2025-9-17 11:52 |
Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor and Fundstrat CIO Tom Lee are among crypto heavyweights who will meet US lawmakers today amid an industry push to quicken [...] origin »
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US lawmakers are convening with 18 prominent crypto and TradFi execs to discuss ways to push forward the Bitcoin Act. US lawmakers are set to meet with 18 crypto industry leaders today to discuss the BITCOIN Act. According to the…
2025-9-16 15:32 | |
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Michigan proposes crypto investments for state retirement funds via exchange-traded products. New bills promote Bitcoin mining, tax breaks, and ban support for a federal CBDC. Michigan is stThe post Michigan lawmakers push new crypto bills covering BTC mining, CBDCs, and retirement funds appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2025-5-24 09:30 | |
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Recent reports revealed that Ukraine’s lawmakers “remain debating” crypto tax rates amid the government’s push to legalize digital assets this year. An expert suggested that the upcoming bill could take longer than expected as the parliament considers lower taxation.
2025-3-1 08:30 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission blocked staking when crypto exchange-traded funds were granted, but the lawmakers suggest the SEC may have been off-base.
2025-2-22 21:24 | |
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A new Arizona bill aims to protect residents from Bitcoin ATM scams following an incident where a woman lost $17,000 to fraudsters.
2025-2-9 16:28 | |
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North Dakota lawmakers introduced a House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) on Jan. 7, encouraging the State Treasurer and the State Investment Board to include digital assets and precious metals in the state treasury’s portfolio to hedge against inflation.
2025-1-11 02:45 | |
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Samson Mow, founder of Bitcoin-focused company JAN3, recently addressed the German Bundestag in an effort to push for the state to adopt Bitcoin, thus pushing for “hyperbitcoinization” sooner to be able to live in a future where Bitcoin becomes every global citizen’s currency of choice.
2024-10-20 11:00 | |
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Lawmakers urge SEC to rescind SAB 121 over concerns about consumer protection and innovation. SEC Chair Gensler faces scrutiny during Congress testimony regarding cryptocurrency regulation and The post SAB 121 under fire: Bipartisan push to rescind controversial bulletin appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2024-9-24 15:00 | |
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A group of U.S. lawmakers, led by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, has called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to ban gambling on American elections. The lawmakers, including Senators Richard Blumenthal, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren, and Sheldon Whitehouse, along…
2024-8-6 22:02 | |
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Patrick McHenry and Cynthia Lummis led lawmakers urging Biden to reconsider vetoing bipartisan CRA overturning SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 121. The post Lawmakers push Biden to approve SAB 121 overturn to allow regulated financial firms to hold crypto appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-6-3 23:37 | |
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In the middle of escalating tensions between Israel and Hamas, over 100 legislators, led by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Roger Marshall and Representative Sean Casten, have issued a bipartisan note urging the Biden administration to address alleged close relations between crypto and terrorism.
2023-10-19 01:00 | |
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led more than a hundred lawmakers in demanding top officials share their plans for heading off crypto-financed terrorism.
2023-10-18 18:16 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should listen to the courts and give up its efforts to block exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding bitcoins, a bipartisan group of lawmakers argued in a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
2023-9-27 22:46 | |
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As the world of digital assets continues to evolve at a staggering pace, lawmakers and regulatory bodies are grappling to keep up. In the United States, these efforts have now culminated in a significant push for regulatory clarity in the burgeoning digital asset ecosystem, which encompasses cryptocurrencies, blockchain development, and stablecoin payments. The Financial Services […]
2023-7-24 14:00 | |
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A murder case in Seoul over crypto assets compelled lawmakers to push for stronger crypto regulation. The new proposed bill combines 19 distinct crypto-related policies into a single bill.
2023-5-18 16:00 | |
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Lawmakers didn’t reach a consensus between political parties on a stablecoin bill, with one witness warning that this lack of regulatory clarity could drive certain projects abroad.
2023-4-20 23:15 | |
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The legislation was one of several laws designed to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, receiving 99 votes in favor, eight votes against and six abstentions.
2023-3-29 11:40 | |
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U.S. lawmakers are pushing for the reintroduction of the bill responsible for reforming how digital assets are evaluated for tax purposes.
2023-3-7 21:25 | |
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According to reports, cryptocurrency lobbying organizations in Japan plan to push lawmakers to lower the tax rates on the local digital asset sector. As a result, professionals in the field are more lThe post Japanese lobbying groups wants tax cuts to maintain crypto-talent appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-7-28 18:30 | |
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The ecash would be a digital analogue to the greenback, and could preserve privacy and anonymous transactions, according to an adviser on the bill.
2022-3-28 17:13 | |
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The latest proposal from a group of House Democrats seeks to change how updates to the tax code affect crypto entities “who do not engage in brokerage services.”
2021-11-18 06:08 | |
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If passed, more stringent reporting requirements would apply to domestic and international transactions, which some say would damage the growth of the industry.
2021-11-17 09:05 | |
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Over the last few years, the cryptocurrency industry made many attempts to increase adoption and push for regulation. Crypto representatives and officials of various projects met with all kinds of government officials, lawmakers, major traditional traders and investors, and many others, trying to educate them about crypto, explain how it all works, its potential, and […] The post Central bank records reveal the meeting between Coinbase CEO and Fed Chairman appeared first on Invezz.
2021-7-4 11:15 | |
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Members of El Salvador’s Farabundo Marti National Liberation (FMLN) have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Bitcoin Law passed by the country’s lawmakers earlier in June. The plaintiff claims El Salvador’s bitcoin (BTC) adoption push is not in the people’s best interest, according to an EL Mundo report on June 21, 2021. OppositionRead More
2021-6-22 14:00 | |
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Mexico is following in the footsteps of its neighboring countries by embracing crypto. The country’s legislators are increasingly warming up to the nascent asset class. Reportedly, one lawmaker has gone as far as promising to submit a proposal to push for the adoption of cryptocurrencies.
2021-6-9 14:43 | |
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Rumors of a fourth and possible fifth round of direct stimulus checks have become a hot conversation topic this week, as lawmakers are urging the President to act. Over 80 U.S. legislators have sent letters to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris asking the administration to push forward direct economic stimulus payments and […]
2021-6-2 15:30 | |
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Two new stimulus packages have been proposed while lawmakers continue to push for second stimulus checks to help Americans cope with the coronavirus-led economic crisis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to add stimulus measures to the spending bill that must be passed before the Dec.
2020-12-7 03:35 | |
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The South Korean lawmakers are reportedly making plans to push a three-month delay on the imposition of a tax law amendment bill that the government had proposed on virtual currencies. The bill aims to impose income tax on investments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, ETH, and the likes and have been enforced to commence from October […]
2020-11-26 00:23 | |
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China’s blockchain adoption could go a step further with lawmakers looking at the creation of a national blockchain development fund. Authorities in Beijing continue to push for more involvement of the country’s government in leveraging the emerging technology across several economic sectors.
2020-5-26 00:07 | |
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Japanese lawmakers want the government to push for talks on central bank digital currency (CBDC) during the next G7 summit holding in the summer. US Should Set CBDC Agenda for G7 Partners According to Reuters, a parliamentary group led by Akira Amari of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) wants the country’s government to consider issuingRead MoreRead More.
2020-2-7 14:00 | |
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Reports are emerging that Japan has been urged to accelerate its central bank digital currency development in order to compete with China. Crypto Yen in 2020? According to Reuters a group of Japanese ruling party lawmakers has urged the government to issue the country’s own crypto currency.
2020-2-7 13:00 | |
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In light of China’s forthcoming digital yuan, Japan should push the U.S. to place digital currencies on the G7’s agenda, say local lawmakers
2020-2-8 12:47 | |
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Japan has joined the list of countries looking forward to using Centrally Backed Digital Currency [CBDC]. A member of the ruling party in Japan, Liberal Democratic Party, on 24 January, told Reuters tThe post Now, Japan's lawmakers push for digital yen (to counter digital Yuan?) appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-24 14:30 | |
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The Libra Association announced that it will pursue a payment system license under the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority’s (FINMA) supervision. The group, which oversees Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency, chose Switzerland as its main regulator despite scrutiny from U.
2019-9-13 23:45 | |
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As government agencies continue to push for the deployment of facial recognition systems, you needn’t look far to see why that’s bad news. To illustrate the point, the ACLU conducted a test of Amazon’s Rekognition software — facial recognition tech currently being used by US law enforcement — in which it incorrectly identified 26 California lawmakers as matches in a criminal database.
2019-8-14 02:13 | |
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Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Cryptocurrency and anonymity is becoming an ever more contentious issue.
2019-1-11 16:45 | |
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A bipartisan group of senators in the United States are seeking strong sanctions against Venezuela’s Petro. The proposed sanctions would extend an executive order from March to prohibit U. S. residents from providing software to the Venezuelan government in its efforts to launch the Petro.
2018-10-8 06:25 | |
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South Korea imposed a complete ban on domestic ICO fundraising in September 2017, but a couple of MPs are now spearheading a campaign for introducing regulations to unfreeze the sector.
2018-10-5 13:36 | |
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A bipartisan bill introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives this week proposes creating a "consensus-based definition of blockchain."
2018-10-3 16:00 | |
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Spain's ruling party submitted a proposal encouraging the government to adopt blockchain technology in managing public services.
2018-7-5 05:00 | |
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Polymarket is recruiting staff for an internal market-making team that could trade against its users, Bloomberg reported. The report, which cited sources familiar with the [...]
Strive urged MSCI to rethink a proposal to remove Bitcoin treasury firms from its indexes, warning that it would reduce investors’ access to ”the fastest-growing [...]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that rising stablecoin adoption could weaken central banks’ control over monetary policy and threaten nations’ financial sovereignty. While stablecoin [...]
Coinbase’s Base has launched a Solana bridge using Chainlink CCIP, enabling asset transfers between the networks now that it’s live on mainnet. The open-source bridge, [...]
Banking giant JPMorgan says Michael Saylor’s Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, holds the key to BTC’s future direction, and that its potential removal from MSCI stock indexes [...]
Economist Peter Schiff was unable to verify the authenticity of a gold bar during a much-anticipated debate with Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ). “If I [...]
Fears that Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy (MSTR) may be forced to sell Bitcoin if it is delisted from MSCI indexes is “flat wrong,” said Bitwise CIO [...]