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Spanish Securities Watchdog Calls for Search Engines, Social Network Operators to Stop Promoting Unregistered Investment Platforms

The CNMV, the Spanish securities regulator, has called for large search engines and social networks to stop offering advertising services for platforms that are not registered to offer investment or…

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SEC Chair Gensler Asks Staff to Collaborate With CFTC on Regulating Crypto Exchanges

The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has asked SEC staff to collaborate with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to develop a new plan…

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US lawmakers introduce companion bill to ‘mitigate risks’ from El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law

"The United States must have a plan in place to protect our financial systems from the risks of [El Salvador's decision," said Representative Norma Torres.

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Bitcoin Mining Startup Primeblock to Go Public via SPAC Merger as SEC Targets SPAC Deals

The bitcoin mining startup Primeblock has announced plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal. Primeblock will merge with a blank-check firm 10X Capital Venture Acquisition…

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UK Unveils Comprehensive Plan to Become Global Crypto Hub With Dynamic Regulation

The U.K. government has unveiled a detailed plan to make the country a global crypto hub and “a hospitable place for crypto.” The plan includes establishing a dynamic regulatory framework…

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls cryptocurrency CO2 emissions a ‘growing concern’

The group said that all technologies — seemingly including crypto — had the potential to enable emissions reductions as well as increased emissions based on how they were governed.

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