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Law Commission for England and Wales Seeks Views on Draft Legislation to Label Crypto as Property

“Personal property rights are important for many reasons, including in the event of insolvency or where assets are interfered with or unlawfully taken,” the commission said on Thursday. “However, because digital assets differ significantly from physical assets, and from rights-based assets like debts and financial securities, they do not fit within traditional categories of personal […]

Crypto Action in U.S. Senate Remains on Back Burner: Sources

Warnings this week from the Chamber of Digital Commerce about the bill from Warren may be premature, one of the people said. The group’s CEO, Perianne Boring, sent out a notice with the subject line, “URGENT: Cryptocurrency Under Threat,” that warned that Brown may advance Warren’s bill “effectively banning cryptocurrency in the United States.” Source […]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Warns of Crypto Risks to U.S. Financial Stability

“The council is focused on digital assets and related risks such as from runs on crypto-asset platforms and stablecoins, potential vulnerabilities from crypto-asset price volatility, and the proliferation of platforms acting outside of or out of compliance with applicable laws and regulations,” she said in the testimony prepared for delivery, which was posted on the […]

U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Overturn SEC’s Crypto Accounting Policy ‘SAB 121’

“The SEC issued SAB 121 without conferring with prudential regulators despite the accounting standard’s effects on financial institutions’ treatment of custodial assets, and the SEC issued SAB 121 without going through the notice-and-comment process,” said Rep. Flood, in a statement. “In the face of overreach by a regulator, it is the role of Congress to […]