It’s time for the SEC to settle with Coinbase and Ripple

    The Securities and Exchange Commission should recognize it’s time to settle its cases against Coinbase and Ripple Labs. In every major litigation, there comes a moment when you realize it’s time to settle. A ruling doesn’t go your way, a juror gives your legal team the side eye, the judge makes it clear it’s time…

    Circle CEO spells doom scenario for US dollar in warning to Congress

    Jeremy Allaire claimed the U.S. dollar is “under threat” and urged lawmakers to pass stablecoin regulation to “build trust” in a digital dollar. The United States dollar’s place as a global reserve currency will be under threat if Congress isn’t quick to regulate stablecoins, warns the CEO of Circle. On July 13, Jeremy Allaire appeared…

    XRP becomes 4th largest crypto after Ripple’s partial win over SEC

    XRP’s market capitalization surged by more than $21 billion in just three hours. Ripple has now become the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after Ripple Labs’ partial victory over the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 13. Mere hours after the ruling, XRP market cap surged a whopping $21.2 billion to reach a new yearly…

    US Senate Finance Committee asks digital asset community how to tax it in open letter

    Community members may want to read up on the intricacies of tax law before they respond, but they have two months to do so. United States Senate Financial Services Committee Chair Ron Wyden and ranking member Mike Crapo released an open letter to the digital asset community on July 11 asking for input on the taxation of…

    Parliamentary report recommends Canada recognize, strategize about blockchain industry

    “Canada punches above its weight” in blockchain innovation, parliamentarians conclude, but lots more should be done to encourage the industry. A Canadian House of Commons committee report has recommended that the country “recognize blockchain as an emerging industry” and take all the steps that entails. There are a lot of steps needed, it said. The…

    BOE governor trashes crypto, stablecoins in favor of ‘enhanced digital money’

    A retail CBDC or “enhanced” digital money would support the singleness of money and settlement finality, Andrew Bailey said, but crypto isn’t money. Andrew Bailey, a Bank of England (BOE) governor, delivered a speech July 10 in which he moved smoothly from the central bank’s efforts to control inflation and maintain public trust in financial institutions to why…