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Paraguay moves a step closer to regulating digital currency
23.12.2021
A bill that seeks to regulate the local cryptocurrency industry has passed the the Senate of Paraguay
Crypto regulation is coming, but Bitcoin traders are still buying the dip
21.12.2021
The premium on CME Bitcoin futures dropped to zero, but data shows pro traders are still bullish
Law Decoded: Making sense of mixed signals, Dec. 13–20
20.12.2021
This week in crypto regulation was marked by officials expressing contradictory views on how to approach digital assets
Cryptocurrency Bill Advances to Chamber of Deputies in Paraguay
20.12.2021
A cryptocurrency bill introduced in July to the Senate of Paraguay has been approved. The text, which defines several important concepts including virtual assets, and establishes the need for licenses to mine cryptocurrencies, will now advance to the Deputy Chamber to be discussed. Paraguay Could...
Paraguay: Bitcoin & Crypto Mining Bill Passes Senate, Heading to Lower House
20.12.2021
Crypto advocates have secured a remarkable victory in Paraguay, with a piece of crypto mining legislation – a private member’s bill – passing a vote in the Senate with a resounding majority....
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Senate hearing on stablecoins: Compliance anxiety and Republican pushback
17.12.2021
As stablecoins issuers were put under the pressure of Democratic witnesses, Senator Pat Toomey released his own set of regulatory principles
New Cryptocurrency Bill Advances to Senate in Brazil
17.12.2021
A new cryptocurrency bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian Congress last week, and is now awaiting review by the Senate for approval. The project, if approved, would introduce a central body to regulate all cryptocurrency brokerage activity — ostensibly the Central...
US Senate confirms CFTC chair as President Biden announces commissioner picks
16.12.2021
At his October confirmation hearing, Rostin Behnam said it was "critically important to have a primary cop on the beat" of an emerging market that included cryptocurrencies and stablecoins
$SENATE and $SIDUS to Be Listed on Gate.io
14.12.2021
Gate.io recently announced listing two SIDUS HEROES native tokens, $SENATE and $SIDUS. The integration will go live on December 15th at 15:15 pm UTC. After the listing is over, users can access SIDUS/USDT and SENATE/USDT. The exchange released an official post about the listing where it even...
Cryptoverse Smarts as ‘Bad Actor’ Readies to Talk Stabelcoins to US Senate
14.12.2021
A US Senate hearing will hear testimony on stablecoins today – but some crypto community members have expressed concern that some of those summoned before the American upper house could be bringing misinformation and inaccuracy to the table....
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Russian Senate, Gov’t Ministries & Central Bank to Create Crypto ‘Working Group’
8.12.2021
The Russian parliament’s upper house, the Federation Council (the equivalent to the American Senate), is stepping up its crypto regulatory efforts – and wants to get involved in the creation of new laws pertaining to the sector....
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Paraguayan Senate to Debate Taking Bitcoin Mining ‘Out of the Grey Area’
2.12.2021
Paraguay is inching closer to legalizing Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto mining – and potentially opening up its huge hydroelectric power capacity to industrial miners – with more senators lending their support to a key proposal.
The bill has been in the pipelines for several months, and was...
Victory is for the taking in Friday’s $950M Bitcoin options expiry
2.12.2021
With BTC price under $57,000, bears appear to have a slight advantage in this week’s $950 million BTC options expiry
Democratic senators oppose President Biden's OCC Omarova nomination
27.11.2021
Saule Omarova’s nomination for Comptroller of the Currency faces policy objections from Democrats and senate banking committee members
Senate Banking Committee chair seeks information from stablecoin issuers and exchanges, suggesting possible hearing
24.11.2021
The senator said he had "significant concerns with the non-standardized terms applicable to redemption of particular stablecoins" in separate letters to eight crypto firms
US Senate Demands Answers From Stablecoin Issuers, Expresses ‘Concerns’
24.11.2021
Stablecoins are in for another battering at the hands of the United States policymakers – with the Senate now getting in on the act: a committee chief has expressed “significant concerns” about the “consistency” of the terminology used to audit them....
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Russian Senate Finance Chief Says Crypto ‘Probably Has a Future’
22.11.2021
Russia’s upper house, the Federation Council, is monitoring crypto – but a key politician claims that tokens may “have a future.”
Speaking to Ura.news, the deputy chair of the Federation Council’s Committee on Budget and Financial Markets Elena Perminova, stated:
“Cryptocurrencies today seem...
10 Congress Members Ask Nancy Pelosi to Help Revise Crypto Provision in Infrastructure Bill
20.11.2021
Ten members of the U.S. House of Representatives have called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to address the problem with the crypto provision in the infrastructure bill. They explained that the current definition of a broker in the bill “would increase uncertainty in the cryptocurrency...
US Senator Introduces Legislation to Repeal Infrastructure Bill’s Attack on Crypto Industry
19.11.2021
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to repeal the $1 trillion infrastructure package’s crypto provision, which he said is a “devastating attack” on the crypto industry. “I urge my colleagues in the Senate to repeal this harmful language that will create...
Democratic challenger to crypto-friendly senator's seat is interested in space
9.11.2021
38-year-old Senate candidate Morgan Harper said she would be "in learning mode" on the crypto space and solicited comments from her followers