New SEC Regulations Add Cryptocurrency Under Security-Based Swap Rules
The cryptocurrency industry might soon be flooded with different kinds of rules to checkmate its operations. The recent developments in the sector point towards a new SEC rule that will guide the security swaps occurring in many financial assets, including crypto. This information came from the SEC Chairman during a speech he gave to the American Bar Association Derivative & Future Law Committee. While speaking, Gary Gensler outlined the changes that will take place on security-based swaps in 2022. According to Gary, these changes will ensure that transparency exists in such transactions....
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More rules are coming for the cryptocurrency space, according to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler. The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, may soon issue new rules for the regulation and registration of security-based swaps, including cryptocurrency.In a speech to the American Bar Association Derivative and Futures Law Committee SEC Chairman Gary Gensler laid out the changes coming to security-based swaps over the next year. The changes are designed to increase transparency and reduce risk to the market. The new requirements that will go into effect in November include new counterparty....
Current regulations do not prohibit the swapping of digital currencies, according to the Iranian Vice Presidency for Legal Affairs. The department has stated its position in correspondence with an ICT industry association which wanted to know what rules apply to cryptocurrency exchange, local media reported. Converting a Cryptocurrency Into Another Is Not Against Iranian Law Regulations approved by the Tehran government in 2019 do not ban the swapping of cryptocurrencies, the Vice Presidency for Legal Affairs said in response to an inquiry by the Iranian Information and Communication....
Citing unnamed but informed sources, Japanese publications are reporting that a working group under the Financial System Council have complied a draft of Japan's first ever cryptocurrency regulations. Under the new proposed rules, bitcoin exchanges and those dealing with virtual currencies must register with the government to fall under a regulatory framework. The rules, as reported by The Japan Times, are drafted by a working group under the Financial System Council (FSA). The proposals and discussion for the new rules began yesterday, while the bills required to enact the new rules and....
Announced today: TeraExchange has announced that they have completed the first bitcoin derivative trade to be executed on a regulated exchange platform. According to the announcement, the trade was executed between digitalBTC and a hedging counterparty. From today's announcement: The TeraExchange USD/Bitcoin swap provides institutional market participants with the first regulated risk transfer mechanism to hedge or gain exposure to bitcoin. All trading of USD/Bitcoin swaps on TeraExchange, a regulated swap execution facility, are now subject to the rules and regulations of TeraExchange and....
As authorities in the EU are still discussing union-wide cryptocurrency regulations, a major U.S. bank has reportedly lobbied the Irish government to adopt its own rules for the space. BNY Mellon launched its digital asset business in Ireland this year to provide custodian services to institutional investors.
Banking Giant BNY Mellon Calls for Irish Crypto Regulations
U.S. banking corporation BNY Mellon, which established a crypto unit in Ireland this spring, has urged the country’s finance ministry to introduce crypto regulations while the EU rules for the space are....