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US Senator: There's 'no reason why' crypto should exist
12.12.2022
Senator Tester is one of many Democratic senators slamming crypto of late, arguing that as the sector is backed by nothing, and provides nothing, thus there's “no reason” why it should exist
FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees to Testify Before US Congress
10.12.2022
The co-founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has agreed to testify at one of the two congressional hearings set for next week. “I had thought of myself as a model CEO, who wouldn’t become lazy or disconnected,” Bankman-Fried claimed. Sam Bankman-Fried...
SBF 'willing' to testify at Senate hearing on the FTX collapse
9.12.2022
Despite missing a response deadline, Sam Bankman-Fried says he’s willing to testify at a U.S. Senate hearing into the collapse of FTX
Paraguayan Cryptocurrency Law Shelved After Presidential Veto
9.12.2022
The cryptocurrency and mining law that the Paraguayan Congress passed in June was finally shelved on Dec. 5. The document, which sought to bring order to crypto mining and exchange activities in Paraguay, was ultimately dropped after failing to obtain the votes needed to reject the presidential...
Sam Bankman-Fried misses deadline to respond to testimony request, now what?
9.12.2022
The Senate banking committee set a deadline for Sam Bankman-Fried to respond to the request on Dec. 8 at 5pm ET
US Senator Calls Sam Bankman-Fried to Answer for Failure of FTX and Alameda Research
9.12.2022
Two congressional hearings will be held next week on the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and U.S. lawmakers have asked former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to testify. As the founder of FTX and Alameda Research, “you must answer for the failure of both entities that was caused,...
Senate Committee to Subpoena FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried If He Does Not Testify Voluntarily
8.12.2022
The Senate Banking Committee is "prepared" to subpoena FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried if he does not voluntarily appear at a committee hearing about the collapse of FTX, its leaders said Wednesday
The Senate’s Biggest Crypto Regulations Cheerleaders
5.12.2022
The U.S. Congress’ upper chamber has introduced a bipartisan, comprehensive crypto-responsibility bill, with another stablecoin regulations bill on its way. That’s why senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand share a spot on CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022
Cryptocurrency Law Approved in Brazil — Green Mining Tax Exemptions and Asset Segregation Issues Left Out
1.12.2022
A cryptocurrency law, which had been in discussion for several months, has been approved by the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil after having shed some of the changes presented by the Senate. The proposal left out two planned tax exemptions for green mining operations and the issue of segregating...
US Senate committee hearing on FTX fail brings gaps in regulatory authority to light
1.12.2022
CFTC chair Rostin Behnam appeared before a Senate Agriculture Committee to talk about how FTX happened and how it could have been prevented
CFTC Chair Suggests 'Pause' to Overhaul Senate Bill Following FTX Debacle
1.12.2022
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam said that while new legislation allowing his agency greater spot market oversight over crypto should move swiftly, lawmakers should also ensure there are no "gaps."
Sen. Warren: Biden administration worked to stop crypto being 'dangerously intertwined' with banks
30.11.2022
The Massachusetts senator, an outspoken skeptic of crypto, applauded the efforts of FDIC acting chair Martin Gruenberg to separate digital assets from banking
Senate Banking Committee chair calls for coordination with Treasury on crypto
30.11.2022
The committee chair cited crypto exchange FTX’s “alarming fraud”, liquidity crunch, and bankruptcy as an example of financial risk Treasury and regulators should address
After Months at Arm’s Length, Senate’s Brown Opens Door for Crypto Legislation
30.11.2022
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has widely been seen as the linchpin of legislation to set up oversight of the cryptocurrency industry. While his crypto suspicions have been clear in hearings, his plans for specific bills remained quiet until now
A US Senate hearing will discuss FTX, New York bans proof-of-work and FTX evaluates its assets: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 20-26
26.11.2022
Crypto Biz: Institutions short Bitcoin as SBF is ‘deeply sorry’ for FTX collapse
25.11.2022
The fallout from the FTX collapse continues to reverberate across the crypto market. Institutions are using this opportunity to short BTC
US Sen. Elizabeth Warren says crypto will ruin economy —community responds
23.11.2022
Elizabeth Warren’s WSJ op-ed, which correlated the fall of the FTX crypto exchange to crypto ruining the entire economy, did not go unnoticed by the online crypto community
Senate Banking Committee Democrats warn SoFi about meeting its compliance deadline
21.11.2022
The committee members, seemingly spurred to vigilance by the FTX debacle, do not see evidence of SoFi Digital Assets shaping up the way the Fed ordered
US Senate committee schedules FTX hearing for Dec. 1, CFTC head to testify
21.11.2022
The hearing, titled 'Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse', will be one of the first in which U.S. lawmakers explore what happened with the exchange
US CFTC’s Behnam Will Testify at FTX Hearing in Senate
21.11.2022
Rostin Behnam, the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will testify at a Senate hearing next week set to examine the “lessons learned from the FTX collapse,” according to a listing on the Senate Agriculture Committee’s website