The AMF received 34 responses from various players in the DeFi ecosystem, centralized players from the digital asset sector and traditional finance around the world.
Chainalysis details the extent to which money launderers use blockchain “to launder funds from a broader range of illicit activities beyond the conventional understanding of crypto crime."
Programmable payments refer to the automation of payments based on specific conditions, while programmable money is a broader concept whereby the digital currency itself can have embedded rules.
Drawing from previous cases involving securities, Consensys struck the SEC with a complaint as it seeks protection from the U.S. regulator's "administrative state to control innovative technologies."
Uniswap is next to face legal wrath, with the U.S. securities regulator issuing a Wells notice, which the DEX founder claimed was no longer a surprise, citing the regulator's stance against exchanges.
The OECD report found that professional investors were most dominant in East Asia, but retail traders were most vulnerable to rug pulls and DeFi collapses.
Coin Center responded to a late-December demand by Sen. Warren, who sought more information on efforts by Coin Center to hire former gov't officials to lobby Congress on pro-digital currency issues.
While regulators clamor to regulate the digital asset sector, a new report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sheds light on the equal risks that DeFi poses while presenting recommendations to mitigate them.
DWS, Deutsche Bank's asset management arm, has introduced a regulated euro-denominated stablecoin via AllUnity, aiming to bridge traditional finance and DeFi.
IOSCO has released a set of nine policy recommendations to consider relating to DeFi, which complemented a set of recommendations issued in November on the oversight of digital asset markets.
Australia has updated its tax guidance to include any interaction with decentralized lending platforms, liquidity pools and providers, and wrapped tokens.
U.K. law enforcement authorities want to boost theirdigital currency crime-fighting team with blockchain experts for strategic, tactical advice, and on-chain tracing.
