Belgium's FSMA clarifies Bitcoin, Ethereum are NOT securities

In a major win for stakeholders of the crypto-industry, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) of Belgium has clarified that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other decentralized cryptocurrencies do not qualify as securities.

Timeline of Bitcoin, Ethereum

In a recent interview, Catherine Wood, Founder, CIO, and CEO at ARK Investment Management, LLC (aka “ARK” or “ARK Invest”), recently shared her thoughts on Bitcoin and Ethereum. Wood's comments were made on Wednesday (23 November 2022) during an interview with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Businessweek Radio.

Anthony Pompliano, a podcast host, Bitcoin minimalist and cryptocurrency investor, said sometime back that a large portion of the Ethereum network is hosted on third-party clouds like AWS.

The latest update for ConsenSys' Infura API tool has caused a big outcry in the Ethereum community. As was announced yesterday, Infura will start collecting and assigning IP and Ethereum addresses of MetaMask users with immediate effect.

If a no-coiner friend or relative asked you this question, how would you answer? It is worth bearing in mind that so far this year, the Bitcoin price (trading around $16,430 as of 8:50 a.m.

As the Bitcoin market faced turmoil surrounding the possible bankruptcy of Genesis Trading and Digital Currency Group (DCG), chatter kept surfacing that Michael Saylor's and MicroStrategy's Bitcoin bet could be in jeopardy if the price continues to fall.

Bitcoin and Ethereum ended two-day rallies as both coins fell slightly, although prices held at crucial support levels following indications the US Federal Reserve will soon slow down the pace of interest rate rises. Bitcoin, the largest coin by market cap, fell 1.5% to US$16,443.

 Bitcoin has continuously dropped over the last couple of weeks, largely due to the FTX crash Institutional investors like the Purpose Bitcoin ETF Holdings have not yet bought back despite the discount. The latest Bitcoin (BTC) crash has done more harm than good to investors' sentiment.

The crypto markets have turned extremely volatile and uncertain ever since the popular exchange FTX collapsed and created a ripple of fallouts. Meanwhile, Bitcoin and popular altcoins attempted to begin with a recovery phase, but the bears perceived the fact of their growing dominance despite minor bounces.

On November 25, Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, failed to break above the $16,800 level and began to fall toward the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement level. Similarly, Ethereum, the second most valuable cryptocurrency, has followed Bitcoin's lead and is currently trading bearishly toward $1,160.

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