‘Opportunism and Demagoguery’ Fuel the U.S. Regulatory Crackdown on Crypto, Steptoe Partner Jason Weinstein Says

U.S. regulators like the SEC and CFTC have always engaged in an “arms race” to rein in the cryptocurrency industry. However, the multi-billion-dollar collapse of crypto exchange FTX has triggered a particularly “tough” wave of crypto regulatory crackdowns, including those on prominent crypto exchanges like Kraken and Coinbase, Weinstein told a live audience in Austin, Texas.. Source

“Opportunism and Demagoguery” Fuels the U.S. Regulatory Crackdown, Steptoe Partner Says

CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal U.S. regulators like the SEC and CFTC have always engaged in an “arms race” to reign in the cryptocurrency industry. However, the multi-billion-dollar collapse of crypto exchange FTX has triggered a particularly “tough” wave of crypto regulatory crackdowns, including those on prominent crypto exchanges like Kraken and Coinbase, Weinstein told CoinDesk. Source The post “Opportunism and Demagoguery” Fuels the U.S. Regulatory Crackdown, Steptoe Partner Says appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal

Google bullish on blockchain, UK’s $125M AI pledge, Voyager and Binance

At the intersection of tech and cryptocurrency news, the Google for Startups Cloud Program has expanded to include 11 blockchain firms. Together, the entities will provide grants, expertise and services to emerging Web3 entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom government has allocated $125 million in funding for a task force aimed at accelerating the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) readiness. The task force will focus on ensuring sovereign capabilities, such as public services, and fostering the adoption of safe and reliable AI foundation models. In other headlines, troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX is set…

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UK Treasury seeks input on taxing DeFi staking and lending: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. The taxation arm of His Majesty’s Treasury in the United Kingdom has proposed new regulatory changes to simplify how DeFi returns are taxed and reduce the “administrative burden” for taxpayers. A DeFi options protocol has raised $17 million for a buy-side marketplace and an expanded number of listed tokens. USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle launched a cross-chain USDC transfer protocol between Ethereum…

Terra Classic Advocates Propose Plan to Re-Establish USTC’s Peg With US Dollar, Token’s Value Surges by Over 9% – Bitcoin News

Almost 12 months back, terrausd (UST), an algorithmic stablecoin, suffered a detachment from the U.S. dollar, causing the Terra ecosystem to crumble shortly thereafter. At present, supporters of the Terra Classic blockchain community are deliberating on a plan to revive the ecosystem by re-establishing the once-stable token’s peg with the U.S. dollar. In response to the proposed development, the value of UST, renamed USTC, has escalated by more than 9% in the past 24 hours. Terra Classic Community Plans to Take Action to Restore USTC’s Peg With USD Terra Classic…

Venmo will enable fiat-to-crypto payments in May

Users of mobile payments service Venmo will soon be able to buy cryptocurrencies and send them to other Venmo users or external wallets beginning in May, according to an April 28 announcement from PayPal executive Jose Fernandez da Ponte. PayPal is the parent company of Venmo. Dropping in to announce a new feature of ours: crypto transfers⚡Get started now. https://t.co/R9QtUENfae pic.twitter.com/UoeEAWVhlz — Venmo (@Venmo) April 28, 2023 At a Consensus 2023 interview titled “PayPal’s Next Chapter in Crypto,” da Ponte explained how the new feature will work: “Starting in May,…