Tag: State of Crypto
Bitcoin as a Strategic Reserve
"And so as the final part of my plan today, I am announcing that if I am elected, it will be the policy of my administration, United States of America [...]
What Does Kamala Harris' (Presumptive) Nomination Mean for Crypto This Election?
Vice President Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States, after President Joe Biden abruptly an [...]
A Second Look at Third-Party Token Allegations in the SEC’s Case Against Binance
The SEC alleged that Binance in particular listed 10 tokens that it viewed as securities, as examples of how the exchange was violating federal securi [...]
What Still Needs to Happen Before Spot Ether ETFs Can Trade
Hours before the spot bitcoin ETFs were approved by the SEC in January, one of the listing exchanges, Cboe, added the funds to its “New Listings” page [...]
When Do Secondary Token Sales Violate Howey?
A federal judge overseeing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against Binance ruled that most of the case can proceed, but dismissed c [...]
Ron Wyden on FISA Reform and Crypto
At home, the issue that I know, will present as the second word is bill, it might be medical bill, it might be housing bill, it might be gas bill. It' [...]
Patrick McHenry Explains FIT21's Passage
Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) chairs the powerful House Financial Services Committee, and has been the leading Republican on the panel for year [...]
In Conversation With Brian Nelson
I think it goes back to a couple of core principles that Treasury has reflected for a long time in its rulemaking. One is, you know, focus on the acti [...]
What’s Next for FIT21? (A Consensus 2024 Recap)
CoinDesk held its annual Consensus conference in Austin, Texas last week, where we heard from lawmakers and regulators, developers, company execs and [...]
Consensus 2024 Week: The House Passed a Market Structure Bill
The House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly in favor of a crypto market structure bill is an interesting prelude to CoinDesk's annual conferenc [...]
Policymakers Are Back at Consensus 2024
Consensus, CoinDesk's annual conference, kicks off next Wednesday in Austin, Texas. We'll have a number of policymakers and industry participants enga [...]
Crypto's Election Season Is Kicking Off
The U.S. is holding its presidential election this fall. More than half a dozen other countries and bodies are likewise holding – or have held – elect [...]
The Crypto Lawsuit State of Play
It seems increasingly unlikely that Congress will actually pass a legislation, which addresses the woes of the crypto industry in the near term. As a [...]
Distilling the Tornado Cash and Samourai Suits
According to the Department of Justice, the answer is yes. The Tornado Cash developers didn’t just build an open-source piece of software; they develo [...]
The Ever-Dwindling Chances for a Stablecoin Law
Last week, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a joint bill addressing how stablecoins could be regulated [...]