Topline Ticketmaster called on Congress to regulate ticket scalping tactics and giving artists control over sales Thursday, months after the company drew widespread criticism for a botched Taylor Swif...
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Congress Should Protect America’s Intellectual Property Without Sacrificing An Open Research Environment
November 1, 2018. Then Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a new initiative—the … [+] China Initiative—to crack down on Chinese intelligence officials pilfering intellectual...
Congress Needs To Act On Crypto But The Senate Is Way Behind
Businessman is holding a bitcoin as part of a business network, Cryptocurrency blockchain … [+] connection, Technology and financial investment background concept. getty On February 8th, the Hou...
The Block: SEC planting its regulatory flag as Congress still to pick a regulator: SEC’s Peirce
Policy • February 20, 2023, 5:00AM EST The Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to “plant its regulatory flag,” while Congress is still mulling which agency will be police crypto, sa...
US SEC Dodging Crypto Laws; Congress To Step In?
Crypto News: The Global digital asset industry is trading under increased volatility amid the lack of regulatory clarity. While major Financial watchdogs are trying to form sets of rules to guide the ...
U.S. Congress may hold inquiry into Binance.US
Ad U.S. Congress should hold an inquiry into Binance.US over its connection to Merit Peak, according to statements from a senator quoted by Reuters on Feb. 17. Senator Roger Marshall told the publicat...
Coinbase CEO Urges Congress to Pass Clear Crypto Legislation — Warns America Risks Losing Financial Hub Status – Regulation Bitcoin News
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has called on Congress to pass clear crypto legislation, warning that the U.S. risks losing its status as a financial hub. “Crypto is open to everyone in the world and oth...
Fetterman to be in hospital for weeks for depression care
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), leaves a classified briefing for U.S. Senators about the latest unknown objects shot down by the U.S. military, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 14, 20...
Here’s what we learned from the IRS Commissioner hearing
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Tom Williams | Pool | Reuters President Joe Biden‘s nominee ...
Crypto regulations impossible “without an act of Congress”: Blockchain Association
The CLO of the Blockchain Association asked the U.S. Congress to oversee crypto regulations. A lack of regulations is causing regulators to overstep their authority. Pro-crypto trade group Blockchain ...
FinTech Law Professor Tells Congress That Crypto Should Be Restricted From Banking System
Lee Reiners, policy director at the Duke Financial Economics Center, recommended that banking agenices restrict the crypto industry from accessing the banking system while testifying to the Senate Ban...
Congress Republicans Probe Into SEC Over FTX Fall ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     The Republican arm of the US Congress recently opened investigations into the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following FTX’s fa...
SEC action against Paxos paints regulatory target on stablecoins
Stablecoins look to be the next part of the crypto ecosystem facing a regulatory crackdown. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued notice to crypto infrastructure provider Paxos...
US Congress asks SEC to release details on interactions between FTX, its founder, and DoJ
Representatives McHenry and Huizenga of the US House Financial Services Committee have voiced their concerns about the cooperation between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)and...
US Congress To Expedite Sam Bankman-Fried’s Hearing
FTX News: Congresswomen Maxine Waters urges an urgent congressional hearing of former FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and other executives of FTX and sister firm Alameda Research. FTX recently asked Con...
Kraken CEO Calls on Congress to Protect US Crypto Industry Following Settlement With SEC Over Staking Program – Regulation Bitcoin News
The CEO of crypto exchange Kraken, Jesse Powell, has called on Congress to pass a law to protect the U.S. crypto industry after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took action against his tra...
Congress, the Answer to SEC? – Trustnodes
“A paternalistic and lazy regulator settles on a solution like this one: do not initiate a public process to develop a workable registration process that provides valuable information to investors, ju...
Blockchain Association Calls on Congress to Intervene, End SEC’s ‘Attack’ on Crypto Industry
Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith has released a statement on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s abolition of staking on the crypto exchange Kraken. The Washington DC-based organizat...
SEC’s targeting of Kraken staking program sends shockwaves through industry
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s move to charge crypto exchange Kraken with failing to register the offer and sale of its “crypto asset staking-as-a-service program” signals an aggressive new ...
House Democrats Push To Expel Santos From Congress
Topline Five House Democrats introduced a resolution on Thursday to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress, calling him a “serial fraudster” amid growing revelations that Santos has lied abou...
Biden proposal to cap all insulin prices at $35 a month has little chance of passing Congress
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7, 2023 Pool | Getty Images President Joe Biden used the bully pulpit during the State of the Union a...
Taxpayer Advocate Cites Improvement In Backlog. Will It Last?
In the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, Congress directed the Internal Revenue Service to form the National Taxpayer Advocate Service to address problems not resolved through normal IRS channels and large-sca...
SBF Lobbied Congress to Benefit FTX, Not Crypto, Says Blockchain Exec
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried spent more time lobbying lawmakers in D.C. than any other executive that Blockchain Association executive director Kristin Smith has seen in her 20-year career. So it’s h...
Biden Urges Congress To Pass New Billionaire Tax In State Of The Union—But It’s Destined To Fail
Topline President Joe Biden called for a new minimum tax targeting billionaires in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, as part of a White House plan to ensure wealthy Americans and large bus...
What To Watch For As Biden Addresses A Split Congress Before A Potential 2024 Run
Topline President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address under a Republican-controlled House on Tuesday, following a better-than-expected January jobs report that could bolster hi...
If Ticketmaster Botches Beyoncé ‘Renaissance’ Tour, BeyHive (And Congress) Could Sting
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 5: Beyonce accepts the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album award for … [+] Renaissance onstage during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 20...
CFTC head looks to new Congress for action on crypto regulation
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has said he will continue efforts for the agency to regulate non-security tokens. In remarks released for a Fe...
US Congress to hold ‘crypto crash’ hearing on Feb. 14
United States lawmakers with the Senate Banking Committee have scheduled a second hearing exploring the impact of a crypto market crash. In a Feb. 3 announcement, Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherro...