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Jay Clayton Advocates for the Legitimate Uses of Cryptoassets and Stablecoins: A Deep Dive into Regulation

The head of Coinbase Exchange, Brian Armstrong, said that the Coinbase Custody service is popular and holds more than $500 million in digital assets.

Last week there was a major hacking of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, as a result of which 523 million NEM coins were stolen. This forced the site to stop operations to withdraw all funds except Bitcoin. The total value of the stolen coins was about $ 534 million at the time of the theft. Although the cryptocurrency market stabilized quite quickly, experts believe that this break-in is just the beginning. In an interview with CNBC, analyst Nicholas Colas said that in the near future, we expect more attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Western Union (WU), which is one of the largest operators of international transfers, launched a campaign against remittances involving cryptocurrency exchanges. The decision, which also complies with the Company's internal regulations, is an attempt to impede the provision of services and transactions related to cryptocurrencies. At Reddit in early December, a post appeared, the author of which asserts that the company advised the Kraken crypto exchange to not process transactions related to digital currencies, as this contradicts its internal rules.