President Lee Jae-myung’s rise to South Korea’s highest office marks the return of a left-leaning populist with deep working-class roots and bold plans for institutional crypto integration. Though crypto was not directly mentioned in Lee’s inauguration speech on June 4 after the impeachment of his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, Lee now leads the country with…
Opinion by: Jillian Friedman, chief operating officer, Symbiotic Since the Canadian federal election, there’s been little clarity on where this country is heading with digital asset innovation. Crypto regulation and policy didn’t make it into any of the parties’ campaign platforms. It’s a missed opportunity at a time when Canada needs swift action about whether…
Key takeaways Chainabuse allows anyone to publicly share information with enforcement, helping make crypto fraud more transparent, but it’s not a confidential legal channel. Scamwatch helps raise public awareness about crypto scams in Australia and gathers reports to support national anti-scam efforts, but it does not investigate or take enforcement action. Even if funds can’t…
Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia’s largest stock exchange, launched futures trading for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), as the fund climbed into the world’s top 25 ETFs by assets under management (AUM). MOEX introduced a futures contract tied to IBIT on June 4, according to an announcement by the exchange. The new investment product is…
South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been sworn in as president following a decisive snap election victory, after campaigning on a platform that included a range of pro-crypto policies. Lee claimed victory in the June 3 election held six months after the country’s previous leader, Yoon Suk-yeol, declared martial law and threw the nation…
Opinion by: Merav Ozair, PhD The launch of ChatGPT in late 2023 sparked an arms race among Big Tech companies such as Meta, Google, Apple and Microsoft and startups like OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral and DeepSeek. All are rushing to deploy their models and products as fast as possible, announcing the next “shiny” toy in town…
South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been sworn in as president following a decisive snap election victory, after campaigning on a platform that included a range of pro-crypto policies. Lee claimed victory in the June 3 election held six months after the country’s previous leader, Yoon Suk-yeol, declared martial law and threw the nation…
Coinbase has asked a US federal judge to hear a lawsuit from Oregon’s attorney general, claiming that it is a copy of a prior Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that belongs in federal court. In a June 2 motion filed in a Portland federal court, Coinbase claimed Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s April lawsuit accusing…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission will hone its crypto policies with “notice and comment” and move away from shaping its rules through the courts, agency chair Paul Atkins told Congress. In June 3 remarks to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services, Atkins said the agency’s crypto policymaking “will be done through notice and…
California has taken a step closer toward embracing crypto after a bill allowing state departments to accept digital currencies sailed through the state’s lower house with a unanimous vote and is now headed for the Senate. Assembly Bill 1180 (AB 1180), which passed the California State Assembly on June 2 with a 68-0 vote on…