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Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand published draft of landmark legislation to regulate blockchain-based crypto assets. The bipartisan Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act seeks to regulate the digital assets industry in a crypto-friendly manner.

When the five digital banking licenses were announced in Malaysia, two of those licenses were allocated for digital Islamic banking.

Grab Financial Group Malaysia and Sedania As Salam Capital have partnered to offer micro-financing to Grab's drivers and delivery partners.

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) hereby announces that it has made a minority investment of JPY 360 million in Digital Asset Markets, Inc. as of February 25, 2022.

<p><span>Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) hereby announces that it has made a minority investment of JPY 360 million in Digital Asset Markets, Inc. as of February 25, 2022.</span></p>

Monday, December 21, 2020 Virtual Currencies as Commodities In recent years, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) has taken a role as one of the regulators of cryptocurrency in the United States. In this article, we review the CFTC’s regulatory and enforcement approach in this space. In December 2014, the CFTC stated that virtual currencies are encompassed under the definition of a “commodity” in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), and thus subjec...