SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioners Hester Peirce, Caroline Crenshaw, and Mark Uyeda offered differing views on the agency’s changing regulatory posture on crypto, enforcement and financial innovation.
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On 15 April 2024, Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor of Financial Stability at the Bank of England (BoE), delivered a speech explaining how the BoE seeks to deliver trust and support innovation, both as a provider and as a regulator of retail and wholesale money, against the backdrop of significant technological change in payments.
On 25 January 2024, the Bank of England (BoE) and HM Treasury (HMT) published their response to the consultation on a ‘digital pound’, which was launched in February 2023 and received over 50,000 responses. In the response they confirmed that no final decision has been made to pursue a digital pound
On 16 October 2023 the Australian Federal Treasury released its public consultation paper regarding the proposed regulatory regime for digital asset platforms. The proposed framework highlights the Australian Government’s intention to ensure consistent oversight and safeguards for consumers by regulating digital asset platforms and other intermediaries within the existing Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL