RegulationPolicy
11 articles tagged Policy.
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RegulationRegulationRegulation is a process memo, not permission
Policy arrives as paper: orders, licences, enforcement, and the occasional law. None of that is a hall pass for a phone app, a tax holiday, or a green candle. Here is the map of instruments without a jurisdiction ranking.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
RegulationThe GENIUS Act is a stablecoin statute. It is not MiCA, and it is not a dollar.
On 18 July 2025 the US president signed the GENIUS Act, the first federal statute aimed at payment stablecoins. Reserves and licences are the plot — not a promise that every dollar token is interchangeable.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
RegulationA Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is forfeited coins, not a buy button
On 6 March 2025 the White House signed an order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve from forfeited BTC. No taxpayer market order was required that day.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readRegulationThe SEC dropped its Coinbase case. That is a dismissal, not a statute.
On 27 February 2025 the SEC filed a stipulation to dismiss its civil enforcement action against Coinbase. The 2023 complaint is off the docket. The Exchange Act is not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
RegulationRoss Ulbricht’s pardon is Silk Road history, not a market mechanism
On 21 January 2025 Ross Ulbricht, convicted for operating the Silk Road marketplace, received a presidential pardon. The ledger did not come up for a vote.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readRegulationWhat “regulatory clarity” actually means when you read it in a headline
Policymakers, exchanges, and token issuers all love the word clarity. It rarely means the thing a retail reader hopes: that the hard questions have been retired.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readRegulationA US election is a vote, not a protocol upgrade
On 5 November 2024 Donald Trump won the US presidential election after a campaign that talked about crypto. A vote is personnel and statutes later. It is not a patch.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationBiden’s digital-assets order is a process memo, not a ban
The White House asked for reports on consumers, financial stability, illicit finance, competitiveness, inclusion, and a possible US CBDC. That is coordination. It is not a protocol change.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationChina’s 2021 crypto notice banned the business, not the maths
Exchanges, brokers, token sales and derivatives serving mainland residents are out. Holding a key is not the same as running a venue. May’s mining crackdown was a different instrument.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulation