Crypto’s footprint in Washington has been on the rise for years. But one year on from the infrastructure fight that brought massive industry attention and lobby funds to the U.S. Capital, the crypto i...
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Binance Liquidating Its FTT, CEO Changpeng Zhao Says FTX Lobbying Against Others in Crypto Industry
Binance has announced it’s selling off all its FTX Token (FTT) as rumors swirl that the global crypto exchange FTX could become insolvent. In a Twitter thread, Zhao details how last year, Binance deci...
Binance Liquidates Its FTT as CEO Changpeng Zhao Says FTX Lobbying Against Rival Exchange
Binance has announced it’s selling off all its FTX Token (FTT), as CEO Changpeng Zhao says FTX has been engaging in political efforts against Binance. In a Twitter thread, Zhao says that last year, Bi...
SBF reveals he donated to Republicans & Democrats as lobbying by crypto firms continues ahead of the midterms
In anticipation of the U.S. midterm elections, the cryptocurrency industry has continued its political spending to shield itself from regulatory crackdowns with a more receptive Congress. Many digital...
Trump Ally Thomas Barrack Acquitted On Lobbying Charges
Topline Thomas Barrack, a real estate investor and former adviser to President Donald Trump, was acquitted Friday on charges of lobbying Trump on behalf of the United Arab Emirates during his 2016 cam...
Crypto Leaders Intensify Lobbying Efforts With Allegations On US Lawmakers
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has passed through pressures from the legislative arm; the tension increased as the SEC devised measures for crypto regulations earning displeasure from...
Crypto Leaders Escalate Lobbying Efforts, Alleges US Lawmakers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been under scrutiny by lawmakers over its approach toward digital asset market regulations. However, US lawmakers now have alleged the crypto sect...
A Quarter of SEC Employees Stock Invested in Firms Lobbying Their Agency – Trustnodes
More than 25% of the employees at the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) have invested in stocks of firms that were lobbying their agency. That’s one of the many findings of an extensive invest...
Digital Currency Group registers to lobby for the first time
Crypto investment giant Digital Currency Group is getting into lobbying. Per an August 15 filing, Julie Stitzel, the firm’s VP of public policy, has registered to lobby on behalf of DCG. It is t...
Japanese lobbying groups wants tax cuts to maintain crypto-talent
According to reports, cryptocurrency lobbying organizations in Japan plan to push lawmakers to lower the tax rates on the local digital asset sector. As a result, professionals in the field are more l...
Democrats Ready Carried-Interest Tax Hike After 15-Year Lobbying Campaign
Senate Democrats are poised to raise taxes on a key source of private-equity managers’ income, capping a 15-year quest to close what many lawmakers see as an egregious gap in the tax code. The tax inc...
Japanese Lobbying Groups Insist on Tax Cuts to Retain Crypto Talents: Report
Cryptocurrency lobbying groups in Japan reportedly intend to ask lawmakers to reduce the tax rates on the local digital asset sector. Thus, talents in the industry will be more likely to stay in their...
Crypto Council for Innovation hires legal and lobbying leadership
The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) is hiring two long-term government insiders on the trade association’s leadership team. In an announcement shared with The Block, CCI said it has hired L...
Led by exchanges, crypto industry lobbying grew 17% in Q2 2022
Despite market chaos and broad layoffs, the crypto industry has continued pouring money into lobbying programs. According to an analysis by The Block, cumulative lobbying expenditures by crypto firms ...
Inside the PGA Tour’s lobbying effort against Saudi-funded LIV Golf
(L-R) Majed Al Sorour, CEO of Saudi Golf Federation, and Greg Norman, CEO and commissioner of LIV Golf, clap during the trophy ceremony during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational – Portland a...
BlockFi hires lobbying firm after record fine by SEC, Reuters says
Crypto lending platform BlockFi, which earlier this year was fined a record $100 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and state authorities to resolve regulatory charges, is the latest...
Tech Experts Warn US Lawmakers About Growing Crypto Lobbying Efforts
In a first such attempt to counter lobby, the technologists wrote to the US lawmakers terming cryptocurrencies as “risky, flawed, and unproven digital financial instruments.” Counter-lobby Efforts As ...
Computer scientists and academics pursue efforts to stop crypto lobbying in US
Anti-crypto technology experts urged United States lawmakers to resist the influence of pro-crypto lobbying efforts. Bruce Schneier, a lecturer at Harvard, reportedly said that blockchain advocates’ ...
Anti-Crypto tech experts pursue efforts to counter crypto lobbying in the US
Anti-crypto tech specialists have advised politicians in the US to reject the influence of lobbying attempts made by pro-crypto supporters. According to reports, a Harvard lecturer, Bruce Schneier, sa...
Coinbase Establishes Think Tank for Increasing Lobbying Efforts With Regulators
As global regulators are ramping up forces targeting digital asset firms, Coinbase announced the launch of a global crypto-native think tank that aims to accelerate research on the industry and hold c...
Chia Network Joins Crypto Lobbying Group Blockchain Association
Chia Network Inc. announced that it has become a member of a Blockchain Association, an industry leader championing the collaboration and innovation necessary to support U.S. leadership in the crypto ...
Crypto stakeholders dropped more than $4 million on DC lobbying in Q1. Here are the biggest spenders
The crypto lobby keeps growing, and so have its expenses. Industry stakeholders and associated companies spent approximately $4.4 million on federal lobbying in the US in the first quarter of this yea...
Crypto lobbying is becoming ‘incredibly powerful,’ according to Blockchain Association’s Kristin Smith
The Blockchain Association — a trade association that lobbies US politicians on behalf of the crypto industry — saw explosive growth in 2021, thanks in part to the controversy surrounding the crypto t...
Why did US Crypto Trade association lobbying slip after so long?
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Goldman Sachs Lobbying FTX Exchange for an IPO Move
American investment banking giant Goldman Sachs is notably lobbying FTX Derivatives exchange if the crypto trading platform decides to go public through Initial Public Offering (IPO) shortly. Accordin...
Binance.US Quits Blockchain Association, Forms In-House Lobbying Shop
“Binance.US made a major investment last year in the Blockchain Association,” said the person. “Our executives recently negotiated in good faith with Blockchain Association executives in an effort to ...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Says Bitcoin Maximalism Hurting Crypto Industry’s Lobbying Efforts: Report
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says tribalism among different crypto communities is hindering the industry’s efforts to lobby for accommodating policy in Washington. In a new interview with CNBC, Garlin...
Report: Crypto lobbying activities bloomed in 2021
A new report reveals that crypto company lobbying has quadrupled since 2018. Last year, these companies spent over $9 million to influence Congress members. Crypto firm’s interest in lobbying spikes L...
Foundry Digital Joins Forces with Crypto Lobbying Group Blockchain Association
Foundry Digital, a subsidiary business of Digital Currency Group (DCG) focused on digital asset mining and staking, on Thursday announced that it has become a member of the Blockchain Association, whi...
Andrew Yang Wants Web3 to ‘Lean In’ to Lobbying With New DAO
Andrew Yang, a former candidate for U.S. president and New York City mayor, is on a barnstorming tour of… Denver. Long an advocate of tech innovation, Yang stopped by the ETHDenver conference and hack...
Coinbase, Ripple, and Robinhood Lead $9.5 Million Crypto Lobbying Efforts In The US ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Crypto Lobbying Jumped 116% in 2021. Coinbase, Ripple and Robinhood account for 60% of all lobbying efforts. Lobbying expenditure is expected to reac...
Crypto Lobbying in the US Jumped 116% in 12 Months With $9.56 Million Spent in 2021 – Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrency and blockchain firms are concerned about the future legislation revolving around the cryptocurrency industry and money spent on lobbying cemented this fact. A recently published study i...