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Elon Musk Voices Support for Vivek Ramaswamy: Pro-Crypto GOP Presidential Candidate
21.8.2023
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has expressed support for Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest candidate in the Republican presidential field.
In response to a snippet of Ramaswamy's interview on Tucker Carlson's Tucker on Twitter podcast, Musk indicated that Ramaswamy demonstrated his potential as...
Former FTX Co-CEO Ryan Salame to Plead the Fifth, Declares Himself ‘Unavailable as a Witness’
15.8.2023
U.S. federal prosecutors have unveiled court documents indicating that ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is entangled in a web of allegations, with illegal political campaign financing being a significant charge. In light of these allegations against SBF, Ryan Salame, FTX Digital Markets’...
'Historic week' as stablecoin, self-custody bills advance to House floor
28.7.2023
The bills aim to create a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins and enshrine rights for crypto users to self-custody digital assets
GOP Lawmakers Suggest Gensler's SEC Is Gaming News Cycle to Thwart Crypto Legislation
19.7.2023
Recent actions by the regulator seem to have been timed to coincide with Congressional grandstanding, Reps. French Hill and Dusty Johnson wrote
Opinion: GOP crypto maxis almost as bad as Dems’ ‘anti-crypto army’
15.6.2023
Fighting between GOP crypto maxis and anti-crypto Dems fails to appreciate blockchain’s importance to the U.S.’ long-term economic interests
Ron DeSantis vows to ‘protect’ Bitcoin during presidential campaign launch
25.5.2023
Florida's current governor announced his bid for the 2024 U.S. presidency during a Twitter Space with Elon Musk and rounded off with remarks on the cryptocurrency
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz Proposes Ban on a CBDC
22.3.2023
The effort by the Texas senator adds to a similar state-level measure proposed earlier this week by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
United States CBDC would ‘crowd out’ crypto ecosystem: Ex-Biden advisor
1.3.2023
Daleep Singh argues that crowding out cryptocurrencies by establishing a CBDC in the United States would protect the country's national interests
Top GOP Senator Slams SEC for Ignoring Crypto Inferno
27.7.2022
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) accused the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of dragging its feet on instituting oversight of crypto firms as some of those companies collapsed, taking investors’ cash with them
Texas GOP Aims to Enshrine Crypto in State’s Constitution
22.7.2022
The Lone Star State is already an important crypto mining hub, and Republican officials would like to build on that momentum
GOP Policy Arm Releases Paper Exploring Benefits, Risks of Crypto
8.4.2022
The policy arm of the Senate Republicans has issued a policy paper on crypto, signaling that the GOP is making its way toward a more unified approach to crypto regulation
China’s Digital Yuan Targeted in New Bill From Nine GOP Senators
10.3.2022
The Say No To the Silk Road Act stems from not only the well-known privacy concerns around the Chinese CBDC, but also from worries it could be a tool to evade sanctions
GOP lawmakers want Bitcoin miners to be exempted from proposed crypto taxes
3.8.2021
Republican members of Congress want assurances that Bitcoin miners and crypto software developers will not be subject to the newly proposed tax rules
GOP U-turn: House Republicans begin accepting cryptocurrency donations
17.6.2021
The GOP will accept crypto contributions through BitPay, allowing them to convert assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum into U.S. dollars
US Lawmaker Warns Treasury Secretary and Fed Chair Not to Ignore Bitcoin or America Will Fall Behind
18.4.2021
Congressman Kevin McCarthy has urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell not to ignore bitcoin like they have been trying to do. He believes it is the future, emphasizing, “I do not want America to fall behind” other countries. Government and...
Judge Orders Arrest of Former GOP State Senator Involved with Crypto Scam
22.4.2020
Ex-Washington Senator David Schmidt and his cohort in the Meta 1 crypto scam failed to appear at an April 20 hearing in federal court