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Federal Judge Asks The Justice Department To Fish Or Cut Bait About Meadows Immunity
Federal Judge Carl J. Nichols asked the Justice Department whether Mark Meadows has immunity from testimony. The inquiry puts Merrick Garland’s department on the horns of a painful dilemma on a matter...
State Department Confirms Death Of Second American In Ukraine
Topline The State Department announced that Stephen Zabielski, an American citizen, died while fighting in Ukraine, but refused to provide further information about the exact circumstances of his deat...
State Department ‘Deeply Regrets’ Not Connecting Brittney Griner’s Call With Wife
Topline A State Department spokesperson said Tuesday the agency “deeply regrets” preventing a call from WNBA star Brittney Griner—who has been detained in Russia on drug charges since February—with he...
US Labor Department Witnesses Condemnation Over 401(k) Bitcoin Plans
Along with the support from Coinbase and Block, The Crypto Council For Innovation (CCI) is criticizing the US Labor Department due to its previous guidance in March. It warned consumers about the dang...
U.S. Department of Labor Faces Scrutiny on Bitcoin 401(k) Plans
The U.S. Department of Labor is receiving pushback from an industry initiative, requesting it rescind its previous guidance on including crypto in 401(k) plans. The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI)...
Justice Department Says Jan. 6 Committee’s ‘Failure’ To Share Interview Transcripts Impeding Insurrection Investigations
Topline In a letter to the January 6 committee on Wednesday, the Justice Department renewed its request for the panel to share transcripts from interviews with witnesses it has conducted as a part of ...
Block’s Nick Slaney Leaves Wallet Department, Joins TBD’s Lightning Infrastructure Project – crypto.news
On June 14 evening, product designer engineer Nick Stanley at Block.inc announced he was leaving the Wallet department to join Mike Brock’s TBD. He will be leaving to form a new team dedicated to buil...
Justice Department Set to Prosecute American That Sent Crypto to Sanctioned Country
The United States Justice Department has announced it is proceeding with a criminal prosecution case against an American citizen who sent more than $10 million in crypto funds to a sanctioned country....
U.S. Treasury Department on Track to Regulate Unhosted Wallets
The U.S. Treasury Department is progressing toward addressing the anonymity of unhosted crypto wallets as part of Joe Biden’s wider strategy to tackle illicit finance involving digital assets. Followi...
Inflation Has Become a Global Problem. Where the U.S. Ranks
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. U.S. Gets Ranked on In...
Justice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana State Police
Topline The Justice Department on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into whether the Louisiana State Police uses excessive force against people of color or engages in racially discriminator...
US Department of Justice urges president Biden to close regulatory gaps and strengthen international cooperation
The office of the Attorney General of Washington DC, has urged President Biden to strengthen regulation of the crypto industry, in a joint report In response to the recent Executive Order on Ensuring ...
Department of Justice (DoJ) asks for international cooperation in combating crypto crimes
A new report by the Department of Justice has called upon the global community to work together in dealing with how criminals use digital assets. The DoJ has suggested that it will also equip foreign ...
Here’s How The U.S. Department Of Justice Wants To Police Crypto Crime
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a report pursuant to the Executive order released to ensure the responsible development of Digital Assets. Meanwhile, the nation has released a proposed c...
US Justice Department Urges More Coordination to Combat Crypto Crime
“Strong international law enforcement cooperation will be essential to best position the United States and its partners to detect, investigate, prosecute, and otherwise disrupt criminal activity...
Crypto-Friendly 401(K) Provider Sues U.S. Labor Department for Customer Rights Infringement
San Francisco-based crypto-friendly retirement plan provider ForUsAll Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Labor (DOL) seeking to invalidate the department’s guidance on cr...
Retirement service provider sues US Labor Department over crypto guidance
? Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! A retirement savings service provider, ForUsAll, is suing the U.S. Department of Labor over recent guidance issued to fund man...
Retirement Plan Advisor Sues U.S. Department of Labor Over ‘Arbitrary’ Crypto Guidance
A financial planning company allowing customers to include crypto in their 401(k) plans is suing the Federal government. In a new filing against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the retirement firm...
Labor Department Sued for Opposing Crypto in Retirement Accounts
The San Francisco-based 401(k) provider ForUsAll is suing the US Labor Department for investigating businesses offering cryptocurrencies within customers’ retirement accounts. The company alleges that...
U.S. Department of Justice Charges Former OpenSea Executive in First-Ever Insider Trading Crypto Scheme
In a groundbreaking move, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging a former executive of the world’s leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace with insider trading. According to a new press...
Crypto 401(k) Provider ForUsAll Sues US Department of Labor
ForUsAll, a 401(k) provider with over $1.7 billion in assets under management (AUM), has sued the U.S Labor Department (DOL) for planning an investigation into companies offering crypto investment opt...
Labor Department Sued Over Anti-Crypto Stance
Key Takeaways A 401(k) provider is suing the Department of Labor over its aggressive anti-crypto stance. The Department stated in March it would investigate any company allowing cryptocurrency allocat...
Netflix Has a Big Problem. Here’s the Math That Might Fix It
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Netflix shares are off 70% this year, due in large part to the streaming-video company’s disastrous first-quarter earnings. Among other things, Netflix lost 200,0...
The Bear Market Is Still on the Prowl
Text size To the Editor:There is definitely further to go (“The Stock Market Has Avoided a Bear. But the Selloff Isn’t Over,” The Trader, May 20). The Federal Reserve goosed the economy from 2009 to n...
Boeing Hasn’t Delivered…on Jets or Other Requisites for Recovery
Text size At this point, Boeing’s task is simple—it needs to stop the bleeding. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Boeing’s badly beaten-up stock might be nearly as weak as it will get. When Barron’s recommended...
Allbirds to sell its sneakers in select Nordstrom department stores
Nordstrom signage outside one of the company’s full-line department stores. Tim Boyle | Getty Images News | Getty Images Allbirds will start selling its shoes in select Nordstrom department stor...
$6 a Gallon Gasoline? Here’s How It Could Happen.
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size U.S. gasoline prices are at record highs, averaging more than $4.50 per gallon at the pump, and surpassing $4 in all 50 states for the first time. But, says Natas...
After Big Pullback, It’s Time to Shop for Walmart Stock
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...
The Department Of Justice Has Filed Its First Criminal Complaint Against A US Citizen Accused Of Evading Sanctions By Using Cryptocurrency
The defendant then used this crypto exchange account to send over $10 million in BTC for the platform’s users between the United States and sanctioned countries. Judge Faruqui stated why he allo...
Justice Department Charges Defendant With Sending $10M in Bitcoin to Sanctioned Country
The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against an unnamed defendant who allegedly sent more than $10 million worth of Bitcoin in an attempt to skirt economic sanctions. In an opinion publis...