Nigeria
Nigeria: SEC opens portal for fintech operators
Weeks after announcing the registration of five fintech companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened the regulatory incubation programme for fintech firms ...
Global
Global: DoJ investigates Mastercard debit card programme
Mastercard says the Department of Justice is investigating potential anticompetitive behaviour related to its debit card operations. In an SEC regulatory filing, the payments ...
Global
Global: Dubai crypto regulator awards first broker-dealer MVP operational license
BitOasis, a Middle East-focused crypto exchange based in the United Arab Emirates, has received the first broker-dealer minimum viable product operational license from ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: SEC opens Regulatory Portal for Fintechs seeking to operate in Nigerian Capital Markets
The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it has opened the Regulatory Incubation (RI) program for FinTech firms operating or seeking to ...
Global
Global: US court orders South African firm’s CEO to pay $3.4 billion for bitcoin fraud
A federal judge in Texas ordered the head of a South African firm to pay a whopping $3.4 billion for what the U.S. ...
Global
Global: SEC looks down on UpToken, imposes crypto fines
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has fined Seattle-based Coinme and related defendants nearly $4 million for conducting an unregistered and misleading offering ...
Global
Global: Generative AI governance targeted in proposed EU rules
The EU’s AI Act has been pushed through to the trilogue stage after nearly two years of drafting. The draft includes requirements for ...
Global
Global: Hong Kong security regulator to issue crypto license guidelines in May
The Hong Kong Securities Futures Commission (SFC) is reportedly set to release cryptocurrency exchange licensing guidelines next month. The plans were reported by Bloomberg on ...
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Global: Crypto must end anonymity for illicit finance, U.S. regulator says
Anonymity is allowing crypto assets to finance illegal activities, a top U.S. regulatory official said on Tuesday, posing national security risks that must ...
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Global: EU’s Crypto Legislation to Drive Cryptocurrency Prices
The EU Parliament’s passing of the Markets in Crypto Act, or MiCA, has been hailed as a “landmark moment” for cryptocurrencies that will ...