2023-3-16 22:28 |
Ideas have been gathered from the Senate and House, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what can get bipartisan support, said Senate Banking Committee member Thom Tillis. origin »
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Mississippi lawmakers have successfully passed new laws to uphold the rights of bitcoin (BTC) miners and node operators in the southeastern U.S. state.
2023-2-10 22:53 | |
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Lawmakers from the Mississippi Senate have passed a legislative bill to legalize Bitcoin mining in the state and protect miners from discrimination. The post Mississippi Senate passes bill to legalize crypto mining appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2023-2-10 22:44 | |
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In a letter to the EPA and Department of Energy, the Senate and House members seemed impatient for more data from miners.
2023-2-8 19:33 | |
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In testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, actor Ben McKenzie and professor Hillary Allen offered inaccuracies about Bitcoin.
2022-12-23 21:35 | |
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The crypto industry is calling for U.S. regulations as the epic failures of FTX drag at the sector and most regulators say they can’t do the job without more powers from Congress. So far, a sound-and-fury campaign from lawmakers hasn’t yet signified a path forward.
2022-12-15 22:55 | |
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam said that while new legislation allowing his agency greater spot market oversight over crypto should move swiftly, lawmakers should also ensure there are no "gaps."
2022-12-2 22:21 | |
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The hearing, titled 'Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse', will be one of the first in which U.S. lawmakers explore what happened with the exchange.
2022-11-22 00:30 | |
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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown and several other lawmakers called on the heads of the OCC, FDIC and Fed to review fintch firm SoFi's crypto activities.
2022-11-22 23:49 | |
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The fallout of the FTX collapse has left U.S. lawmakers spinning two distinct narratives: Democrats hail their financial regulators as heroes whose caution saved the disaster from threatening the wider financial system, and Republicans argue it proves resistant agencies chased crypto firms away from the U.S. and into dangerous, unregulated territory.
2022-11-16 23:51 | |
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All 19 of the congressional candidates backed by the crypto industry’s most widely supported political action committee, GMI PAC Inc. , won their races last week, sending 16 new members to the House and Senate.
2022-11-16 21:27 | |
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Two U.S. Republican senators, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, have introduced a bill that, if passed by the Senate and House, could see crypto companies legally reporting and sharing with federal and state authorities and among themselves any cyber threat indicators, activities, individuals/companies, and information they may deem as a cyber-security […]
2022-9-30 23:17 | |
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A new Senate grouping is needed to educate lawmakers about the risk of crime using virtual assets, the Centrist Union’s Nathalie Goulet told CoinDesk.
2022-7-28 18:13 | |
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Michael Barr was on the advisory board of Ripple Labs from 2015 to 2017 and has called on lawmakers to create a regulatory framework on stablecoins to prevent the risk of runs.
2022-7-14 00:25 | |
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Lawmakers in New York passed a bill that would ban new Proof-of-Work (PoW) mining operations from setting up shop in the state. The post New York senate passes bill that could ban crypto mining in the state appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-6-4 22:30 | |
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In a 80–19 vote in the Senate, U.S. lawmakers confirmed Jerome Powell as the next chair of the Federal Reserve System, where he will also serve as a board member until 2028.
2022-5-13 23:45 | |
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Brazil’s senate passed the crypto bill on Tuesday, while the Central African Republic also… The post Brazil lawmakers pass bill seeking to regulate cryptocurrencies appeared first on Coin Journal.
2022-4-27 17:52 | |
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In a 52–43 vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers confirmed Lael Brainard as vice chair of the Federal Reserve System for four years.
2022-4-27 23:30 | |
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A Reuters report said Bitfinex had been booted from managing the bond sale, and a bill targeting El Salvador’s Bitcoin advanced in the Senate.
2022-3-24 20:23 | |
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The largest Latin American country could soon be the latest to regulate crypto, which lawmakers hope will increase its uses across the country.
2022-2-23 04:39 | |
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Exactly 3% of the United States Senate attended the Texas Blockchain Summit on Friday, all addressing their fellow lawmakers' understanding of crypto and blockchain.
2021-10-11 21:30 | |
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The cryptocurrency market reacted positively to reports of a change in the text of an amendment to cryptocurrency regulation in the United States. US lawmakers reportedly will not equate validators, node holders, and stakers with brokers.
2021-8-14 13:07 | |
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The infrastructure bill is edging closer to passing by the U. S Senate despite the delays. The delays are coming from lawmakers opposing the bill’s amendment about crypto, saying that there has not been enough discussion.
2021-8-10 04:00 | |
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Australia’s senate committee on technology and finance wants lawmakers to establish a national blockchain land registry.
2021-5-1 08:59 | |
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An Outright Ban Won’t Solve Much Nigerian lawmakers have summoned the country's Central Bank Governor and the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigerian Tribune reports. The decision came following a session concerning the recent crypto ban that was announced by the Central Bank last week.
2021-2-12 17:39 | |
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Nigerian lawmakers have strongly opposed the recent action by Nigeria’s Central Bank, demanding it appears in front of the senate to explain itself. “I am strongly against the outright ban...
2021-2-11 18:12 | |
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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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Negotiations on a new coronavirus aid stimulus package are still underway as Americans wait to receive their second round of stimulus checks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Donald Trump, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have their own ideas of when the next stimulus package with direct payments to Americans will pass.
2020-11-3 05:35 | |
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Following a two-week debate in the U. S. Congressional House, the Consumer Technology Act, which covers the Digital Taxonomy Act and the Blockchain Innovation Act, passed on Tuesday. The Act will now head to the Senate for debate.
2020-10-1 21:06 | |
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At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, U. S. lawmakers reiterated demands that technology firms build “back doors” into their encrypted applications. Committee Chair Lindsey Graham warned that if companies didn’t voluntarily fall in line, the government would force them to.
2019-12-13 01:28 | |
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It’s been over a month since Head of Calibra, David Marcus faced a grilling at the hands of the Senate Committee. And considering Facebook’s track record on misuse of personal data, many predicted that Marcus would be walking into an inquisition.
2019-8-21 23:03 | |
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The ongoing battle between U. S lawmakers and popular crypto-proponents is set to write yet another chapter. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire is one such proponent and he’ll be testifying before the U.
2019-7-30 16:21 | |
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Libra project head, David Marcus, has had the uphill task of mollifying skeptical lawmakers. Appearing before the Senate Banking Committee hearing earlier this week, the former PayPal executive was in… The post Facebook Accused of Moving Fast to “Break Things” During Senate Hearing appeared first on CoinCentral.
2019-7-24 22:06 | |
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Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, has been very vocal about his views on the Libra’s Senate hearing where David Marcus was grilled by lawmakers from all across the U. S. He has also expressed his views on David Marcus’s comments on Western Union and how it was a call-to-action for banks.
2019-7-23 18:30 | |
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Fundstrat Lead Analyst Thomas Lee shared his worst nightmare on Twitter and it involved the U. S. President placing a ban on Bitcoin. Is Libra Dragging Bitcoin Down? As the US Congress and Senate hearings on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency wrapped up, members of the Trump administration shifted their gaze onto Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as a whole.
2019-7-19 09:32 | |
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With yesterday's Senate hearing centering on lawmakers' distrust of Facebook, the social media giant's House Financial Services Committee hearing focused much more on what exactly Libra is and saw regulators speaking in a surprisingly positive manner about Bitcoin.
2019-7-18 00:08 | |
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Coinspeaker Bitcoin Gets a Skip at U. S. Senate Hearing on Facebook Libra, BTC Price Dives Below $10KReceiving no attention at the senate hearing on Tuesday, Bitcoin price tanked over 10% on Tuesday.
2019-7-17 10:50 | |
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Markets are down, and so are the spirits of many cryptocurrency investors. But no matter how bad your portfolio looks, it’s probably less bruised than David Marcus, Facebook’s lead for the Libra cryptocurrency, after today’s dressing-down from U.
2019-7-17 00:09 | |
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Earlier today Facebook Libra met with US Senators from the Senate Banking Committee. Here are a few highlights of note from the hearing. Facebook Libra Meets with Lawmakers Again Today Facebook answered questions from concerned US lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee.
2019-7-17 22:52 | |
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With Facebook set to meet with the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday, Washington insiders report that lawmakers will be interested in Libra's classification as a possible exchange-traded fund, what Facebook will do to ensure user privacy, and what the Swiss headquarters of the Libra Association will mean for US oversight of the project.
2019-7-16 18:45 | |
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Cryptocurrencies took the center stage again during Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s second day of testimony before the U. S. Senate. Today, lawmakers expressed their concerns about the threat that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies pose to the financial system, including the possible challenge of bitcoin replacing the U.
2019-7-12 01:02 | |
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Facebook is still working on its responses to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee's questions about the Libra coin.
2019-6-18 19:00 | |
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Lawmakers in Nevada have failed to move forward with a controversial bill for cryptocurrency regulations based on the flawed regulatory model proposed by the U. S. Uniform Law Commission (ULC). Nevada Congress Takes no Action on SB195 The deadline for further action on SB195 on the floor of the Nevada Senate passed on Friday (April 12, 2019).
2019-4-17 19:00 | |
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Blockchain Technology Could Soon Be Used For Water Rights Management In Colorado The lawmakers in Colorado have been heavily focused on the ways that it can implement blockchain technology. Just today, the announcement that the city of Denver would be using blockchain technology in a potential smartphone application for voting was published. Now, adding onto […]
2019-3-8 23:31 | |
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The Dow Jones has demonstrated an underwhelming performance in the last seven days, deleting nearly 400 points in less than four days during which the market was open. On February 12, senior lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees achieved a deal to build 55 miles of the southern border wall with a budget of $1.
2019-2-12 15:43 | |
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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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Bitcoin drifted under $83,000 on Thursday as market focus shifted toward how liquidity is stacked on exchanges. Reports say a mix of big orders and tight ranges has left traders feeling boxed in. Some analysts warn that a break under a key level could spark sharper selling, while others point to concentrated buy orders that might cushion a drop.
Bitcoin slid sharply this week, hitting just above $82,000 in early US trading and triggering a wide purge of crowded positions. Based on data from Coinglass, roughly 270,000 accounts were wiped out across exchanges in the past day, and close to $1.
The US government has been trying to execute a historic pivot with its Bitcoin holdings, shifting from a messy, case-by-case inventory of seized crypto into a strategic national reserve for almost a year now.
Bitcoin price succumbed to a violent selloff on Monday while gold and silver surged to all-time highs following President Donald Trump‘s threat of sweeping new tariffs on European allies. According to CryptoSlate's data, BTC slipped below $93,000 within minutes during early Asian trading hours, after trading comfortably in the mid-$95,000s just moments earlier.
The US crypto industry believed it stood on the precipice of securing the regulatory legitimacy it has pursued for a decade, but the political ground has suddenly shifted beneath it. On Jan. 14, Sen.
On Jan. 13, the US Senate Banking Committee released the full text of the highly anticipated Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) ahead of its expected markup this week. The 278-page draft abandons the strategy of picking winners on a token-by-token basis.
Bitcoin investors are bracing for a rare convergence of market forces this week, walking into a gauntlet of three distinct macro and policy catalysts packed into a single 72-hour window. The catalysts include the release of December’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Tuesday, a potentially historic Supreme Court opinion day on Wednesday regarding executive tariff […] The post Bitcoin is walking into a perfect setup for a long-term bull run but first faces a brutal 72-hour gauntlet appeared first on CryptoSlate.