Tag: Lobbying
Bitcoin (BTC) Miners Lobby U.S. Congress to Counter Environmental ‘Misunderstanding’
When crypto mining is discussed in the U.S. Congress, it's often tied to claims that mining operations are environmental parasites, sapping finite ene [...]
Coinbase lobbying efforts face setback from Hamas’ crypto use: Berenberg analysts
The use of cryptocurrency by Hamas militants to fund recent attacks on Israel may have set back Coinbase’s crypto lobbying efforts in the United State [...]
Crypto Mining Gets Its Own Lobbying Voice in Washington
“The focus on how both the digital asset mining and energy industries can collaborate and work together to bolster energy infrastructure, increase res [...]
EU’s Data Act Still Contains Controversial Smart Contract Kill Switch, Despite Lobbying by Polygon, NEAR, Stellar, Cardano
Negotiators said they had struck a deal on the controversial text on June 28, shortly after organizations linked to numerous blockchains, including St [...]
Ministers could be fined for breaching lobbying rules under Labour
The party says it will create a new watchdog with powers to propose sanctions against ministers.
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Stablecoin issuers have spent over $1.3M lobbying Congress since 2022
Stablecoin issuers including Tether, Circle, and others have spent well over a million dollars lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill since the start of 2 [...]
Biden’s electric car push sparks lobbying surge
The rush to influence lawmakers and agencies is evidence of the challenges and opportunities involved in meeting the president’s goal of seeing zero- [...]
Tory MP Steve Brine being investigated over lobbying claims
Mr Brine has previously been reprimanded by Acoba, the watchdog that oversees appointment rules, for inviting then-vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi to [...]
Steve Brine: Tory MP faces calls for probe into lobbying claims
Leaked messages show Steve Brine contacted health bosses on behalf of a firm paying him as an adviser.
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Crypto industry lobbying expenses rose by 120% in 2022 in the US
Crypto industry has been raising its lobbying efforts amid the crypto winter that began last year. In 2022, the market participants spent $25.57 milli [...]
Crypto Lobbying Needs a Reset: More FTC, less SEC
Crypto is no stranger to these problems – not because its business leaders are any more or less inclined to behave badly, but because, as in other ind [...]
How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against mini [...]
Binance joins lobbying group as criticism of the exchange ramps up
Binance has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a United States crypto industry lobbying group, according to a Dec. 20 press release from the exch [...]
Earl of Shrewsbury faces suspension from Lords over lobbying claims
The Earl of Shrewsbury is one of two peers found to have broken the rules by a Lords committee.
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Despite Trump’s Lobbying, McCarthy’s Speaker Bid Remains Imperiled on the Right
Representative Kevin McCarthy is dealing with a group of right-wing detractors who appear impervious to negotiation, and who have yet to be moved even [...]