Tag: CryptoPolicy

The US SEC seems to target the NFT market recently. The regulator has been involved in the crypto world to prevent scams, Ponzi methods, and other senseless investments. However, many crypto fans claim that SEC is extremist with its measures. NFT commerce made its debut in 2017 with the Ape monkey collection that promised to…

Decentralized exchanges, one of the largest contributors to DeFi growth, reported more than $1 trillion in trade volume over the last year. Many DeFi projects look towards the Gulf countries as a decentralized finance hub. One of the biggest contributors to the recent exponential growth of the crypto market was the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector,…

EU Commissioner for Home Affairs said that the European Union is open to digital assets but with fraud-preventing regulation. Regulation and cybercrime in the crypto industry sparked the discussion around crypto at the Munich Security Conference 2022. The commissioner spoke at the Munich Security Conference on February 18, 2022, attended by the CEO of FTX,…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is formulating a licensing regime for virtual asset service providers to formalize the crypto economy and become a global industry hub. Meanwhile, various free zones in the country had introduced crypto regulations as early as 2018. According to Bloomberg citing government officials, the UAE is readying to issue federal licenses…

The US Justice Department announced on February 17 that the FBI is launching a unit for blockchain analysis and virtual asset seizure and assigned Eun Young Choi, a seasoned computer crimes prosecutor, to lead a new team, dedicated to investigating and prosecuting illicit cryptocurrency schemes. According to Reuters, in a speech at the Munich Cyber…

How the forward-thinking Gulf nation is becoming a booming capital for cryptocurrency businesses, writes Rebecca Anne Proctor for Jewish Insider. The United Arab Emirates has long been considered a desirable destination for doing business. Now, the Gulf nation appears poised to become a global hub in the burgeoning — but controversial — field of cryptocurrency….