US regulator to seek feedback on DeFi's impact on financial crime

A United States financial regulator is looking to gain feedback from the banking industry about how decentralized finance (DeFi) may affect the bureau’s efforts to stop financial crime. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said it is “looking carefully” at DeFi, while the agency’s acting director, Himamauli Das, said the digital asset ecosystem and virtual currencies are a “key priority […]

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Crypto lender Genesis has no solution yet for withdrawal halts

Crypto lending platform Genesis has informed its customers that its withdrawal freeze is likely to last “additional weeks” amid efforts to stave off a potential bankruptcy filing. In a Dec. 7 letter to its customers shared by Genesis to Cointelegraph, interim CEO Derar Islim — who took the temporary helm of the company in August — said it will be […]

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MicroStrategy's Saylor Says XRP Is A Security, Touts Bitcoin As The Only Crypto Commodity

Michael Saylor has said that XRP is a security, noting that the cryptocurrency falls under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The self-declared Bitcoin HODLer expressed strong views when speaking on the PBD podcast earlier on Tuesday. “XRP is an unregistered security,” Saylor said when asked about his thoughts on the embattled cryptocurrency. “It’s pretty obvious. There’s […]

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MetaMask Reviews Data Collection Policy Following Community Backlash

The platform aims to reduce data retention to seven days. ConsenSys will also allow for the use of third-party RPCs and self-hosted nodes. ConsenSys, the company behind MetaMask and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) infrastructure Infura, has clarified how it handles data privacy after being criticized for collecting users’ wallet information and IP addresses. In a blog dated December 6, the […]

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