A closely followed crypto analyst and host of popular YouTube channel Coin Bureau says that the current political establishment in the US has set out to thwart the development of the digital asset spa...
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Politicians, Not the Usual Bureaucrats, Take the Reins on Web3 in Japan
Sota Watanabe, founder of Astar Network, a platform that supports transactions on multiple blockchains, said that Japan stands at a “significant disadvantage” at the moment, compared with jurisdiction...
Coinbase Now Lets Users Check Politician’s Crypto Friendliness
Publicly traded cryptocurrency firm Coinbase has integrated a ‘crypto scorecard’ on its app that ranks members of the U.S. Congress based on their crypto friendliness. Coinbase, a popular American cry...
Nevada Politician’s DNA Found At Murder Site Of Reporter Who Exposed Scandals
Topline Las Vegas police found the DNA of embattled Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles at the murder scene of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, who covered turmoil in Telles’...
Despite What Politicians Tell You, Credit Cards Are the Embodiment of ‘Main Street’
Hollywood Shuffle made it into movie theaters in 1987. It was a film that attacked racial stereotypes (and the casting that resulted from those perceptions) in cheerful fashion. Try to watch it now wi...
US politician’s letter demands crypto firms turn over anti-fraud files
Crypto exchanges Binance.US, Coinbase, FTX, Kraken, and KuCoin have received a letter from one of the US government’s leading investigative bodies demanding they prove that they’ve been sticking to a ...
Science Doesn’t Care What The Politicians Are Saying
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 16: U.S. President Joe Biden (C) signs The Inflation Reduction Act with … [+] (L-R) Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), House Ma...
US politician’s failure to report husband’s crypto trades branded “disturbing”
US Republican representative Lauren Boebert neglected to file transaction reports for eight cryptocurrency trades made last year by her husband, according to her annual financial statement. The trades...
Smith & Wesson CEO faces backlash after he blamed politicians for gun violence
Convention goers look at weapons at the Smith and Wesson booth last April at the 2015 NRA Annual Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Karen Bleier | AFP | Getty Images After releasing a statement earlier th...
A Third Of Republicans Support Politicians Without Government Experience, Study Finds
Topline Some 32% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents prefer political leaders with no previous government experience, compared to only 10% of Democrats, according to a new Pew Research ...
World Bank Says Politicians Are to Blame for the ‘Deliberate Depression’ – Bitcoin News
Deliberately insufficient policy responses by successive Lebanese governments combined with the self-serving agreements by politicians are largely to blame for the country’s economic crisis, a report ...
Crypto Gets Seal Of Approval From US Politicians And British Monetary Association
Recent research indicates that crypto currencies can enhance the traditional banking system. This is because people can swap the current settlement infrastructure with digital currency. Some participa...
Crypto Donations To Boost California Politicians’ Chance Of Winning In Elections
Cryptocurrency for political campaign contributions will now be allowed in California, after a ban was lifted by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission, Friday. The FPPC has voted to lift a f...
California to allow politicians to receive Bitcoin donations for campaigns
California has passed a new law enabling state and local office political contestants to receive donations in cryptocurrency. The new law, which will take effect in 60 days, was passed after the stat...
Cryptocurrency and the Senate — Politicians Pushing Crypto Forward
Crypto is no longer where it used to be a few years ago, and we already have much wider adoption across the US, Europe, and many other areas of the globe. Numerous laws have been enacted that have pus...
American Politicians Want to Limit China’s CBDC Usage in US App Stores
The Republican senators – Mike Braun, Tom Cotton, and Marco Rubio – introduced draft legislation focused on the Chinese digital yuan. The lawmakers are against the financial product and believe it sho...
EU politicians do not understand the importance of crypto
The EU recently voted for proposals that will force crypto platforms to disclose all transaction details. Under the guise of fighting money laundering and terrorism financing, the proposals will be a ...
Are Politicians Taking Note of Crypto as a Vote Influencer? – crypto.news
Many countries have different opinions concerning the way forward as far as cryptocurrencies, and virtual assets are concerned. However, politicians could start recognizing the influence crypto can ha...
Is Crypto Now Driving Election Agendas? Politicians Start Riding the Popularity.
Despite legislative uncertainty that haunts the crypto space, politicians now seem to be riding on its popularity to appease voters as election agendas begin to surface. Ruling and opposition parties ...
Are DAOs an existential threat to politicians worldwide?
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) are becoming increasingly popular within the Web3 space but are they set to revolutionize politics as well as economics? DAOs are commonly used within the ...
A New Super PAC Aims to Elect BTC Advocates and ‘Vote out Anti-Bitcoin Politicians Like Brad Sherman, Elizabeth Warren’ – Bitcoin News
On Friday, Grant McCarty, the director of policy and public affairs at Bitcoin Magazine, announced the launch of three political efforts aimed at bolstering bitcoin public policy at the Bitcoin 22 con...
Why Can’t Politicians Lead With Crypto?
Crypto is a bigger topic in the halls of U.S. government than it’s ever been. President Joe Biden issued an executive order on crypto, mobilizing multiple agencies to get on the same page about ...
Scaramucci sees bright future for crypto but ‘very worried’ about US politicians
Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci believes the blockchain industry has a very bright future, but he is concerned about the “very weak leadership” in American politics. Scaramucci is a forme...
Crypto Donors Court Pro-Industry Politicians as US Midterm Elections Approach
Midterm election season is heating up in the United States and a new battleground for younger, tech and crypto-savvy voters is forming. Campaign donations are starting to take on a different format as...
Zelensky And Ukrainian Politicians Wary Of Russia’s Withdrawal Claims And Peace Talks
Topline President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials on Wednesday continued to doubt Russia’s promise to withdraw troops near the capital of Kyiv in pursuit of peace, as some Ukrainian m...
U.S. Politicians Propose Bill for a Non-Blockchain-Based Digital Dollar – crypto.news
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives including Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass), Rep. Jesus G. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.), Rashida Tlaib (D.Mich.), and others, have on March 28, 2022, introduced the Elec...
India Imposes 30% Crypto Tax, But Politicians Are Fighting Back
Key Takeaways A new finance bill has passed a vote in the upper house of the Indian Parliament. The bill enforces a 30% tax on crypto trading profits and a 1% tax of all crypto transactions. Several m...
UK Sanctions 386 Russian Politicians For Backing Ukraine Invasion
Topline The U.K. government on Friday sanctioned 386 Russian politicians who voted to recognize the independence of two separatist regions in Ukraine, following earlier sanctions on Russian oligarchs,...
What do Bitcoiners, politicians and financial experts think?
Rising prices are grabbing headlines all over the world. Across the pond in the United States, inflation recently broke a 40-year record. The situation is severe in Europe, with prices rising over 5% ...
Ukraine Targets Russian Politicians’ Crypto Wallets as Russian Banks Are Cut From SWIFT – Bitcoin News
Ukraine is now trying to expose cryptocurrency wallets used by politicians in Moscow amid warnings that Russia may employ digital coins to circumvent sanctions. The initiative comes as western allies ...