2026-3-13 09:07 |
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Bitcoin Magazine American Bitcoin Expands Treasury to 6,500 BTC as Eric Trump Accuses Big Banks of Lobbying Against Crypto American Bitcoin added more than 6,500 Bitcoin, placing the firm among the largest publicly traded holders of the digital asset as it continues to scale its mining operations.
2026-3-6 18:37 | |
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Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Accuses Banks of Undermining Trump’s Crypto Agenda Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong warned that major banks are lobbying to weaken President Trump’s crypto agenda by pushing Senate legislation that would ban stablecoin rewards.
2026-1-17 00:31 | |
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A Riot Platforms exec accuses Ripple of lobbying against the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve to protect its XRP narrative and promote state-controlled digital currencies. Pierre Rochard, a vice president at Riot Platforms, has accused Ripple of leading a major lobbying effort…
2025-1-24 12:31 | |
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Ripple has been named as the main hindrance to the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve
2025-1-24 23:38 | |
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Riot Platforms vice president Pierre Rochard accused Ripple Labs of actively lobbying against the establishment of a Strategic Bitcoin (BTC) Reserve (SBR) in the US. Rochard made the claims in a Jan.
2025-1-24 22:26 | |
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Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, has rejected the proposal to evaluate the potential benefits of adding Bitcoin (BTC) to its corporate balance sheet, despite meetings and lobbying from Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, co-founder of MicroStrategy.
2024-12-11 22:19 | |
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ALSO: Crypto companies and trade organization are spending a fraction of the amount that other industries are allocating for lobbying. That may change.
2023-5-22 03:53 | |
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) indirectly endorsed using flare emissions for mining Bitcoin. In an unexpected turn of events, the lobbying group released a video featuring Chase Lochmiller, the CEO and co-founder of Crusoe Energy, talking about turning waste methane emissions into energy.
2023-4-25 20:10 | |
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ALSO: CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey considers why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has overreached in its recent actions against crypto entities, and that the crypto industry must improve its lobbying efforts; bitcoin's price rises.
2023-2-27 04:05 | |
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Environmental and proof-of-stake proponents have been lobbying to change Bitcoin’s mining consensus code, but history tells us why BTC is great the way it is.
2022-5-7 17:07 | |
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Ethiopian-based group Project Mano is lobbying the government to mine, hold and link Bitcoin to the Ethiopian birr or other legal tenders.
2021-6-17 16:35 | |
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Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist behind one of the biggest Washington lobbying scandals as portrayed in the feature film Casino Jack, has been charged in connection with AML bitcoin cryptocurrency. He faces returning to jail after previously serving three and a half years in prison.
2020-6-29 21:05 | |
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Abramoff and the founder of AML Bitcoin face charges for fraud in misrepresenting the token’s compliance, with the founder himself facing jail time for money laundering.
2020-6-26 23:23 | |
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In a bid to conquer the regulatory challenges and uncertainties surrounding Facebook’s yet-to-be-launched Libra cryptocurrency, the highly controversial social media giant has employed the services of Washington-based lobbying firm named FS Vector, reports O’Dwyer’s on August 26, 2019.
2019-8-28 11:00 | |
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Iran’s Assistant Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Saeed Zarandi, said that Trump’s administration is working to block bitcoin mining in the country, according to local news outlet Fars.
2019-7-8 16:00 | |
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India tech industry lobby associations and founders of startups have asked India’s banking regulator to incorporate crypto assets in its suggested regulatory sandbox framework for the fintech industry.
2019-5-17 02:47 | |
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In a bid to carry out their agendas, crypto firms have turned to lobbying. Citing statistics from the Federal Electoral Commission (FEC), news platform Roll Call reported that fintech firms spent $42 million as lobbying expenses in Q1 in 2019 alone.
2019-5-3 18:27 | |
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Around 40 entities, including MasterCard and Coinbase, lobbied for bitcoin (BTC) and blockchain-related causes in the United States in Q1 2019
2019-5-2 14:05 | |
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Figures from across cryptocurrency were lobbying for donations to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange April 11 as UK police arrested him after Ecuador rescinded his asylum. Ecuador President: Assange ‘Violated’ Terms Assange, who had been resident at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years, suddenly found himself in police custody Thursday morning after the country’s president reversed his claim.
2019-4-11 14:30 | |
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Bitcoin Core developer Luke-jr has delivered an April Fools Day joke for Bitcoin users, lobbying for a market-wide minimum Bitcoin price of $50,000. Fighting ‘Unreasonably Low Prices’ In what will likely become one of the more popular gags for this year’s event, which traditionally sees crypto-related media and social media flooded with industry-specific fake news, Luke-jr decided current Bitcoin price levels must end.
2019-4-1 19:00 | |
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Bitmain, the Beijing-headquartered cryptocurrency mining giant, has officially released the Antminer Z11 machine on Tuesday, March 19. The new device is designed to mine coins that are based on the Equihash proof-of-work algorithm such as the privacy-focused altcoin zcash (ZEC).
2019-3-19 16:28 | |
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In this edition of The Daily we cover the resumption of trading on the hacked New Zealand exchange Cryptopia, the American digital assets industry’s increased lobbying of politicians, and a wanted ad by the Visa Crypto team.
2019-3-19 13:55 | |
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Canadian authorities have reportedly seized 288 BTC from a suspected drug dealer. Matthew Phan, a university dropout, is lobbying for access to at least half of his bitcoin holdings, claiming that not all of the seized bitcoin was used in illegal activities.
2019-2-19 14:00 | |
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According to a report by Finance Magnets, published on December 5, 2018, Ripple (XRP), NEM, Fetch. AI, and Cardano (ADA) have come together to form a lobbying group in Europe. The aim of the group will be to “create a unified voice for the blockchain industry at the European level.
2018-12-7 14:00 | |
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A group of cryptocurrency luminaries and businesses have announced the formation of a US lobbying entity based in Washington known as the Blockchain Association. The creation of the political solicitation group was initiated by firms such as Circle, Coinbase, Polychain Capital, and the Digital Currency Group.
2018-9-13 00:40 | |
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Nick Szabo Says Bitcoin ETF’s Might Cause More Problems Than What It Is Worth During the last months, one of the most important topics debated was related to the Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) presented by VanEck and SolidX.
2018-8-14 21:24 | |
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Nick Szabo says he is “not lobbying” for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in fresh criticism of the phenomenon which many commentators claim would significantly boost prices. ‘Not Lobbying’ In a series of tweets August 12, the veteran cryptographer appeared risk-averse about an ETF gaining regulatory approval.
2018-8-14 02:00 | |
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A month after authorities in Quebec lifted a moratorium on allowing Bitcoin miners, local businesses have begun threatening to leave suspecting unfair policies. ‘Very Saddened’ In a series of tweets June 28, D-Central founder Jonathan Bertrand claimed that due to conflicting interests and agendas at government level, as well as an “intense lobbying effort” from the world’s largest mining corporation Bitmain, had left smaller participants “completely stunned.
2018-7-4 17:00 | |
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Canada’s government has released draft regulations for “virtual currencies” with a consultation period of 90 days, saying that proposed regulatory changes could mean a loss of $60 million over 10 years for businesses that deal in cryptocurrencies but will improve Canada’s international reputation and make it easier for crypto businesses to deal overseas.
2018-6-13 20:24 | |
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