SEC Willing to Engage with Tokenized Asset Issuers, SEC’s Hester Peirce Says

SEC Willing to Engage with Tokenized Asset Issuers, SEC’s Hester Peirce Says

SINGAPORE — SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said Tuesday that the regulator is open to engaging with industry participants on tokenizing products, while emphasising the complexity of how these tokenized assets interact with their traditional counterparts. “We are willing to work with people who want to tokenize, we urge them to come talk to us,” Peirce…

Pavel Durov claims France asked to censor Telegram channels for Moldova

Pavel Durov claims France asked to censor Telegram channels for Moldova

Founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has reportedly claimed that French intelligence services asked him to censor some Telegram channels for the Moldovan government. Durov, who was incarcerated at the time in Paris, claimed they asked him to assist in that regard ahead of the 2024 presidential elections in Moldova. France has vehemently denied…

Poland Advances Crypto-Asset Market Act, Not Everyone Is Happy About It

Poland Advances Crypto-Asset Market Act, Not Everyone Is Happy About It

The lower chamber of Poland’s parliament voted to advance Bill 1424, otherwise known as the Crypto-Asset Market Act. Crypto advocates in the legislature heavily criticized the restrictive and harsh provisions of the bill. Poland’s Sejm, the lower house of the country’s parliament, reportedly advanced the Crypto-Asset Market Act. However, the stringent licensing and penalties sparked…

Eightco Holdings Inc. (ORBS) Announces 16.9 Million Verified World Humans, Adding 1.9 Million Since Launching Worldcoin Treasury Just 3 Weeks Ago

Eightco Holdings Inc. (ORBS) Announces 16.9 Million Verified World Humans, Adding 1.9 Million Since Launching Worldcoin Treasury Just 3 Weeks Ago

Advertisment Unveils ‘Power of 8’ Initiative: 800M Worldcoin (WLD) Tokens and 8B Verified Humans Dan Ives, renowned technology and AI expert and Wall Street analyst, serves as Chairman of the Board World is the single sign-on for the AI era “If we succeed on our mission, World might become the largest network of real people…

Kazakhstan launches Alem Crypto Fund with first investment in BNB

Kazakhstan launches Alem Crypto Fund with first investment in BNB

Kazakhstan has established a state-backed crypto reserve in partnership with Binance, marking the country’s latest move into digital assets. The initial digital asset in the fund’s portfolio is BNB (BNB), the utility token that drives transactions, fees, and governance on Binance’s blockchain, according to a Monday announcement on the Kazakhstan government’s website. The announcement did…

Crypto AML Firm Notabene Introduces Compliance Platform for Stablecoin Payments

Crypto AML Firm Notabene Introduces Compliance Platform for Stablecoin Payments

Cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) specialist Notabene has introduced Notabene Flow, a stablecoin payment platform designed for high-value business transactions. Notabene, a firm focused on bringing compliance to crypto transactions, such as applying the so-called “Travel Rule,” said its platform adds features long absent from crypto rails in an emailed statement on Monday. These include payment…

Poland approves controversial crypto law

Poland approves controversial crypto law

Lawmakers in Poland have approved a new bill designed to regulate the crypto industry in the country in line with the latest European Union standards. The Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, adopted the new law to implement the European Union’s Market in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulations in the country. However, critics are…

Ethena Approves BNB, XRP, And Hype In Eligible Asset Framework

Ethena Approves BNB, XRP, And Hype In Eligible Asset Framework

Ethena Labs integrates BNB, with XRP and HYPE under consideration, in its new Eligible Asset Framework for the USDe. The organization included the mentioned crypto assets as they all surpassed the framework’s $1 billion open interest benchmark to ensure stability for its synthetic stablecoin. Ethena Labs, the issuer of Ethena (ENA), has recently unveiled a…