Bank of England Begins Developing Regulatory Framework for Cryptoassets March 24, 2022 By Huw Jones and David Milliken The Bank of England on Thursday began sketching out Britain’s first regulatory framework for cryptoassets, saying that although the sector...
Consumers Risk Losing All Their Crypto Investments, EU Regulators Warn March 17, 2022 Consumers risk losing all their money invested in cryptoassets and could fall prey to scams, the European Union’s securities, banking...
Crypto Market Risks Should Be Priority for Global Regulators: Financial Stability Board February 16, 2022 By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson Risks from the $2.6 trillion crypto market could grow quickly and regulators need pre-prepared measures to bring the sector to...
Hackers Seize $80M of Digital Assets From Qubit in Latest DeFi Attack January 31, 2022 By Akayla Gardner More than $80 million of digital assets were swiped from a decentralized finance platform in the latest hack of cryptocurrency...
UK Financial Watchdog to Curb Marketing of Cryptoassets, Other High-Risk Investments January 20, 2022 By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson Britain’s financial watchdog said on Wednesday it planned to curb the marketing of cryptoassets and other high-risk investments, a move...
Cryptocurrency Crime Hit Record $14 Billion in 2021: Research January 6, 2022 By Tom Wilson Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record...
Biz Interruption, Recovery Costs Drive Financial Losses From Cyber Attacks: Report October 14, 2021 By L.S. Howard During the COVID-19 crisis, global cyber attacks skyrocketed in a digital pandemic driven by ransomware, according to a report published...
Cryptocurrency Crash ‘Plausible Scenario’, Regulations Needed: BoE’s Cunliffe October 13, 2021 A collapse in cryptocurrencies is a “plausible scenario” and rules are needed to regulate the fast-growing sector as a “matter...
Biden Administration Targets Crypto Pipelines in Fight Against Ransomware Attacks September 22, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Jennifer Jacobs The Biden administration plans a fresh campaign against ransomware attacks through sanctions to cut off criminals’ cryptocurrency pipelines, and it...
SEC Must Increase Cryptocurrency Oversight, Investor Advocates Say September 21, 2021 By Joe Light Many cryptocurrency projects are flouting investor-protection rules and deserve more scrutiny, a group of investor advocates told Securities and Exchange...