U.S. President Joe Biden directed federal agencies to coordinate their efforts at drafting cryptocurrency regulations in a first-of-its-kind executive order on Wednesday, March 9.
In a new twist of the Russian crypto regulation saga, the country’s Ministry of Finance has come forward with an initiative that stands in stark contrast with the central bank’s hardline position.
The Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) has fined Binance Turkey 8 million lira (nearly $750,000) after the crypto exchange failed the financial watchdog’s audit for monitoring Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance.
On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, voiced his criticism at the "Russian Calling" investment forum in Moscow. According to local news outlet lenta.ru, the president made the following remarks, as translated by Cointelegraph:
