2023-2-28 22:30 |
United States Representative Tom Emmer introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that could prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency. origin »
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Tom Emmer (R-MN), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a watchdog involved in the post-FTX saga lawsuit, has proposed legislation prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC to any individual directly in the U.S.
2023-2-23 23:35 | |
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The U.S. Congress will officially be split between the two major parties after results from the Nov. 8 election put a 218th seat in the Republican column, giving that party a majority in the House of Representatives as the crypto industry awaits legislation that could define its future.
2022-11-17 03:13 | |
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The last two years have seen the U.S. government take crypto much more seriously, with some congressional representatives proving themselves staunch defenders of the industry. The midterm elections present an...
2022-10-7 20:25 | |
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The central bank digital currency could fail if it doesn't offer something more than cash and credit cards do, industry representatives remarked.
2022-9-7 14:51 | |
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The ongoing crypto market turmoil and the de-pegging by two of the largest stablecoins earlier this week has caught the attention of regulators, particularly Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Testifying before the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Thursday, Yellen brought up the issue of UST and USDT noting stablecoin issuers needed to be brought under […]
2022-5-13 13:39 | |
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The U. S. House of Representatives has passed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which has divided policymakers and industry stakeholders across the country. What's left now is for President Biden toThe post 'Criminal felony statute' in U.
2021-11-7 00:30 | |
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What are decentralized-tech representatives most scared of? And what are their deepest fears in the crypto space?
2021-11-1 18:15 | |
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Gary Gensler, the Chairman of the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), has said the regulator does not plan to ban digital assets. Gensler made this comment on October 5 during a House of Representatives hearing after Republican lawmaker Tedd Budd asked whether the SEC could follow in China’s footsteps and impose an outright ban on […] The post SEC Chair Gary Gensler says the US government will not ban cryptos appeared first on Invezz.
2021-10-7 15:57 | |
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US officials have been more concerned about cryptocurrencies, especially stablecoins, in recent weeks. According to an official of the US House of Representatives, Ted Budd, some legislators are now worried that cryptocurrencies could threaten national security.
2021-7-30 16:42 | |
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The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a bill that basically thanks Bitcoin for existing
2021-4-24 20:33 | |
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The U. S military could soon be using blockchain technology after a unanimous decision by the House of Representatives to amend the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The amendments were introduced to the House by Rep.
2020-7-25 00:10 | |
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The customary infighting between Democrats and Republicans took a break Saturday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) carried a bill through the House of Representatives with the approval of President Donald Trump.
2020-3-17 04:10 | |
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U. S. Congress has introduced a bill that could make it easier for consumers to spend their Bitcoin. Representatives proposed the bill on Thursday, Jan. 16. Known as the Virtual Currency Fairness Act of 2020, the bill eliminates the need for consumers to calculate taxes on crypto transactions that result in capital gains under $200.
2020-1-22 11:10 | |
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U. S. Congress has introduced a bill that could make it easier for consumers to spend their Bitcoin. Representatives proposed the bill on Thursday, Jan. 16. Known as the Virtual Currency Fairness Act of 2020, the bill eliminates the need for consumers to calculate taxes on crypto transactions that result in capital gains under $200.
2020-1-21 11:10 | |
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While many representatives of the world’s financial system have been consistently deprecating Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, Jean-Claude Trichet, the former European Central Bank (ECB) president, dismissed the idea of cryptocurrencies as pure speculation.
2019-11-12 00:22 | |
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The recently concluded G20 Finance meeting highlighted regulation of stablecoins as an area that needs to be addressed soon. This follows the rise in popularity of digital assets with Facebook’s Libra being the most discussed.
2019-10-19 22:20 | |
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Facebook’s popularity among masses drove it to venture into crypto ecosystem, releasing the whitepaper of Libra. But the project has faced my bumps since its very announcement. Before the project could even take off, it faced backlash from policymakers from across the globe citing privacy concerns looming over Facebook.
2019-9-15 10:31 | |
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The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has recently talked about cryptocurrencies. According to the organization, cryptocurrencies are useless because they are too unstable.
2019-9-10 21:27 | |
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Last week, six members from the US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee met with Swiss regulators, including the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, to discuss Facebook's Libra project.
2019-8-27 19:31 | |
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The Celer Network (CELR) could become a scaling solution for multiple blockchains. Representatives of the NEO team are discussing the possibility of integrating Celer’s layer-two scaling protocol with NEO’s blockchain platform.
2019-8-17 18:13 | |
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Four members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Facebook calling for an immediate moratorium on its cryptocurrency Libra, saying both regulators and Congress needs more time to investigate the risk it could pose to the global economy.
2019-7-3 19:16 | |
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Representatives from 36 of the world's most influential jurisdictions met last week under the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) banner to consider guidelines that could shape how governments around the world regulate the use of cryptocurrency.
2019-6-29 16:00 | |
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Representatives from 36 of the world's most influential jurisdictions met last week under the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) banner to consider guidelines that could shape how governments around the world regulate the use of cryptocurrency.
2019-6-28 16:00 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Paris is known for many things: gorgeous architecture, exquisite cuisine, and perhaps, one day, cryptocurrency. Binance has been in a series of talks with representatives from the French government, suggesting the world’s largest exchange could be considering a move to France.
2019-4-19 20:47 | |
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A bill proposed by the Texas legislature will require that all receivers of cryptocurrency in regular transactions verify the identity of the cryptocurrency sender before accepting any payment.
2019-3-12 01:04 | |
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A senator in Colorado wants the state to study the potential use of blockchain technology in water rights management. A bill submitted by Republican senator Jack Tate, alongside representatives Jeni James Arndt, and Marc Catlin, outlines the reasons why the Colorado Water Institute should be authorized to explore how the technology could help maximize operational efficiency, CoinDesk reports.
2019-3-7 13:41 | |
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As QuadrigaCX’s legal counsel descends on the courtroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for another round of legal proceedings, the court monitor’s third report on QuadrigaCX’s finances — specifically its revelation that the exchange’s cold wallets are empty — lays out some hopeful avenues for fund recovery — and some frustrating dead ends.
2019-3-5 20:20 | |
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As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.
2019-1-3 20:53 | |
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A class-action lawsuit for over $5 million has been filed in northern California against Chinese mining giant Bitmain. The company is being accused of utilizing customers’ newly purchased machines to mine cryptocurrency at full power for its own benefit while customers were configuring their equipment.
2018-11-27 21:38 | |
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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently moved to take custody of a large sum of assets from a crypto exchange currently frozen in accounts at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
2018-11-15 22:14 | |
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The Money 20/20 USA will be a star-studded event as several representatives from the crypto company Ripple will be in attendance. The conference aims to improve blockchain and digital assets based global payments and how the two revolutionary technologies could be used to create value for consumers around the world.
2018-10-21 20:04 | |
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A bill that seeks to create a task force to combat the use of cryptocurrency in financing terrorism has just passed the House of Representatives. House Resolution 5036 (H.
2018-9-28 01:12 | |
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A new crypto bill will be presented by the US Congress this fall led by Ohio Republican Warren Davidson. He is hosting a roundtable of representatives from Wall Street, venture capital firms and crypto companies to understand the crypto industry better.
2018-9-25 17:15 | |
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As the old maxim asserts: those who made the most money in the gold rush were those who sold shovels. With our own digital gold rush in a downturn, however, the shovels aren’t selling so well, as mining companies themselves are struggling to move hardware because miners are struggling to turn a profit.
2018-8-22 22:53 | |
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Malta-based tokenization platform STASIS has launched EURS, a stablecoin backed by the Euro. EURS, aiming to be the biggest "fully verified and collateralized stablecoin" in the world, launched with a $100 million pre-launch order book which is expected to hit $500 million by year’s end.
2018-7-16 19:46 | |
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Tether Ltd. , which issues a stable coin allegedly tied to U. S. dollar reserves, claims it has hired Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP — a law firm co-founded by FBI Director Louis Freeh — to confirm its bank deposits and assure investors that its cryptocurrency is backed by USD.
2018-6-21 23:05 | |
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The Digital Future Council made its public debut on June 18, 2018, at the 2018 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. With founding members from such organizations as IBM, Vice, CNN, Lego and Warner Bros.
2018-6-20 21:56 | |
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Shopin — a universal shopper profile that delivers personal shopping experiences through retailers’ apps, websites and stores — says one of its token distributors has been hacked and roughly $10 million in a variety of cryptocurrencies has been stolen.
2018-6-11 01:22 | |
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KULR Technology has invested $21 million in Bitcoin as part of its strategy to allocate 90% of surplus cash to the cryptocurrency. KULR, a U.S.-based company which specializes in thermal management solutions mainly for electronic components and batteries, has acquired…
Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, is confronting a $1 billion lawsuit filed by BiT Global Digital.
The exponential expansion of various tokens helped to define the 2021 bull run - a pattern that is repeating this year as new leaders emerge from the pack.
Coinbase is projected to be the world’s most valuable brokerage, surpassing $7 trillion asset manager Charles Schwab, which is supported by several key factors. Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer Bitwise is projecting that Coinbase shares (COIN) in the U.S.…
Coinbase’s Project Diamond has adopted the Chainlink Standard to drive institutional adoption of digital assets, according to a Dec. 10 statement shared with CryptoSlate. Project Diamond, managed by Coinbase Asset Management, focuses on serving institutional users outside the US.
