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Empower Oversight, a government watchdog organization, has filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accusing the agency of failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. This request aimed to uncover potential conflicts of interest and biases within the SEC concerning its regulation of …

Campaign for Accountability (CfA), a non-profit ethics watchdog organization, has written a letter to popular anti-crypto US senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown, alerting them to possible links of Circle, the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin issuer, to terrorist financing activities.  Circle Compromised By Integration With TRON, CfA Says In its letter …

Nonprofit ethics group Campaign for Accountability (CfA) sent a letter to U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown on Nov. 9 to present them with information on the alleged use of cryptocurrency in money laundering. The letter discussed the Tron blockchain and stablecoin issuer Circle in particular. In the letter …

DSS will enable companies to establish financial market infrastructure leveraging digital asset technology. The United Kingdom is set to establish a new Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) next year to foster innovation in the digital securities sector. The move marks the second crypto-related sandbox initiative in the UK as it continues …

TikTok has become a focal point in the United Kingdom as the country’s financial watchdog takes action against potential consumer harm. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently initiated a consultation process to revamp its social media guidelines, specifically targeting influencers and advertisements that could negatively impact consumers.  This move by …

Europe’s data watchdog, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, predicts a sour predicament for United States-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies currently being investigated for alleged GDPR violations. “The breathless pace of development means data protection regulators need to be prepared for another scandal,” Wiewiórowski told MIT’s Technology Review during a recent interview, invoking the …

Amid the continuous regulatory scrutiny,  Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) disclosed its latest plan to enforce a new regulation to oversee crypto advertisements and target consumers in Belgium starting May 17, 2023.  This update comes as regulators worldwide have become increasingly concerned about the risks of investing in cryptocurrencies. The …

Pacific Money | Economy | Southeast Asia Joseph D’Cruz, the top of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), believes that Brussels’ new guidelines might have a “human, social and developmental cost.” A palm oil plantation in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Credit score: Depositphotos Commercial This week, Reuters information company conducted an interview with Joseph …

CNN  —  At the least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment advantages may have been improperly paid, with a “significant portion” attributable to fraud, in line with a new estimate from the Division of Labor’s Workplace of Inspector Basic. That’s up from the workplace’s projection final yr of at the very …

The battle that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is approaching a grim one-year milestone, with mounting navy and civilian deaths. As Russia steps up assaults round Bakhmut, Western nations have raised their navy help for Ukraine to the very best degree but, with commitments to ship …

Touch upon this story Remark THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An investigation by the worldwide chemical weapons watchdog established there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air drive dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gasoline on town of Douma in April 2018, killing 43 individuals. A report printed Friday by a staff …

As the 2023 chair of ASEAN, Indonesia must push Myanmar to end violence and restore democracy nearly two years after the Burmese generals overthrew an elected government, Human Rights Watch said Thursday in launching its worldwide annual report. The New York-based watchdog group urged Indonesia and eight other members of …