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Charlie Munger Urges US Government to Ban Crypto Like China Has Done
3.2.2023
Warren Buffett’s right-hand man and the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger, has urged the U.S. government to ban cryptocurrencies like China has done. “A cryptocurrency is not a currency, not a commodity, and not a security. Instead, it’s a gambling contract...
US Senator Focused on Crypto Money Laundering Crackdown — Urges Congress, Regulators to Take Action
30.1.2023
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has called on Congress to ensure regulators, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), have the tools to regulate the crypto industry effectively and crack down on crypto money laundering activities. “The current legal structure essentially holds up...
Sens. Warren, Wyden question quality of auditors’ oversight in light of FTX debacle
26.1.2023
The senators coauthored a letter to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair asking how FTX and other crypto firms were audited and why the audits failed so badly
Elizabeth Warren Praises SEC Chief Gensler, Slams Crypto Lobby
26.1.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been "loud and clear" that crypto doesn't get a "pass" from longstanding consumer protection laws, she said
Crypto industry leaders ‘scared of a strong SEC’ — Senator Warren
26.1.2023
Senator Warren claims the Trump Administration “gave a green light” to allow for a cryptocurrency market full of junk tokens, rug pulls and ponzi schemes
FTX lawyers: Examiner could cost $100M and ‘provide no benefit’
26.1.2023
FTX lawyers, joint provisional liquidators of FTX.US and the Bahamas and a committee of creditors have all opposed the appointment of an independent examiner
Judge slams senators' letter against FTX lawyers as 'inappropriate'
12.1.2023
Bankruptcy judge John Dorsey called the bipartisan letter “inappropriate," and that he won't take it into account in his decision for an independent examiner
US Lawmaker: Crypto Self-Custody Is Antidote to FTX Fraud — ‘Keep Your Coins Act’ Will Protect Self-Hosted Wallets
22.12.2022
U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson has touted the self-custody of cryptocurrencies as the antidote to crypto exchange FTX’s fraud. He is pushing for his bill called “Keep Your Coins Act,” which aims to “protect self-custody from misguided attempts to restrict it.” U.S....
Elizabeth Warren's New Financial Surveillance Bill Is a Disaster for Privacy and Civil Liberties
20.12.2022
Warren’s Reactionary Crypto Policy vs. Dorsey’s Decentralized Social Media Gambit
18.12.2022
Policy actions that decry decentralization in response to FTX sort of miss the point. Crypto Long & Short is CoinDesk's weekly newsletter featuring insights, news and analysis for the professional investor
US Senators Unveil New Crypto Bill — Experts Call It the ‘Most Direct Attack’ on Personal Freedom and Privacy of Crypto Users
16.12.2022
Two U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren, have introduced a bipartisan bill for the regulation of cryptocurrency. The bill, titled “Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act,” is “the most direct attack on the personal freedom and privacy of cryptocurrency users and developers...
Senator Warren Takes Aim at 'Rogue Nations' Using Crypto for Terrorism and Sanction Evasion
15.12.2022
Senator Elizabeth Warren has put forward a bipartisan bill that aims to crack down on money laundering loopholes in the crypto industry.
According to a Wednesday report by CNN, Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, is teaming up with Republican Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas to introduce the...
Rep. Tom Emmer mulls bringing back bill aimed at reducing crypto red tape
15.12.2022
Tom Emmer is considering reintroducing a bill that removes the requirement for entities to be registered as money transmitters if they don’t handle customer assets
Sens. Warren and Marshall introduce new money-laundering legislation for crypto
14.12.2022
The senators have created a harsh, sweeping bill to clean up crypto’s AML/KYC act that will benefit from further discussion in the next Congress
US Senators Warren, Marshall Introduce Digital Assets Anti-Money Laundering Bill
14.12.2022
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan) are introducing an act to crack down on money laundering and financing of terrorists and rogue nations via cryptocurrency
CFTC declares Ether as a commodity again in court filing
14.12.2022
The community is hopeful that the assertion by the CFTC will put to bed claims that staked coins are securities according to the Howey Test
Crypto Twitter explodes over the news of Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest
13.12.2022
US politicians, crypto execs, and influencers fired up their Twitter apps upon learning of Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest in The Bahamas
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
Crypto will be regulated as securities — ICE boss and Senator Warren
7.12.2022
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill seeks to hand control to the SEC, imposing new obligations on centralized crypto firms, something Jeffrey Sprecher thinks will be good for crypto
Crypto Bank Silvergate Slides Further After Letter from US Sen. Warren
6.12.2022
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and two GOP senators have asked crypto-friendly bank Silvergate (SI) for answers over its supposed role in facilitating transfers between bankrupt exchange FTX and its sister firm Alameda Research, NBC reported Tuesday