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Canadian Lawmakers Call for National Blockchain Strategy

30.6.2023
Canada appears ready to take a strong step toward blockchain adoption, with an influential group of lawmakers requesting that the government comes up with a national blockchain strategy. Like the US, Canada lacks regulatory clarity in the crypto/blockchain market, which is putting the country...

Canadian Lawmakers Call for National Blockchain, Crypto Strategy

29.6.2023
The government should recognize blockchain as an emerging industry with "significant" long-term economic and job creation opportunities, a lawmaker committee on industry and tech said

Landmark Report: Canadian Lawmakers Advocate for Comprehensive Blockchain Strategy

29.6.2023
Canadian lawmakers' recent report has recognized blockchain, crypto, and mining as innovative industries with "significant, long-term" potential, in need of better regulation. In September last year, the Canadian House of Commons Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU)...

Fed Chair Powell Signals More Rate Hikes This Year as Taming Inflation Has ‘Long Way to Go’

21.6.2023
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has signaled more interest rate hikes this year. “Given how far we’ve come, it may make sense to move rates higher but to do so at a more moderate pace,” the Fed chair told U.S. lawmakers. “Inflation pressures continue to run high, and the process of getting...

US lawmakers propose bills to hold bank execs accountable for failures and address risks

21.6.2023
Maxine Waters did not specifically mention crypto in the proposed legislation, drafted in response to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank

Right to Pay With Cash Enshrined in Constitution of Slovakia Amid Digital Euro Fears

21.6.2023
A member of the eurozone is amending its constitution in order to guarantee citizens the right to cash payments. The move comes amid growing fears that a digital version of the common European currency may eventually become the only means of payment in the eurozone, despite currently being touted...

US lawmakers introduce National AI Commission Act

21.6.2023
A group of United States lawmakers introduced an Act to establish a commission on the approach toward artificial intelligence

Lawmakers vs. the SEC vs. Binance: Law Decoded, June 12–19

19.6.2023
The SEC doesn’t have it all its own way in a court struggle with Binance.US and faces more media pressure

Circle CEO Allaire Puts Pressure on House Lawmakers To Pass a Stablecoin Bill

13.6.2023
The CEO of stablecoin issuer Circle put the pressure on lawmakers to pass a stablecoin bill and get it signed by President Joe Biden as other countries forge ahead. Delivering a stablecoin bill to “President Biden’s desk should be a national priority,” said CEO Jeremy Allaire in his prepared...

UK Has No Plans for 'Crypto Tsar' Proposed by Some Lawmakers, Minister Says

13.6.2023
Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith reiterated the government's position that crypto should not be treated like gambling

Republican Congressman Seeks to Oust SEC Chair Gensler With SEC Stabilization Act

13.6.2023
Warren Davidson, the Republican congressman who first introduced the legislation in mid-April, has filed the SEC Stabilization Act to remove Gary Gensler, the current chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Davidson insists the act aims to safeguard U.S. capital markets...

Lawmakers introduce bill to remove SEC chair — but do they have the authority?

12.6.2023
A Supreme Court decision ruled that the U.S. President could not remove commissioners except for “standard of inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.”

Breaking: US lawmakers file 'SEC Stabilization Act' to fire Gary Gensler

12.6.2023
"U.S. capital markets must be protected from a tyrannical Chairman, including the current one," Congressman Warren Davis wrote in reference to SEC head Gary Gensler

SEC Crypto Crackdown Adds Urgency for U.S. Lawmakers to Produce Regulatory Framework This Year: JPMorgan

12.6.2023
Without a more solid legal framework, cryptocurrency activity will probably continue moving outside the U.S. and into decentralized entities, the report said

Lawmaker Calls SEC Enforcement Actions Against Crypto Exchanges ‘Complete Contempt for Congress’

9.6.2023
Several lawmakers have slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for regulating the crypto industry by enforcement. One lawmaker says the regulator’s latest action against crypto exchange Coinbase “demonstrates a complete contempt for Congress which is in the process of developing...