Daily Market Wrap
Crypto market cap: 1.02 trillion, up 0.13%
BTC price stands at USD 21,293, down 0.55%
ETH price stands at USD 1,620, up 1.23%
Top gainer: Chiliz (CHZ), up 21.09%
Top loser: Celsius (CEL), down 20.05%
News of the Day
Why it matters:
Australia’s Labor government will undertake a token mapping exercise this year in order to help shape its regulatory approach on crypto
The exercise will push government officials to attempt to define the various types of digital assets and bring them under an appropriate regulatory framework
Overall, the exercise, which formed one of the 12 recommendations in a Senate inquiry report last year, is expected to help identify how crypto assets and crypto-related services should be regulated
The Labor government hopes that the token mapping exercise will be an important step to bridge the significant education gap between regulators and policymakers
Crypto Daily Spotlight
Brief introduction: Tornado Cash is a “mixer” protocol that allows users to send cryptocurrency using their own wallets and receive it back through different addresses. It is used by some as a legitimate way to protect their privacy, but has also been a tool used by various hackers in the past.
Why it matters:
A gathering of over 50 crypto and security advocates gathered in Amsterdam’s Dam Square on Saturday to protest the arrest of a suspected Tornado Cash developer, Alexey Pertsev; over 1,950 people have signed a petition protesting the arrest of Pertsev
On August 12, Pertsev was captured by Dutch experts in the Netherlands just two days after the US government sanctioned Tornado Cash
Last week, the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) in the Netherlands disclosed more information about the arrest, saying that Pertsev is accused of concealing criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering through Tornado Cash
Pertsev’s wife Xenia Malik helped to organise the demonstration, which advocates for developers’ right to write open-source code
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