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Decentralized finance project Yield Protocol said all borrowing and lending operations would end by Dec. 31, 2023. Yield Protocol, which raised $10 million backed by Paradigm, Framework Ventures, and other venture capitalists, is the latest defi project to shutdown. In an X thread on Tuesday, Oct. 3, Yield Protocol said the decision was made due to the lack of “sustainable demand for fixed-rate borrowing” as well as the “increasingly challenging regulatory environment in the U.S., Europe, and the U.K.” The project emphasized it plans to support users until Dec. 31, 2023. After the deadline, the project will offer only limited support for withdrawals. We’ve made the tough decision to wind down the Yield Protocol. The March 2024 fixed rate series will not be launched. Only the December 2023 series remains active for borrowing and lending. All borrowing and lending will end by December 31st. https://t.co/oHnCGgeP13 — Yield Protocol (@yield) October 3, 2...

European lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the DAC8 directive, empowering tax authorities to oversee and regulate crypto currency transactions within the EU. On Sept. 13, the proposal got 535 member votes in favor, only 57 against, and 60 abstentions. The DAC8 will enable tax authorities to monitor and regulate all cryptocurrency transactions conducted by individuals and companies within the European Union. The EU members will have until Dec. 31, 2025, to implement the new regulatory framework. The initiative will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026. DAC8 will use the reporting standards under the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) OECD format and operate under the MiCA standards. The initiative was proposed in December 2022 by the European Commission, creating a reporting framework for crypto-asset service providers towards the transactions that their EU clients do. You might also like: EU’s MiCA rules could prohibit MEV activities on Ethereum EU crypto regulation T...

Brian Shroder, the chief exec of Binance US , has stepped down and been temporarily replaced by chief legal officer Norman Reed, as the firm cuts one-third of its employees amid mounting regulatory scrutiny. Shroder’s departure comes hot on the heels of other Binance top executives leaving, including head of Eastern Europe and Russia, Gleb Kostarev, and global head of product, Mayur Kamat. The global crypto exchange is embroiled in numerous regulatory crackdowns and investigations by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Justice Department, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), into money laundering, mishandling customer funds, ignoring sanctions, and more. Binance US has also decided to cut another round of employees, this time more than 100 people. A spokesperson said in a statement that the move was a direct result of regulatory pressure in the US. “The actions we are taking today provide Binance.US with more than seven years of financial runw...