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RegulationUS spot bitcoin ETFs are a wrapper, not a new Bitcoin
BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale and others got to list products that hold bitcoin. You buy a share. A custodian holds coins. That is the product.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
CompaniesBinance pleaded guilty. BNB’s chain did not.
DOJ, FinCEN and OFAC took admissions and a multi-billion-dollar bill. Zhao pleaded to a Bank Secrecy Act failure. The token’s rules of consensus were not in the plea.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
CompaniesSBF’s conviction is a fraud verdict, not a protocol upgrade
A founder was convicted of stealing from customers and lenders. That is criminal law. It is not a market mechanism and it is not a reason to rewrite how wallets work.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readRegulationA court rebuked the SEC on Grayscale. That is not an ETF.
Judges said the SEC treated similar bitcoin products differently without a coherent explanation. Shares of a trust still are not bitcoin in your wallet.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
AltcoinsXRP headlines keep confusing a lawsuit with a product
XRP coverage often treats a legal chapter as if it were a software release. Readers deserve both stories, separately.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readRegulationThe SEC sued Binance and Coinbase. Enforcement is not a white paper.
Two complaints in two days alleged unregistered exchange, broker, and clearing functions — and, for Coinbase, an unregistered staking programme. A lawsuit is a theory. It is not “crypto is illegal”.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readRegulationHong Kong’s 2023 retail-crypto day was a licence regime
The AMLO trading-platform rules started. Licensed venues may serve retail with suitability and token due diligence. A start date is not a shopping holiday.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationThe EU Parliament voted MiCA through. A vote is not yet a licence.
Europe now has a text the co-legislators have blessed. Firms still need the Official Journal, technical standards, and a supervisor who will actually issue a licence.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readCompaniesSBF’s arrest is a custody-fraud case, not a protocol bug
The founder of FTX was taken in Nassau after SDNY filed charges. That is extradition and a docket. It is not a patch to a chain.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationOFAC listed Tornado Cash. That is a sanctions list, not a code review.
Treasury said the service had laundered billions, including proceeds attributed to North Korean hackers. Compliance desks now have addresses to avoid. A protocol mailing list is not the SDN list.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
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