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EU Politicians Pass Policy on Smart Contracts Deemed ‘Impossible to Comply’ With
The European Parliament has voted to pass the Data Act, a legislative proposal that will challenge the immutability of smart contracts. 500 lawmakers voted in favor of the proposal, 23 against, and 11...
What Politicians Get Wrong In Their Efforts To Curb Smoking And Vaping
This episode of What’s Ahead examines how in recent years public health officials and politicians have both been doing more harm than good in battling cigarette smoking. The latest example is New York...
Politicians and investors weigh in on global economy
Arguably, the world’s most important economic event — the World Economic Forum 2023 Davos conference — took place from Jan. 16 – 20 this year. The main focus of almost every conversation was on the gl...
FTX wants politicians to refund donations, may file lawsuit
According to a news release on Feb. 5, 2023, the new management of the bankrupt FTX crypto exchange sent ‘confidential letters’ to political figures, PACs, and other receivers of contributions made by...
FTX Debtors Demand Return of Funds Given to US Politicians and Super PACs – Bitcoin News
FTX debtors are seeking to claw back millions of dollars given to U.S. political action committees (PACs) and political figures. Confidential letters have been sent to individuals and organizations, r...
FTX Asks Politicians Who Received Sam Bankman-Fried Donations to Return Money
The announcement escalates a fight over as much as $93 million (according to the debtors’ estimates) in political donations FTX made to an array of Washington, D.C., lawmakers and causes across ...
Give it Back! FTX Debtors Demand Return of $93 Million Donations From US Politicians ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     As part of attempts to recover settlement funds for many aggrieved creditors, FTX is reaching out to US politicians who may have financially benefitt...
FTX To US Politicians: Give Us Back The Money, Or Else…
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried once gave out lots of money to people that many wondered where it all came from. These people included powerful figures in public service and the regular ones, not to men...
FTX Wants Politicians, PACs to Return Donations—And May Sue to Recover Funds
FTX told the political world Sunday the bankrupt crypto exchange wants its money back, after millions of dollars flowed into the hands of candidates and action committees under the direction of founde...
FTX to Sue US Politicians Who Don’t Return Donations
FTX, the once high-flying crypto exchange that filed for bankruptcy in November, is calling for the return of “contributions or other payments” it says were directed by former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried or...
U.S. Politicians are Actively Promoting Bitcoin and Blockchain
States in the United States are actively involved in Bitcoin Adoption. Texas is the most active Bitcoin state in the United States. The New Hampshire Governor has recommended an energy review to accom...
Lawmakers introduce bill to finally stop politicians from insider trading. Here’s how it would force Congress to put the people before their portfolios
‘The American people are tired’: Lawmakers introduce bill to finally stop politicians from insider trading. Here’s how it would force Congress to put the people before their portfoli...
US politicians beat the financial markets in 2022, reduced exposure to crypto
Based on publicly available disclosures, many US Congress members beat the wider markets for another year. According to Unusual_Whales, most members of the US Congress, including Mark Green of Tenness...
FTX seeks to recoup SBF’s donations to US politicians
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX said it is working to recover all political donations made by its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried, FT reports. Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was the darling of many U.S. pol...
How Much Of SBF’s Donations Are U.S. Politicians Giving Up?
According to a report, three Democratic political groups to which FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) donated money would attempt to have their money returned. The three Democratic primary committees ...
Politicians Are Giving Back Their Donations From Disgraced FTX Founder
U.S. politicians, many of them Democrats, have been very publicly returning—or giving away—campaign donations from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Even before his crypto exchange and trading desk, F...
FTX Roundup: SBF Gives Interview, Missing Funds Move, and Politicians Return Donations
Key Takeaways In a conversation published today, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried discussed his actions during FTX’s collapse. 255 BTC ($4.2 million) of funds taken from FTX were appear to have been de...
FTX Roundup: SBF Gives Interview, Stolen Funds Move, and Politicians Return Donations
Key Takeaways In a conversation published today, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried discussed his actions during FTX’s collapse. 255 BTC ($4.2 million) of funds stolen from FTX were appear to have been d...
Politicians Call for Crypto Regulations As FTX Contagion Spreads
The US and European politicians are calling out for crypto regulation. Is the FTX collapse a catalyst for the global regulations on crypto? The crypto regulations are the need of the hour after the re...
The Perils Of Gen Z Politicians And Boomer Regulators
Mark Penn thinks a lot about the impact of demographics on business. The political strategist and CEO of Stagwell Inc. shares what he’s discovered about the mindset of young voters from teaching at Ha...
It Might Be Good Idea to Donate Some Money to Certain Politicians
Sabrina Martins Vieira Charles Hoskinson joins list of critics of New York Times article about bankruptcy of FTX and criticizes SBF’s donations to politicians Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) continues to make...
US Politicians Donate Bankman-Fried Cash to Charity
Disgraced FTX founder and former crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried was a prolific donor to US politicians. Now, his beneficiaries are grappling with the realities of accepting his money. Bankman-Fr...
Crypto Insider Says FTX-Backed US Politicians Face Difficult Decision on Upcoming DeFi Regulation – Here’s Why
Politicians backed by the embattled digital asset exchange FTX have a difficult decision ahead, according to Ron Hammond, the director of government relations for crypto lobbying group Blockchain Asso...
New Crypto-friendly Politicians Are Headed to Washington
As the crypto faces what many are calling its biggest crisis yet, a slew of new politicians are lining up to take their place on Capitol Hill as more-stringent regulation likely looms. “It’s difficul...
Wintermute CEO argues Crypto Twitter “doesn’t matter” as much as “US regulators, politicians” in response to SBF discourse
CEO of Wintermute, Evgeny Gaevoy, took to Twitter on October 23 to add commentary to the discourse around FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and his intentions within the crypto industry. Gaevoy argued that Cr...
House Democrats have officially drafted a bill that bans politicians, judges, their spouses and children from trading stocks — but here’s what they’re still allowed to own and do
Democrats have introduced legislation that would ban senior government officials from owning and trading stocks. The bill, called the Combating Financial Conflicts of Interest in Government Act, is an...