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Tech

SC invites applications for Fikra ACE Accelerator programme

July 11, 2024July 30, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR: The Securities Commission is inviting applications for the second cohort of the Fikra ACE Accelerator programme, which provides…

Crypto World

Cryptocurrency

BiT Global claims Coinbase delisted wBTC for ‘competitive advantage’

November 21, 2024

BiT Global claims Coinbase delisted Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) to gain a “competitive advantage” for Coinbase’s own Bitcoin (BTC) wrapper, Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC), the wBTC custodian told Cointelegraph.On Nov. 19, Coinbase tipped plans to suspend…

Cryptocurrency

SEC Chair Gary Gensler to step down

November 21, 2024

United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler, known for his hardline stance on cryptocurrency regulation, will depart from the agency on Jan. 20, 2025, the securities regulator said in a Nov. 21…

Cryptocurrency

SEC broker-dealer rule struck down by US courts, big win for crypto

November 21, 2024

The broker-dealer rule from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which changed the definition of a “broker” to include all liquidity providers and automated market makers controlling more than $50 million in capital, has…

Cryptocurrency

UK to deliver comprehensive crypto regulation framework by early 2025

November 21, 2024

A draft regulatory framework for crypto assets will be ready in the United Kingdom early next year, a Treasury official promised at City & Financial Global’s Tokenisation Summit in London on Nov. 21.Some regulations were…

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