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The United Kingdom has an opportunity to capitalize on the departure of Web3 firms leaving the United States due to regulatory uncertainty. But to achieve that, the U.K. will need to follow its own regulatory path, smoothing the requirements for crypto in some regard, according to a think tank. On Oct. 2, the influential conservative

The United Nations and the Dutch government announced plans for the creation of a framework for the ethical supervision of artificial intelligence (AI).  On Oct. 5 the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure and the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially launched the project called, “Supervising AI by Competent Authorities,” through which they

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Union’s markets regulator, released a second consultative paper on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) mandates on Oct. 5.  In the 307-page document, the ESMA seeks stakeholders’ input on five areas of MiCA, including sustainability indicators for distributed ledgers, disclosures of inside information, technical requirements for white papers,

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has provided guidance to exchanges and cryptocurrency issuers on its interim approach to what it calls value-referenced crypto assets, with a particular focus on stablecoins. On Oct. 5, the umbrella organization of Canada’s provincial and territorial securities regulators published a clarification saying it may allow trading of certain cryptocurrencies that

The plaintiffs of the EthereumMax (EMAX) investor class action lawsuit have been given a final chance to amend their claims against the celebrities they accuse of promoting the now-defunct cryptocurrency.  In an Oct. 3 court order, United States District Court Judge Michael Fitzgerald said he’s giving the EMAX investors a third and final chance to

Sam Bankman-Fried was “very resistant” to having investors join the board of directors at FTX, claims Matthew Huang, the co-founder and managing partner of crypto investment firm Paradigm. The sudden collapse of FTX saw more than a few investors burned, with Paradigm joining a number of venture capital firms including Sequoia, Temasek and BlackRock in

Elon Musk has called for a “comprehensive overhaul” of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission hours after the regulator sued Musk alleging he failed to testify in its probe relating to his $44 billion Twitter (now X) purchase last October. The SEC is investigating if Musk’s purchase triggered securities laws and an Oct. 5

Adam Yedidia, Sam Bankman-Fried’s college roommate and an early employee of FTX, continued his testimony on Oct. 5, the second day of former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried’s trial in New York. Yedidia was testifying for the prosecution with immunity. Under examination by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, Yedidia told the court that he started as a

Gary Wang, the co-founder and former chief technology officer of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was the latest witness to testify in the criminal trial of former CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried. According to reports from Inner City Press, Wang addressed the courtroom on Oct. 5 following testimony from former FTX developer Adam Yedidia and Paradigm co-founder Matt

On the third day of the criminal trial for Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, the former CEO’s roommate at MIT and FTX developer Adam Yedidia testified about the $8-billion deficit the crypto exchange reported prior to its bankruptcy. According to reports from Inner City Press in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,