Overview of Important Midday Developments on April 12

7:00-12:00 Keywords: Pakistan, SEC, Spain 

1. Pakistan launches its first compliance-based virtual asset regulatory framework; 

2. Acting Chair of the US SEC: Considering establishing a short-term crypto regulatory framework to address the current period; 

3. SEC may establish a regulatory sandbox for crypto exchanges, proposing to allow trial tokenized securities trading; 

4. Spanish police dismantle a $21.5 million cryptocurrency investment scam using AI; 

5. US Senate proposes an emissions fee on high-energy data centers, potentially impacting Bitcoin mining companies.