The cryptocurrency space is a vast, untamed, digital frontier full of promise and danger. New York Attorney General Letitia James is threatening to hold the state accountable. She calls on Congress to be bold and to provide accountability in this fledgling industry. Her plea for a federal framework underscores a...
The news out of Kentucky runs far deeper than a procedural pause. The lawsuit, which was brought by a bipartisan coalition of 18 state attorneys general, had been temporarily halted by a federal judge under the SEC’s motion. Ostensibly, it’s a temporary pause to test the waters. Stop the litigation,...
A federal judge has temporarily stopped one of the most significant lawsuits in years against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This development has led to much speculation regarding potential shifts in the regulatory environment surrounding cryptocurrencies. A coalition of 18 state attorneys general and the newly formed DeFi...
I get it. Headlines scream at us about billions in losses to crypto scams. Celsius ripped off thousands, including New Yorkers. But I can't shake this feeling: are we about to throw the baby out with the bathwater? And even more importantly, aren’t we ignoring whose baby it is in...
AG James is right. It’s time for Congress to stop looking the other way on the crypto Wild West. The Celsius debacle, in which 26,000 New Yorkers alone lost a shocking $440 million, is just one painful example. Another $12 billion disappeared down the crypto fraud rabbit hole last year....
ChainGPT’s market-leading artificial intelligence (AI) tools will revolutionize the Web3 experience and beyond. This exciting integration will greatly benefit Binance Wallet’s more than 100 million users. This collaboration creates a secure and user-friendly gateway for managing digital assets, creating on-chain content, and participating in Web3 projects. Through this new partnership,...
Tell us which of these innovations you’re most excited about… Isn’t it maddening to watch how legacy financial systems continuously underestimate the power of Southeast Asian SMEs?… They are the backbone of the region’s economy. Instead, they’re usually bogged down by inconvenient things such as bureaucracy, exorbitant percentage transaction fees,...
We're told MiCA is a victory. A landmark. A victory, indeed, though perhaps a surprising one as Ekmel Çilingir, Chairman of EMBank’s Supervisory Board, would have you think. Volumes up, stablecoins flowing, fintechs supposedly empowered. But before we uncork the champagne, let's ask a crucial question: Does Regulation Truly Set...
Ekmel Cilingir, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of European Merchant Bank (EMBank), has released an article examining the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S. and the European Union. Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, Cilingir's LinkedIn Pulse article, titled "Crypto Going Legit: New Direction in the US, MiCA's Early Success,...
Emerging crypto regulations will undoubtedly impact how fintechs and SMEs interact with the digital asset space. At the forefront of this change is the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. Though these final regulations create a host of new compliance challenges, they create new avenues for growth and innovation. Our...
