LONDON, 20 April (Reuters) - Pertukaran crypto utama AS Coinbase Global Inc(COIN.O) mengatakan telah mendapatkan lisensi untuk beroperasi di Bermuda, sebagai bagian dari dorongan yang lebih luas untuk berekspansi secara global.
CEO Coinbase Brian Armstrong mengatakan pada hari Selasa bahwa perusahaan cryptoakan berkembang di "lepas pantai" surga kecuali AS dan Inggris membuat "kejelasan tentang regulasi" untuk kripto.
Regulator dan lembaga penegak hukum di AS telah meningkatkan tindakan terhadap perusahaan crypto tahun ini, menyusul serangkaian ledakan industri pada tahun 2022. Pada bulan Maret, Komisi Sekuritas dan Pertukaran AS (SEC)mengancam akan menuntut Coinbase atas produk tertentu.
Coinbase telah memperoleh lisensi dari Otoritas Moneter Bermuda, yang memungkinkannya beroperasi sebagai bisnis aset digital di sana, katanya dalam sebuah posting blog pada hari Rabu.
Pertukaran juga sedang berdiskusi dengan regulator keuangan di Abu Dhabi tentang lisensi potensial, kata blog itu.
Coinbase berencana untuk meluncurkan pertukaran crypto derivatif di Bermuda secepatnya minggu depan, Fortune melaporkan pada hari Rabu, mengutip seseorang yang dekat dengan perusahaan tersebut.
Ditanya tentang laporan Fortune, juru bicara Coinbase mengatakan kepada Reuters pada hari Kamis bahwa perusahaan "tidak mengumumkan apa pun hari ini mengenai rencana masa depan kami untuk menawarkan layanan melalui lisensi ini."
Regulator Bermuda tidak segera menanggapi permintaan komentar yang dikirim di luar jam kerja.
Perdagangan derivatif Crypto adalah bisnis besar. Pada bulan Maret, volume perdagangan derivatif di bursa utama mencapai sekitar $2,8 triliun, menurut peneliti London CCData, dibandingkan volume perdagangan spot lebih dari $1 triliun.
Ketua SEC AS Gary Genslerkepada anggota parlemen pada hari Selasa bahwa dia "belum pernah melihat bidang yang begitu tidak mematuhi hukum".
Perusahaan crypto mengatakan mereka membutuhkan kejelasan tentang peraturan, tapikata Gensler bahwa pasar crypto "menderita karena kurangnya kepatuhan terhadap peraturan, bukan kurangnya kejelasan peraturan".
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