Democrats of the House Financial Services Committee will hear from Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler in the lead-up to a hearing on FTX next week. Gensler will speak at a Dem...
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Carole House Advised the President on a Coordinated Federal Approach to Crypto – Most Influential 2022
Of course, in December 2022 the industry is in a very different place than it was in March, marked by failures, bankruptcies and millions of dollars worth of crypto likely lost by investors. The succe...
House committee leader says Bankman-Fried has ‘sufficient’ knowledge for testimony
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is not buying Sam Bankman-Fried’s excuse for not testifying next week about the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange at a hearing before the House Financial Services...
Average U.S. House Price Falls And Labor Market Shows Strength Despite Recession Speculation
Getty Images TL;DR Non-farm payroll numbers increased by 263,000 jobs in November, well above the estimate of 200,000 The average hourly wage went up as well, with the 0.6% gain double what had been e...
Bankman-Fried Puts Off House Testimony on FTX
Former FTX CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) said Sunday he would be willing to testify before congress, but would need to finish learning about the implosion of his crypto empire before he comm...
Ex-FTX boss publicly turns down US House hearing request
The U.S. Representative for California’s 13th congressional district, Maxine Waters, invited Sam Bankman-Fried to testify before her committee on Friday. Bankman-Fried responded on Twitter today, sayi...
Sam Bankman-Fried says unlikely to testify in Dec 13 House Committee hearing
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former chief executive of FTX, indicated on Sunday that he is unlikely to testify in the upcoming U.S. House committee’s hearing on the collapse of his crypto exchange, sa...
Former SEC official slams Tether for running a Ponzi scheme, labels firm as a ‘house of cards’
Former Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement official John Reed has questioned the implication of the alleged lack of transparency by USDT stablecoin provider Tether. According to Reed, who...
Arizona County Blocking Election Certification Must Certify Votes By Thursday Night—As Conspiracy-Fueled Refusal Keeps House Race Hanging In The Balance
Topline An Arizona judge has ordered rural, Republican-leaning Cochise County to certify its election results by 5 p.m. Mountain time Thursday, saying a local board overstepped its authority when it r...
House approves tentative labor deal, sends to Senate
A rail employee works a Union Pacific Intermodal Terminal rail yard on November 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The House passed legislation Wednesday that would force a...
House Committee Receives 6 Years Of Trump Tax Returns
Topline The House Ways and Means Committee has received six years of former President Donald Trump’s federal income tax returns, one week after the Supreme Court denied Trump’s request to block his ta...
House Approves Legislation To Prevent Rail Strike
Topline The House voted Wednesday to ratify a formal labor agreement between rail companies and labor unions, and voted to grant rail workers additional sick-leave benefits, aiming to prevent a strike...
House Democrats Elect Hakeem Jeffries As Next Leader
Topline House Democrats elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as their next leader on Wednesday, beginning a new era of Democratic leadership as Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) steps down after nearly tw...
As House Prices Fall, The West Coast Is Most Exposed, Southeast Sees Better Trends
Recent data shows house prices continuing to decline in September (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images House prices fell 0.8% month-on-month for September on a seasonally...
Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Protection Bill In Bipartisan Vote
Topline The U.S. Senate passed a bill granting new federal protections for same-sex marriages Tuesday afternoon, sending the bill to the House after a 61-36 bipartisan vote, fulfilling a promise by De...
US House Committee to probe FTX collapse on December 13, 2022
Congresswoman Water has announced the date when the House Committee on Financial Services would start investigating the FTX crash. The meeting was scheduled to start by 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, December...
US House committee sets Dec. 13 date for FTX hearing
The United States House Financial Services Committee has announced it will be holding a hearing to investigate the events around the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. House Financial Services Committee...
House lawmakers set first FTX hearing for Dec. 13
House lawmakers will begin their investigation into the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, and its broader impact on the digital asset industry, at a hearing scheduled next month. The House Financ...
8 U.S. House Members Attempted to Stop SEC’s Inquiry Into FTX Activities
– Advertisement – The congress members claimed that SEC’s inquiries in the crypto community could kill American innovations. According to a recent report by prominent media outlet, The Ame...
Sarah Palin Loses Another House Bid And Sen. Murkowski Defeats Trump-Backed Challenger
Topline Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) defeated former governor and close Trump ally Sarah Palin in a race for Alaska’s sole House seat, according to state election officials, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski ...
Ads Attacking Same-Sex Marriage Bill Will Air During Thanksgiving NFL Games–But Here’s What They Get Wrong
Topline The conservative Heritage Foundation think tank will reportedly air ads during NFL and college football games on Thanksgiving Day and through the weekend that attack the same-sex marriage bill...
Here Are All The Republicans Opposing McCarthy’s Bid For House Speaker — And What It Means For The Next Congress
Topline Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said he will not vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House, making him at least the fifth member to indicate opposition to McCarthy’s speakersh...
Fauci to cooperate with House Republican into Covid origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus during the White House press briefing on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Tom Williams...
Lawmakers weigh what to do with Sam Bankman-Fried’s political cash after FTX’s collapse
FTX executives made a splash during the 2022 midterm cycle, spending millions on political donations and funding for their super PACs But after the exchange filed for bankruptcy protection, som...
Former And Current FTX CEOs Received A Letter From The House Committee
The lack of a central authority to notice suspicious transactions in many kinds of situations, the irreversibility of transactions, and the lack of knowledge among many consumers and investors make cr...
‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ J. Belfort labels FTX a ‘frat house’, says collapse was premeditated
Former stockbroker, commonly known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” Jordan Belfort, has shared his opinion on the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange and the role played by its founder Sam Bankman-Fried....
This Biotech Company’s Goal Is To Have A Plant-Based American Flag Fly Over The White House
An American flag made out of corn. Stable Diffusion algorithm. With the midterm elections in the rearview mirror, the lawmakers in Washington, DC, are focusing on the future: the topic of the conversa...
Democrat Adam Frisch Concedes To Republican Lauren Boebert In Unexpectedly Close House Race
Topline After a surprisingly close race, Democratic House candidate Adam Frisch conceded to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), a Trump ally who has been criticized for spreading baseless conspiracy theori...
House Republicans Target Joe Biden In Probe Of His Son—As GOP Promises Onslaught Of Investigations In New Congress
Topline House Republicans vowed Thursday to make their investigation of Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings a “top priority” next year, focusing their efforts squarely on linking President Joe Bi...
House committee to investigate FTX mess this December; SBF, CZ among others to sit before panel
The panel is bipartisan, led by the House Committee on Financial Services. Sam Bankman Fried’s (SBF) whereabouts are not known. Not all names expected to appear have been mentioned. Committee panel wa...