The Senate Banking Committee is hosting a hearing on crypto’s use in illicit finance on Thursday. The hearing follows up on a wave of speculative worry that Russia will use crypto to evade recent sanc...
Tag: Senate
New Senate candidate Bryan Solstin claims Bitcoin as “the Great Reset,” but will it work in his favor?
Last week, the world witnessed a successful utilization of crypto adoption in winning the presidential elections. It seems like Bryan Solstin has been watching and now is ready to give it a try himsel...
Ukrainian ‘Crypto Rainmaker’ To Testify In Senate Hearing On Digital Assets
On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold a hearing called “Understanding The Role of Digital Assets in Illicit Finance”. While hearings on cryptocurrency have...
Seized Russian Oligarchs’ Assets Could Be Used For Ukraine Aid Under Senate Bill
Topline A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation Tuesday that would allow the government to seize and sell assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs to help raise funds for humanitarian effort...
Start Up Proposal Struggling To Make It Through Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 01: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address flanked … [+] by Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a joi...
In light of Russia sanctions, Senate to hold hearing on crypto in illicit finance
advertisement The Senate is exploring crypto’s use in sanctions evasion next week. The Senate Banking Committee announced the hearing, entitled “Understanding the Role of Digital Assets i...
Senate Passes $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill With $14 Billion For Ukraine Aid—Here’s What’s In It
Topline After months of negotiations to fund the government, the Senate on Thursday passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill that will shore up funding for the rest of the fiscal year, while also ...
Florida Senate Passes Bill To Ban Lessons That Make Students Feel Guilty For Their Race
Topline The Florida Senate voted to pass a bill dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act” that would restrict how race can be discussed in workplaces and classrooms by banning lesson plans that make people feel guil...
New Senate bill sounds the alarm on China’s digital yuan
advertisement A new bill in the US Senate takes aim at China’s new central bank digital currency (CBDC). On March 9, Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the ̶...
‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Passes Florida Senate
Topline Legislation that would restrict how Florida teachers address sexuality and gender identity in classrooms – dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill – passed a vote in the state senate Tuesday and is he...
Virginia Senate Votes to Support New Bill by Permitting Banks to Offer Crypto Custody Services
With just a signature away, banks operating in the United States of Virginia will soon be able to offer cryptocurrency custody services. Based on the unanimous vote from the Virginia Senate, the propo...
Virginia Senate allows state banks to offer crypto custodian services
Crypto assets custody services have been approved in Virginia, United States. Recently, the senate unanimously approved a bill amendment request that allows traditional banks operating in the Commonwe...
US Virginia Senate allows state banks to offer crypto custody services
The Senate of Virginia in the United States unanimously approved a bill amendment request that now allows traditional banks operating in the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide virtual currency custod...
U.S Senate Panel Pushing Treasury’s Yellen To Ensure Russia Doesn’t Use Crypto To Bypass Sanctions ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     With the risk of Russia dodging the roils of Sanctions placed upon it by Western nations using cryptocurrencies increasingly becoming real, some sena...
Bitcoin Celeb Brock Pierce Outspending Rivals in Vermont Senate Race
In brief Brock Pierce filed a statement of candidacy last November to run for the seat being vacated by Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy. The campaign spent over $250,000 in November and December. He ha...
Senate Approves Bill seeking to legalize cryptocurrencies in Brazil
Brazil could become the latest country to legally recognize cryptocurrencies, with a new bill heading to the Senate for approval. The Economic Affairs Commission (CAE) of the Senate approved the proje...
Brazil: Senate Committee approves crypto-regulatory bill to promote growth
Regulatory fervor for the cryptocurrency industry has gained heightened momentum worldwide this year, as the $1.84 trillion industry makes itself more ingrained in the financial market. After reports ...
Brazil ’s Senate Committee Approves Bill To Regulate Cryptocurrencies. What Now?
Who’s one step closer to regulating cryptocurrency use? Brazil is. The Senate Committee, more specifically The Committee on Economic Affairs, settled on a bill. Its aim is to regulate crypto transacti...
Brazil Senate Moves to Accepting Crypto With Approval of Bill
Brazil’s Senate has taken the first steps to adopting cryptocurrency with the unanimous approval of a bill to regulate digital assets. If approved, Brazil would become the largest Latin American natio...
Brazil’s Crypto Regulation Bill Gearing Up for a Vote in Senate
Brazil’s crypto regulation bill has passed a crucial legislative stage in Senate, where it’s now slated for voting. The development came on February 22 when the Senate’s Economic Affairs Committee una...
Brazilian Senate Committee on Economic Affairs Approves Crypto Regulation Bill
Crypto regulation on Brazilian soil gained steam after the senate’s economic affairs committee approved a bill, highlighting the ground rules and day-to-day usage of digital currency funds. The commit...
Brazil’s Crypto Regulation Bill Slated For Senate Vote
Brazil’s Senate has taken a first step in the country’s bid to regulate its domestic cryptocurrency market. A bill that aims to create a framework that would ground oversight on cryptocurr...
Bill to regulate crypto in Brazil for first time heads to Senate vote
The Brazilian Senate is set to vote on a bill which would make the country the biggest in Latin America to regulate cryptocurrency. The crypto bill was unanimously approved by the Senate’s Economic A...
US Senate On The Verge Of Passing New Legislation To Closely Monitor The Risks Associated With El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Bipartisan senators present a bill to combat the risks facing America as a result of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law. The bill highlights concerns over ho...
Senate Passes Last-Minute Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown
Topline The Senate passed a stopgap bill Thursday evening to extend the federal government’s funding through March 11, narrowly averting a government shutdown set to begin Friday and giving legislator...
Fintech charters and corruption allegations trigger Senate standoff over Fed nominees
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee boycotted a vote on Tuesday for a batch of five nominees to the Federal Reserve and one to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, denying the committee the quo...
New US Senate legislation mandates plan to ‘mitigate potential risks’ of El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption
A group of US senators introduced legislation Tuesday centered around El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender. TheAccountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act was introd...
US Senate Banking Chief Criticizes Super Bowl Crypto Ads, Claims ‘Big Crypto Companies Are Desperate’ – Bitcoin News
The United States senator from Ohio and Senate Banking Committee chief Sherrod Brown is not a fan of cryptocurrencies. This week during Tuesday’s stablecoin hearing, Brown criticized all the cryptocur...
Senate Banking Chairman Calls Out Super Bowl Crypto Ads for Not Addressing Risks
Senate Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown criticized the crypto advertisements that were aired during the Super Bowl. He said that the ads did not address the risks involved with investing in cryptocurren...
Treasury official touts the ‘flexibility’ of bank charters for stablecoin issuers during Senate hearing
In its push for greater stablecoin oversight, the US Treasury Department is trying to soften its central proposed regime. This was particularly apparent in a hearing before the Senate Banking Committe...
Senate confirms Biden FDA pick Califf, despite objections to drug industry ties
Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Bi...
This is a Ripple official’s takeaway from the Senate committee hearing on crypto assets
Agriculture and crypto don’t seem like they have a lot in common, but the Senate Agriculture Committee’s hearing on crypto assets triggered strong reactions from crypto stakeholders across the board. ...