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Also in March, the ruling AK Party Deputy Chairman of Information and Communication Technologies Ömer İleri said, “We find it very important to carry out a legal study in the field of crypto assets. This legal regulation is primarily a study that will regulate the platforms, but beyond that, it will be a regulation that will protect our citizens and investors.” Source link

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Lawmakers, crypto heavyweights and banking executives argue that a SEC policy on crypto custody and accounting harms U.S. investors and stifles innovation, but Joe Biden disagrees. Washington is gearing up for an almighty fight about a controversial SEC ruling. There was a significant breakthrough last week when the House of Representatives voted to repeal Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121. What is SAB 121? SAB 121 requires public companies to account for and disclose the obligations and risks of safeguarding customers’ crypto assets. The policy is controversial due to its potential to complicate financial reporting and increase operational burdens. These rules…

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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Right now, the world’s financial system operates under a veil of secrecy. Global banks currently undergo stress tests to examine whether they can withstand significant and sudden market downturns. But in some cases, regulators only require these exercises to take place once every two years—and the outcomes can be unacceptably opaque. It has only been 16 years since Lehman Brothers spectacularly filed for bankruptcy in what was the world’s biggest commercial collapse. Millions of high-risk mortgages had…

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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The first smart contract blockchain, Ethereum, was monolithic by design, meaning it manages its own execution, settlement, consensus, and data availability. Over the years, new decentralized applications developed, leading to increased demand for blockspace. When the demand for blockspace is more than its supply, the constrained availability restricts the range of potential applications, causing a significant impediment to utility and widespread adoption.  This limitation is called the scalability trilemma or, in a nutshell, the idea that no…

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