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Senate Crypto Bill Debuts, and Crypto Industry Gets Big Wins

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

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  |  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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Today in TechREG: Fed’s Vice Chair Tells Congress Benefits of US CBDC; CFPB Questions Credit Card Data Practices
Today in TechREG: Fed’s Vice Chair Tells Congress Benefits of US CBDC; CFPB Questions Credit...
May 26, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in TechREG, Lael Brainard, vice chair of the Federal Reserve, on Thursday (May 26) told Congress in a hearing about the benefits and risks...

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Crypto Regulation Weekly: More Hype; OCC Praise; Europe Gets Tough
Crypto Regulation Weekly: More Hype; OCC Praise; Europe Gets Tough
May 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Calling the cryptocurrency hype the “flywheel of growth that crypto projects seem to need to get off the ground,” the top U.S. bank regulator described...

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Light Sentence Puts Damper on U.S.’s Offshore AML Efforts
Light Sentence Puts Damper on U.S.’s Offshore AML Efforts
May 23, 2022  |  AML

U.S. prosecutors planned to send a message to the largely offshore crypto industry this week about the cost of ignoring the anti-money laundering (AML) laws...

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TechREG Weekly US: More Crypto Regulation, Enforcement Is Coming; FedNow Will Allow Delayed Payments to Prevent Fraud
TechREG Weekly US: More Crypto Regulation, Enforcement Is Coming; FedNow Will Allow Delayed Payments to...
May 20, 2022  |  Regulation

This week, lawmakers and regulators announced that they are working on new rules and legislation in the crypto space. Federal agencies are also poised to...

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Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers to Combat Fraud
Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers...
May 19, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in technology regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) eyes cryptocurrency enforcement, while the United Kingdom’s financial regulator plans to use new powers to...

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Today in TechREG: SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress for Additional Funds; UK Regulator Steps up Efforts Against Authorized Push Payments Scams
Today in TechREG: SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress for Additional Funds; UK Regulator Steps up Efforts...
May 18, 2022  |  Technology

Today in TechREG, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urged Congress to increase the agency’s budget to hire more staff to...

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