Day: 21 June 2023

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Arizona, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has announced the establishment of a new task force called the "Darknet Marketplace and Digital Currency Crimes Task Force." The task force is a collaborative effort between representatives from several federal law enforcement agencies, including ...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the global monetary authority based in Switzerland, has proposed the development of a universal ledger to accommodate Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenized assets.  Despite its skepticism towards cryptocurrencies, the BIS believes that regulated tokenization platforms overseen by central banks will play a ...

Bankrupt Bitcoin miner Core Scientific has submitted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan to the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court. The filing indicates the company's active pursuit of consensus from key stakeholders regarding the vision for a restructured Core Scientific post-bankruptcy. According to the bankruptcy plan, ...

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced a bill to establish a commission that would evaluate the country's approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and formulate regulations for the AI sector.  Reps. Ted Lieu, Ken Buck, and Anna Eshoo jointly introduced the bill, titled National AI Commission Act, in the ...

On June 21, 2023, WisdomTree, a New York-based asset management fund, filed another application for approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list its "WisdomTree Bitcoin Trust" on the Cboe BZX Exchange.  The company's new application for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is part of ...