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“# Bitcoin-touting Senator Lummis appointed to Banking Committee ” The most vocally pro-crypto Senator in the U.S. will join the committee responsible for the nation’s financial regulation. On Wednesday night, Senator Lummis’ team told Cointelegraph that Lummis had received her committee assignments for the 117th congress. The freshman republican from Wyoming will take her place…
“# Yellen convenes SEC, CFTC and Fed leaders on Robinhood question ” The four horsemen of U.S. financial regulation will meet to discuss market manipulation concerns resulting from the headline-grabbing drama surrounding GameStop stock last week. Per a Feb. 2 report from the Wall Street Journal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is gathering the leadership of…
“# SEC is looking into Robinhood’s handling of Gamestop trading ” The U.S. securities watchdog is looking into the affair of Robinhood and the Redditors. At least in so many words. The Securities and Exchange Commission made a joint statement on Friday expressing concern over the “extreme price volatility of certain stocks’ trading prices over…
“# Crypto industry jumps into lobbying in response to FinCEN ” The crypto lobby is growing as more firms join the effort to fight rules that attack financial privacy. The Blockchain Association today announced the addition of five new members, with membership now totaling 30 firms. The new members are Uniswap, Blockfi, Fireblocks, CMT Digital…
“# Ripple ran crypto’s most expensive lobbying program in 2020 ” Ripple Labs spent $690,000 on lobbying in the United States in 2020, which still didn’t save the firm from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Per legally mandated disclosures for 2020, Ripple’s lobbying program dwarfed those of other firms in the crypto industry. Coinbase, which…
“# Treasury Secretary nominee says crypto has potential to improve the financial system ” U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick for Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen may see more benefits to cryptocurrency than her previous testimony indicated. After a virtual hearing of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee held on Tuesday, Yellen hit the headlines for her answer…
“# Tarbert makes way for Biden’s CFTC chair, but will remain a commissioner ” Heath Tarbert is no longer the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, but he will remain one of its five commissioner In a CFTC announcement on Thursday afternoon, Tarbert followed through with his resignation, which he announced at the beginning…
“# Nebraska senator introduces bills to allow state banks to custody crypto ” A Nebraska state senator has proposed new crypto-friendly legislation which could see his state become the next regulatory safe haven for FinTech firms. Sworn in just two weeks ago, Republican Mike Flood today introduced the Transactions in Digital Assets Act and Adopt…
“# Ripple pins hopes on Biden administration as co-founder sells 28.6M XRP ” After ending 2020 facing a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Donald Trump’s administration, Ripple’s leadership is looking to the new year and a new U.S. President to bring a change in regulations more favorable to the firm. According…
“# Decentralization in the centers of power: Learn crypto from Biden’s SEC chair pick, part 3/3 ” This is the third article in a three-part series based on Gary Gensler’s extensive prior public statements on crypto. Here are parts 1 and 2. Cointelegraph has been busily digging through a treasure trove of likely future Chairman…