Interview with Huffpost in which CEO Tom Frazier indicated his business 100% would have established a mining operation with or without the tax benefit, Wyden questioned Redivider’s genuine motivation ...
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White House Waives Executive Privilege For Jared Kushner And Ivanka Trump Ahead Of January 6 Committee Appearances
Topline The White House will not assert executive privilege over the testimony of former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner before the House committee investig...
Trump’s White House Call Logs Show 7-Hour Gap On January 6—House Committee Reportedly Looking Into Possible Cover-Up
Topline Former President Donald Trump’s activities during the January 6 attack on the Capitol building are unaccounted for, as the Washington Post and CBS News report official White House call logs an...
House Committee Chair Proposes a bill to create a new digital currency “E-cash digital Dollar”
TL;DR Breakdown The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee’s fintech task force has introduced a bill to establish E-Cash digital currency. Under Lynch’s plan, no blockchain or internet co...
House Committee Chair Proposes Privacy-Preserving Digital Currency Bill
The chair of the House Committee on Financial Services’ Task Force on Financial Technology has introduced a bill to create a new type of digital currency. The Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware ...
Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Criminal Contempt Charges For Two Ex-Trump Officials
Topline The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot recommended holding former Trump Administration communications staffer Daniel Scavino Jr. and trade advisor Peter Navarro in crimin...
Senate Finance Committee Chair probes “lack of safeguards” in crypto tax incentives
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden is digging into the activities of crypto companies that take advantage of tax breaks provided by the Opportunity Zone program. Senator Wyden’s main concern stems from the ...
Advisory Committee suggests key aspects for crypto adoption in Australia
Cyber Security Industry Advisory Committee talked about various opportunities related to the crypto industry that might help facilitate mainstreaming of crypto assets. Minimum security standards...
US Senate Committee Advances Bill to Mitigate Risks From El Salvador Adopting Bitcoin as Legal Tender – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Senate bill to mitigate the risks from El Salvador adopting bitcoin as legal tender has advanced in the U.S. “As El Salvador has adopted bitcoin as legal tender, it’s critical we mitigate risks to...
Bukele reacts to US bill passing Senate committee
El Salvador president Nayib Bukele reacted to the news that the recently proposed Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act (ACES) had passed the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and...
January 6 Committee Prepares To Hold In Contempt Former Trump Trade Adviser And Communications Chief
Topline The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot plans to meet Monday to consider recommending citations for criminal contempt of Congress for two Trump Administration offic...
Russia Could Sell Gas for Bitcoin, Says Energy Committee Chief
Key Takeaways Top Russian energy official Pavel Zavalny has said that Russia is open to accepting Bitcoin payments for energy exports. Zavalny also said that the country has lost all interest in energ...
ESMA Names Dr Theocharides as Chairman of the Economic and Markets Analysis Committee
ESMA announced that it has named Dr Theocharides as its new Chairman of the Economic and Markets Analysis Committee. Recently shared in a press release with Finance Magnates, Dr George Theocharides, a...
New York Bill to Ban Bitcoin Mining Passes Senate Environmental Committee
Members of the New York State Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee voted to continue with legislation that would ban Bitcoin’s proof-of-work (PoW) mining operations in the state for a perio...
FDA advisory committee to discuss future of Covid boosters
A nurses fills up syringes for patients as they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, September 29, 2021...
Former SEC Advisory Committee Member Condemns SEC Chair’s “Abuse of Digital Assets”
Tobias Lewis Associate professor of blockchain law labeled the SEC’s crypto regulation an “abuse of digital assets” A former SEC Advisory Committee member has called current SEC regu...
EU Parliament Committee Rejects Proposal to Limit Proof-of-Work Crypto
The European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee voted Monday, a move that quashed the ban on the popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin across the European Union (EU). The committee voted a...
EU Parliament Committee Votes Against Proof-of-Work Ban, Supports Alternative Amendment on Crypto Assets – Regulation Bitcoin News
European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee has voted against banning proof-of-work-based assets for companies in the European Union. An alternative proposal on crypto assets by Euro...
European Parliament Committee Rejects Bitcoin Ban
The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has reportedly rejected a bill that aimed to ban Bitcoin (BTC) in the European Union. According to Patrick Hansen, head of growth and strategy at ...
Europe’s landmark crypto bill passes parliamentary committee with wide majority
advertisement The EU’s Markets in Crypto Assets regulation, or MiCA, has advanced in the European Parliament. European Parliament’s ECON Committee passed the MiCA regulation on March 14, p...
Returned ‘proof-of-work ban’ in EU crypto markets bill fails in committee
advertisement The European Parliament has once again stripped a landmark piece of crypto legislation of language that many feared would target proof-of-work cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. On March 14,...
Proposal Limiting Proof-of-Work Is Rejected in EU Parliament Committee Vote: Sources
“5. By 1 January 2025, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council, as appropriate, a legislative proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2020/852, in accordance with Article ...
New committee voting date for European Parliament’s crypto law is next week
The EU’s Markets in Digital Assets, or MiCA, regulation is scheduled for a key committee vote next week following delays last week. On March 7, Stefan Berger, who heads the European Parliament&#...
January 6 Committee Subpoenas Kimberly Guilfoyle, Says She Helped Incite Capitol Riot
Topline The House committee investigating the Capitol riot Thursday subpoenaed Kimberly Guilfoyle—fiancée to Donald Trump Jr. and the 2020 Trump campaign’s fundraising chief—six days after she walked...
The Australian Advisory Committee Calls for Crypto Regulations
The Australian Cyber Security Industry Advisory Committee released its analysis on cryptocurrencies. Currently, Bitcoin is the most popular choice among Australians. In their research, the committee a...
Brazil: Senate Committee approves crypto-regulatory bill to promote growth
Regulatory fervor for the cryptocurrency industry has gained heightened momentum worldwide this year, as the $1.84 trillion industry makes itself more ingrained in the financial market. After reports ...
Brazil ’s Senate Committee Approves Bill To Regulate Cryptocurrencies. What Now?
Who’s one step closer to regulating cryptocurrency use? Brazil is. The Senate Committee, more specifically The Committee on Economic Affairs, settled on a bill. Its aim is to regulate crypto transacti...
Brazilian Senate Committee on Economic Affairs Approves Crypto Regulation Bill
Crypto regulation on Brazilian soil gained steam after the senate’s economic affairs committee approved a bill, highlighting the ground rules and day-to-day usage of digital currency funds. The commit...
Crypto legislation in Panama advances with committee meeting
A group of lawmakers in Panama will discuss two crypto-related bills on February 22, The Block has learned. Members of Panama’s Commerce and Economic Affairs Commission, part of the country’s Nationa...
This is a Ripple official’s takeaway from the Senate committee hearing on crypto assets
Agriculture and crypto don’t seem like they have a lot in common, but the Senate Agriculture Committee’s hearing on crypto assets triggered strong reactions from crypto stakeholders across the board. ...