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FASB Says Crypto Assets Should Be Marked at Current Values

The U.S. standard-setting organization for accounting has moved to insist companies use “fair-value” accounting to report their crypto holdings.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is issuing the first crypto-specific accounting standard for companies with digital assets. (Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Getty Images)

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Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty to Money Laundering, Other Charges

Prosecutors allege that Storm and fellow developers Roman Semenov and Alexey Pertsev helped bad actors launder over $1 billion in stolen crypto.

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Ex-Celsius CEO Mashinsky's Assets Ordered Frozen by Court as DOJ Case Continues

Corporate bank accounts and a Texas property are now untouchable after the former executive’s July arrest.

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky outside a courthouse in New York on July 25, 2023. (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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Looking at Uniswap and Crypto’s New Favorite Ruling

A federal judge took the current state of federal securities laws to task in a ruling dismissing a lawsuit against Uniswap Labs.

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Zodia Markets Receives In-Principle Approval as Crypto Broker-Dealer in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi was among the first to establish a bespoke licensing regime for virtual asset service providers.

Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)

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Russian Lawmaker Predicts That Digital Ruble Will Displace Banks

Soon it will be possible to get a loan in the digital ruble and decisions will be made by a robot, Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the State Duma Banking Committee, said, expressing his opinion in a meeting.

Russian flag (Egor Filin/ Unsplash)

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Global Standard Setters to Deliver Global Crypto Policy Roadmap

The Financial Stability Board and the International Monetary Fund are set to deliver a paper calling for global coordination on crypto policy at this weekend's G20 summit.

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Singapore's New President, a Former Central Bank Chairman, Has Called Crypto 'Slightly Crazy'

The 66-year-old garnered more than 70% of the vote to take over a largely ceremonial role.

Tharman Shanmugaratnam and his wife Jane Yumiko Ittogi in 2017.

Policy

Australia Senate Committee Rejects Crypto Bill From Opposition Senator Andrew Bragg

Bragg said the Labor government had put regulating crypto in the slow lane.

Australia's government is taking a deliberate approach toward creating crypto laws. (Unsplash)

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SEC Hasn't Met Requirements to Argue for an Appeal, Ripple Says

Ripple opposed the SEC motion to try and appeal a federal judge's ruling in its case against the crypto company from July.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Kevin Dietsch/Getty and Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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