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India 'Fairly Ready' With Crypto Consultation Paper, Government Official Says
India has not yet finalized crypto-specific legislation.
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Thoughts From Davos
The crypto industry showed up in force at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
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The Crypto Community Says the UK's FCA Is Finally Starting to Listen
The British regulatory agency's first CryptoSprint was focused on digital asset information disclosure, custody and other regulatory obligations.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
The Curious Case of Coinbase's India Communications Strategy
Reverberations remain from the company's ill-fated Indian launch.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Lael Brainard predicts a digital dollar could take the central bank many years to build. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
US Fed Vice Chair Says Digital Dollar Would Take 5 Years to Launch
The Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard says it will take years to build a U.S. CBDC and that the project can only start once Congress and the White House sign off.
Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Lael Brainard predicts a digital dollar could take the central bank many years to build. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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After Armstrong Tweet, India's Crypto Policy Body Says No Contempt of Court Challenge vs. RBI
The Coinbase CEO last month suggested the RBI's "shadow ban" of crypto exchanges violated a Supreme Court ruling.
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Circle Internet Financial has asked the Federal Reserve to hold off on issuing a digital dollar. (Lance Nelson/Getty Images)
Circle Asks US Fed Not to Step on Its Toes by Launching a Digital Dollar
The public is already served well by private-sector tokens, the USDC stablecoin issuer said in a comment letter to the central bank.
Circle Internet Financial has asked the Federal Reserve to hold off on issuing a digital dollar. (Lance Nelson/Getty Images)

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried defends his company's push for direct derivatives clearing at a CFTC roundtable. (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)
FTX’s Bankman-Fried Pitches CFTC on Directly Clearing Customers’ Crypto Swaps
The crypto exchange’s founder and CEO made his case at a Washington, D.C., roundtable, while mainstream derivatives firms painted his ideas as dangerous.
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried defends his company's push for direct derivatives clearing at a CFTC roundtable. (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)

Michael Hsu criticizes crypto at an industry-sponsored event in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)
OCC Chief Hsu: Crypto Industry Has Unhealthy ‘Dependency on Hype’
The acting head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has worked to limit banks’ involvement in cryptocurrencies.
Michael Hsu criticizes crypto at an industry-sponsored event in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)

Sen. Cynthia Lummis is working with Sen. Kristen Gillibrand on a bill to regulate digital assets. (Getty Images)
US Senators Lummis and Gillibrand Set to Propose Crypto Oversight Bill Next Month
The bipartisan duo hope their bill to establish guardrails around the digital assets industry could get votes as soon as next year.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis is working with Sen. Kristen Gillibrand on a bill to regulate digital assets. (Getty Images)