcoin (BTC) price gained over $300 in just ten minutes on July 27 as markets rallied to take the largest cryptocurrency back above $10,000. Market visualization. Source: Coin360Bitcoin network holds clues to price futureData from Coin360 shows BTC/USD trending towards the psychologically important barrier after hitting local highs of $10,179 early Saturday. The sudden uptick ended a…

Ripple's chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty says the term is “fabricated” with no legal basis. 

A crypto analyst says Ether could make a “major push” to $3,500 if it holds a $2,800 weekly close, and futures traders are betting on an upward move.