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U.S. Regulations to Consider When Managing a Cryptocurrency Fund

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There is good reason for this shift in view; according to Marc Bernegger, co-founder of crypto fund AltAlpha Digital, “after last year’s explosion of crypto hedge funds around the globe, there are now over 400 active funds, excluding those focused on venture capital.” State Regulations. SEC Regulation.

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Promethium Subsidiary Receives First FINRA-Approved Digital Asset Custodianship

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Promethium Ember Capital, (“PEC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Promethium, has become the first digital asset custody provider to come under federal regulation. PEC was approved as a special purpose broker-dealer (“SPBD”) for digital asset securities. The significance of this is two-fold.

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Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector

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Merchant cash advance companies avoid much of the regulation banks face by claiming that rather than giving loans to businesses, they’re paying the business cash now in return for a cut of future revenue. One business owners said he felt as if he were dealing with an entity almost like “a gangster operation.”.

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Capital Float On The Path To Video-Based KYC Implementation

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Developing a quick, seamless and secure onboarding process for financial institutions (FIs), lending startups and other financial services providers has long posed its trials. Capital Float had provided 500,000 clients with $1.2 Capital Float had provided 500,000 clients with $1.2

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Goldman Gets Green Light To Operate Bank In South Africa

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South African regulators also approved Goldman Sachs for a bank operation license as the firm strives for growth in the most liquid and sophisticated economy on the continent. The filings also indicated that interest income would be spread across operating segments.

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SEC Appoints Small Business Capital Committee Members

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Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed members to its newly-formed Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee as it works to support small business access to capital. It succeeds the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies, which ceded operation in 2017.

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ICC Says Regulation Limits Trade Finance

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Reports in Reuters on Tuesday (May 28) said UBS expects its regulatory costs to remain high in the years ahead after a decade of more stringent regulations leading to heavier, more costly burdens on banks. “That has tied up enormous resources.” “Why is this so significant?