Tag: regulations

DeFi's Wild West Days Are Over: Smart Rules Save Web3

DeFi's Wild West Days Are Over: Smart Rules Save Web3

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Remember the gold rush? Chaos, scams, and a few lucky winners. That's been DeFi for too long. The utopian ideal of a wholly unregulated online Wild West is a perilous delusion. Then it’s really time to trade our six-shooters in for smart contracts and smart regulations.Innovation Needs Guardrails, Not AnarchyWe've...

Crypto 'Floor is Lava': SEC's Peirce Demands Clearer US Rules

Crypto 'Floor is Lava': SEC's Peirce Demands Clearer US Rules

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Our view is that the U.S. crypto market is at a decisive inflection point. Regulatory uncertainty is the biggest risk of all, putting a damper on potential innovation and investment. As SEC commissioner Hester Peirce has so accurately put it, we are “in a period of no rules.” She compares...

SEC's Crypto 'Floor is Lava' Hurts Emerging Artists Most Here's Why

SEC's Crypto 'Floor is Lava' Hurts Emerging Artists Most Here's Why

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Hester Peirce's "Floor is Lava" analogy? This declaration is not merely a witty soundbite – it’s very true for developing musicians. Most of them are struggling to make their creative futures in the colorful, underappreciated crusts of South East Asia. The SEC’s regulatory fog isn’t just a theoretical legal discussion,...

El Salvador's Crypto Playbook: Can the SEC Finally Learn to Innovate?

El Salvador's Crypto Playbook: Can the SEC Finally Learn to Innovate?

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El Salvador. A tiny nation. A David facing a Goliath. Here, David’s foe is epic-Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), shackled as it is by decades of tradition. At the same time, El Salvador races toward the front of the pack in the cryptocurrency competition. What’s really revolutionary though, is that...

Web3's RWA Reckoning: Are Regulators About to Crash the Party?

Web3's RWA Reckoning: Are Regulators About to Crash the Party?

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The Wild West days of Web3 are over, folks. We've all been riding high on the promise of decentralized finance, but a reckoning is coming, and it's wearing a badge and carrying a rule book. Yet that reckoning has suddenly turned very squarely toward Real World Assets (RWAs), the touted...

SEC's Crypto Rules Need a Fix? 5 Ways to Empower Southeast Asian Artists

SEC's Crypto Rules Need a Fix? 5 Ways to Empower Southeast Asian Artists

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Meet Dewi, a gorgeous batik artist from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. For countless generations, her family has carefully and respectfully drawn complex patterns on fabric, an art-form handed down through family trees like sacred bloodlines. Dewi dreams bigger. Her goal is to make her art accessible to the world. She’s interested in...

Atkins Aims to Overhaul Crypto Regulations at SEC

Atkins Aims to Overhaul Crypto Regulations at SEC

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Paul Atkins, the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seems poised to do just that. We look forward to him prioritizing a transparent regulatory framework for digital assets. Atkins, a former Wall Street financier and entrepreneur, has made a name for himself with a deregulatory philosophy and...

SEC's Atkins Demands Crypto Rules Overhaul: What It Means For You

SEC's Atkins Demands Crypto Rules Overhaul: What It Means For You

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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins asks for a long-term resetting of the agency’s regulatory approach towards crypto. This unprecedented step has the potential to change the game for investors, businesses, and ultimately the future of blockchain innovation in the US. DeliciousNFT.com is all set to walk you through what this means...

India's Crypto Rules: Boom or Bust for Blockchain Startups?

India's Crypto Rules: Boom or Bust for Blockchain Startups?

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India’s trip down the crypto-coaster has been rife with excitement, regulatory bust, and short-lived hopefuls. For blockchain startups in the country, this regulatory uncertainty brings both huge challenges and special opportunities. DeliciousNFT.com is excited to explore the current state of crypto regulations in India. We’ll gauge their effects on the...

5 Ways India's Crypto Rules Could Ignite (Or Extinguish) Web3 Art

5 Ways India's Crypto Rules Could Ignite (Or Extinguish) Web3 Art

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Meet Anya, a gifted batik artisan from a remote village in Indonesia. For years, she struggled, trying to take her detailed art learnin’ pieces out of her neighborhood. Her income barely sustained her family. Then, she discovered NFTs. Now, collectors everywhere could get her art with the click of a...

Japan's "New Capitalism 2025" Plan Signals Regulatory Embrace of Bitcoin and Web3

Japan is strategically positioning itself as a global leader in digital innovation with its updated "New Capitalism 2025" plan, released on April 13. Taken together, this plan represents a major regulatory turning point event toward welcoming Bitcoin and Web3 technologies. The initiative aims to leverage digital assets to solve social...

Japan's Bitcoin Revolution: A Boon for Artists and Web3 Creators?

Is Japan on the verge of accidentally unleashing a tsunami of creative destruction and financial liberation onto the rest of the emerging markets? I know this seems like a tall order, but hear me out. Japan’s regulatory change to officially recognize Bitcoin as a financial product. This step is a...

5 Ways This Crypto Bill Empowers Southeast Asian Artists, Not Wall Street

Let’s be honest, when you hear about crypto regulation, your first thought probably isn't Southeast Asian artists finding new avenues for creative expression. Surely visions of Wall Street honchos and inscrutable derivatives dance in your head. Well, what if I told you that the Senate’s Banking Committee just released their...

Senate Republicans Forge Ahead on Crypto Market Structure Framework

Republican senators working on a new framework for digital assets legislation, riding the positive bipartisan wave in the Senate as of late. This announcement follows the Senate’s passage of a bill to regulate stablecoins last week. It was passing with overwhelming bipartisan support.Senators Tim Scott, Cynthia Lummis, Thom Tillis, and...

Crypto's 'Light-Touch' Regulation Gamble Will It Protect You?

The Senate Committee’s proposed “light-touch” regulatory framework for crypto is a long high-stakes poker game. Are we all truly holding a winning hand, or are we collectively bluffing our way into a future financial crisis? It’s a question every investor, every innovator, and frankly, every citizen should want to know....

Trump Jr. at KBW2025: Web3's Mainstream Moment?

Donald Trump Jr.’s scheduled keynote address at KBW2025 is raising eyebrows and inspiring intense discussion across the Web3 ecosystem. He’s just a high-profile guy shaking things up in the crypto world. His presence further exemplifies the increasing importance of blockchain technology and its potential to revolutionize the traditional economy. Does...

Trump Jr. at KBW2025: Web3's Punk Rock Moment or Sellout?

Or I think about Nandar, a wonderful Burmese artist that I met in Yangon, sharing with me her latest NFT collection. Each work exploded with vivid imagery, bravely fighting back against the junta’s repressive hold. She began selling them directly to supporters around the world, allowing her to cleverly sidestep...

KBW2025: Is Trump Jr. Web3's Trojan Horse or its Savior?

Donald Trump Jr. at Korea Blockchain Week? It's a head-scratcher, isn't it? About as easy as locating a MAGA hat at a Burning Man soirée. Before we put this down as just another short-lived publicity stunt, let’s take a closer look at what this could IoTally Web3 means. Cynical ploy...