Tag: shutdown
McCarthy Puts Off Spending Votes, Stymied in Efforts to Avert a Shutdown
Action on the floor stalled as Speaker Kevin McCarthy struggled for votes to bring spending bills up for debate and remained stalemated with right-win [...]
McCarthy’s Plan to Avoid a Shutdown Hits Stiff G.O.P. Opposition
Republican leaders were hoping to pass the combination of spending cuts and border controls to show they were working to forestall a shutdown and pres [...]
What a US government shutdown would do to Bitcoin
On the latest episode of Macro Markets, analyst Marcel Pechman examines the current state of the American economy. He references a headline from Barro [...]
McCarthy Pulls Back Pentagon Spending Bill, Inching Closer to a Shutdown
An urgent push by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avert a government shutdown collapsed on Thursday as he bowed to resistance from his most conservative mem [...]
McCarthy Pulls Back Pentagon Spending Bill, Inching Closer to a Shutdown
An urgent push by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avert a government shutdown collapsed on Thursday as he bowed to resistance from his most conservative mem [...]
Congress Embarks on Spending Battle as Shutdown Looms at End of September
Congress is poised this week to dive into an epic fight over spending, as the Senate for the first time in years puts appropriations bills on the floo [...]
McCarthy Tries to Leverage Biden Impeachment to Avoid a Shutdown
Facing the prospect of a politically damaging government shutdown within weeks, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is offering a new argument to conservativ [...]
Schumer and McCarthy Agree Stopgap Spending Bill Necessary to Avoid Shutdown
Members of the hard-right Freedom Caucus said in July that they would not support a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running in the fall. “ [...]
Fantom DEX rescued at eleventh hour following planned shutdown
SpiritSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Fantom, will no longer shut its doors in September after having treasury funds stuck on troubled cross-c [...]
Trump Indictment Presents New Obstacle in Spending Fight as Shutdown Looms
The political furor over the indictment this week of former President Donald J. Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election is spilling into [...]
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls for Shutdown of Crypto Funding for Fentanyl from China
“Unfortunately, that is a mode that some of these precursor manufacturers and illicit drug organizations have used – the receipt of bitcoin payments i [...]
On the shutdown of Bittrex in the US and SEC actions — Bittrex Global CEO at Consensus 2023
Oliver Linch, chief executive officer of cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Global, has pushed back against the United States Securities and Exchange Com [...]
Ren Protocol transfers all assets to FTX debtors’ wallet in case of shutdown
Cross-chain bridge platform Ren Protocol has announced that FTX, Alameda and their affiliates that acquired the platform in 2022 have authorized and d [...]
Paxful shutdown hits Nigeria harder than the rest of the world, here’s why
The shutdown of the peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful has left its worldwide community searching for alternatives, but it appears t [...]
Kraken to Suspend ACH Deposits and Withdrawals Following Silvergate Shutdown
“As of March 27, 2023, Kraken clients will no longer be able to use ACH deposits and withdrawals through Silvergate,” the company told CoinDesk in an [...]