U.S. Regulation

CFTC Advisory Committee Votes to Advance Pioneering Digital Assets Taxonomy For Agency Review

A committee tasked with advising the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted on Wednesday to advance a digital assets taxonomy…

2 years ago

Arizona State Senate Considering Adding Bitcoin ETF To Retirement Portfolios

The Arizona State Senate passed a resolution to consider digital assets — specifically Bitcoin exposure — as potential investments for…

2 years ago

Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Begin Offering Spot Bitcoin ETFs to Clients

Two Wall Street wealth management giants, Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo are adding spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds…

2 years ago

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Along With 4 Other GOP Members, Launches New Legislation To Ban Central Bank Digital Currencies

Yesterday Senator Ted Cruz backed a Bill to block the launch of a retail central bank digital cy (CBDC) in…

2 years ago

Reddit Files to Go Public, Says It Invested in Bitcoin Ethereum and Polygon

In a filing for an initial public offering (IPO), Reddit the popular message board platform said that it had invested…

2 years ago

The White House Tech Policy Unit Deems Distributed Ledger Technology, Digital Assets Vital For National Security

On Tuesday Feb.14, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a paper outlining critical and emerging…

2 years ago

Fed Chair Powell Told House Democrats U.S. Needs Stablecoin Bill

During a recent closed-door meeting with House Democrats, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the need for Congressional involvement in…

2 years ago

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen Asks Congress For Oversight of Spot Crypto Markets

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to tell Congress that the crypto industry poses several potential hazards to the…

2 years ago

Florida Bill Aims to Regulate Banks as Crypto Exchanges, Stablecoin Issuer

The State of Florida has tabled a Bill that proposes to bring regulatory clarity to state chartered bank and trust…

2 years ago

Central Bank Digital Currency Ban: 11 states Have Pending Anti-CBDC Legislation. South Dakota Votes in Favor

Last year a small number of States took steps to oppose the introduction of a central bank digital cy (CBDC)…

2 years ago