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Chase U.K. to Block Crypto Payments Citing Fraud, Scams

Starting Oct. 16, the bank will decline customer attempts to make payments related to crypto assets via debit card or outgoing bank transfers.

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Market Maker KeyRock Secures Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Clearance

The Brussels-based crypto firm joins the likes of BitGo in being approved by standards body VQF.

KeyRock has secured anti-money laundering recognition in Switzerland (hagu81/Pixabay)

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Taiwan Issues Crypto Guidance as It Steps Up Regulation

The guiding principles focus on customer protection and include requirements to custody client funds separately from company assets.

Taiwan (Timo Volz/Unsplah)

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Binance Restarts in Belgium Three Months After Order to Stop

In June, the exchange was told to stop serving Belgian clients by the Financial Services and Markets Authority.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

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Celsius' Bankruptcy Nears End as Creditors Approve Reorganization Plan

Most of the classes in the bankruptcy claim voted by more than 98% in favor of the reorganization.

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky outside a courthouse in New York on July 25, 2023. (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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Coinbase Successfully Registers With Spain's Central Bank

The registration compels the firm to comply with the country's anti-money laundering standards.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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Digital Euro at Least 2 Years Away, ECB’s Lagarde Says

The European Central Bank chief said she wanted to address “conspiracy theories” about CBDCs and government snooping.

ESRB Chair Christine Lagarde (ECB/Flickr)

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Indian Crypto Investment Platform Mudrex Expands to Italy

Mudrex successfully registered with Italy's Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM), a mandatory step for crypto firms, on Sept. 1, according to the CEO.

The four co-founders of Mudrex (from left to right): Prince Arora, VP, engineering; CEO Edul Patel; CTO Alankar Saxena; and Rohit Goyal, VP, DeFi. (Mudrex)

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CFTC Denies Kalshi’s Plan to Let Users Bet on Control of U.S. Congress

U.S. federal regulators said the plans weren't in the "public interest," after a court squabble involving rival service PredictIt

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Binance, U.S. Affiliate, Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao File to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit

The motions to dismiss leans on major questions doctrine claims, among other arguments.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)