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CFTC Director Tells Congress the Agency Is Ready for More Crypto Oversight

CFTC Director Tells Congress the Agency Is Ready for More Crypto Oversight
CFTC Director Tells Congress the Agency Is Ready for More Crypto Oversight
June 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Sens. Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand introduced June 7 the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, a bipartisan bill that will create a complete regulatory framework for...

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Gensler Pushes Status of No. 2 Crypto Into Regulatory Limbo
Gensler Pushes Status of No. 2 Crypto Into Regulatory Limbo
June 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Gary Gensler’s comments in an interview Monday (June 27) left little doubt that the power play for regulatory authority over the crypto industry against the...

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OCC’s Hsu Says Banks Need Caution With Crypto as Economy Ups Risks
OCC’s Hsu Says Banks Need Caution With Crypto as Economy Ups Risks
June 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The recent crypto troubles have only added to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Acting Chief Michael Hsu’s resistance to allow lenders to...

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Bill Giving CFTC Regulatory Control Would Reshape Crypto
Bill Giving CFTC Regulatory Control Would Reshape Crypto
June 17, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

When Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) revealed that their bipartisan bill creating a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies would define most digital assets...

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Today in Crypto: Mastercard, Mercado Libre Team on Crypto Security in Brazil; Coinbase CFO Points to Evolving Crypto ‘Tailwinds’
Today in Crypto: Mastercard, Mercado Libre Team on Crypto Security in Brazil; Coinbase CFO Points...
June 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Mastercard and Mercado Libre announced Wednesday (June 8) that they are working together to make Mercado Libre’s crypto program in Brazil more secure. Get the...

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Senate Crypto Bill Debuts, and Crypto Industry Gets Big Wins
Senate Crypto Bill Debuts, and Crypto Industry Gets Big Wins
June 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In a big win for the crypto industry, a pair of senators proposed bipartisan legislation that would drastically reduce the authority of the Securities and...

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CFTC Charges Gemini Trust Company in Bitcoin Futures Case
CFTC Charges Gemini Trust Company in Bitcoin Futures Case
June 02, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced a complaint against Gemini Trust Company over allegedly false or misleading statements regarding a bitcoin futures product,...

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Today in TechREG: SEC, CFTC’s Crypto Aspirations to Be Tested; Big Tech in the US Could Have Its Own Regulator
Today in TechREG: SEC, CFTC’s Crypto Aspirations to Be Tested; Big Tech in the US...
May 31, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Today in TechREG, a group of European Union lawmakers informed Parliament about their visit to Silicon Valley highlighting the positive feedback from Big Tech to...

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