Regulatory Watershed: Senate Confirms Pro-Crypto Leadership
The U.S. Senate has reached a historic consensus by confirming Mike Selig as the new Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and elevating Travis Hill to lead the…
Read More »No Double Standards: Crypto Industry Calls For Protection
In a significant political manoeuvre, a coalition of over 100 digital assets companies and advocacy groups has sent a letter to the U.S. Senate calling for robust federal protections for…
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CRYPTO COULD CHANGE FOREVER TODAY (GENIUS Act Stablecoin Bill Final Vote)
CRYPTO COULD CHANGE FOREVER TODAY (GENIUS Act Stablecoin Bill Final Vote) Today, the U.S. Senate will vote on the amended GENIUS Act, a bill which aims to establish a legal…
Read More »SEC reviews Ripple ruling, US bill seeks control over DeFi, and more: Hodler’s Digest, July 16-22
The SEC examines the ruling in the Ripple case, a U.S. Senate bill seeks to regulate DeFi, and the poor performance of altcoins in the second quarter of 2023.
Read More »What American Independence Looks Like When Secured By Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a monetary system that returns to the ideals upon which American independence was built. This is an opinion editorial by Bruce Fenton, candidate for U.S. Senate and the…
Read More »US Senate Rejects Cryptocurrency Tax Amendment to the Infrastructure Bill: What’s Next for the American Community?
After some back and forth with senators, the cryptocurrency amendment (Wyden-Lummis-Toomey) has gone up in smoke in the Senate. What will crypto exchanges, miners and developers do now?
Read More »Bitcoin Senators Are Shaking the White House, Wanting $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Amended to Favor Bitcoin Miners
The largest infrastructure bill in US history has just been sent to the US Senate for consideration. However, the bill requires cryptocurrency miners, marked as "brokers," to pay a huge…
Read More »Let Them Eat Cake: Congress Approves a $900 Billion Stimulus Package, Billions in Pork Funds, Federal Employees Get a Raise
The United States Congress has approved a $900 billion Covid-19 relief package that’s tethered to the government’s $2.3 trillion year-end funding plan. Of course, talks of Americans getting $600 checks…
Read More »Grandmas On Lightning
Is Bitcoin Too Hard To Understand? I’ve spent a huge part of the last three years explaining Bitcoin to general audiences and the most common form of resistance I encounter…
Read More »New Legislation Threatens the Growth of Cryptocurrency in the USA, Is It an Attempt to Clear the Way for Digital Dollar?
The US Senate adopted new legislation allowing law enforcement agencies to access encrypted data. Such provisions would complicate the operation of the cryptocurrency industry within the country, forcing businesses to…
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