On Tuesday, Warren, Durbin, and Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) sent a letter to Fidelity, asking the financial services firm to reconsider allowing retail clients to include bitcoin in their retirement pla...
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Texas Senator Says Bitcoin is Beneficial But Congress Knows Zero About BTC Worth
– Advertisement – Texas Senator Says Bitcoin is Generating Benefits For Texas and US; Warns Against Overregulation. US Senator Ted Cruz recently noted that bitcoin (BTC) is generating enor...
Three U.S. senators ask Fidelity to reconsider bitcoin exposure in retirement plans
Three U.S. senators have again asked Fidelity Investments to reconsider a decision to allow retirement plan participants to invest in bitcoin, saying the industry has become increasingly “volati...
US Senator Wants Answers on SBF ‘Lavish’ Democrat Donations
Crypto bigwigs have spent millions of dollars funding recent U.S. election campaigns, including those for the 2024 U.S. presidential elections. One name echoing here is former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Frie...
Senator Warren Demands Details on FTX’s Books, ‘Officials Responsible’
Senator Elizabeth Warren has escalated her criticisms of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, calling on the defunct company’s leadership to provide key financial documents that would shed light on the comp...
Despite FTX Collapse, US Senator Says This About Crypto Future
Despite the chaos in crypto market with the fallout of FTX, supporters of crypto are unbridled about the industry’s future. The recent collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried FTX has even attracted the White Ho...
US Senator Urges Congress to Pass Her Crypto Bill — Claims It Would’ve Prevented FTX Bankruptcy – Bitcoin News
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis believes that the FTX bankruptcy wouldn’t have happened under the Lummis-Gillibrand crypto bill. She stressed: “It’s clearer now than ever before that we need comprehensive...
Congress’s Failure to Pass Regulation Caused FTX’s Debacle, Asserts Crypto-Friendly Senator ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     US Senator Pat Toomey has blamed FTX’s collapse on the lack of clear regulations. Speaking during the Financial Regulators Hearing on November 15, th...
US Senator Elizabeth Warren Has Ties to FTX Sam Bankman-Fried
In the wake of the recent FTX collapse, Stacks co-founder Peter Shea has pulled back the curtains on a messy web of Sam Bankman-Fried’s myriad romantic and political relationships, including US Senato...
US Senator Says Crypto Needs ‘More Aggressive Enforcement’ — ‘I’m Going to Keep Pushing SEC to Enforce the Law’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren says the implosion of crypto exchange FTX shows that the crypto industry needs “more aggressive enforcement.” She stressed: “I’m going to keep pushing SEC to enforce the ...
Sen. Bob Menendez Under Federal Investigation—Again
Topline Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is under federal investigation, his advisor confirmed Wednesday, seven years after the senator was previously indicted for alleged bribery and corruption—which prose...
Democrat Senator Urges SEC Chair Gary Gensler To Release Clear Crypto Regulations
US Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) says it’s time for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish rules specifically designed for crypto. In a letter to SEC chair Gary Gensler, the...
Why This U.S. Senator Urged SEC To Issue Crypto Regulation
Disclaimer: The following op-ed represents the views of the author, and may not necessarily reflect the views of Bitcoinist. Bitcoinist is an advocate of creative and financial freedom alike. U.S. Sen...
Senator Warren leads the charge against energy consumption claims on Texas crypto miners
According to a letter penned by seven U.S. lawmakers, ERCOT was “intimately connected” with the growth of crypto mining in Texas. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and a group of six ...
US Senator Warren Leads Congressional Group’s Probe Into Bitcoin Mining Energy Use in Texas
In a letter Wednesday addressed to Pablo Vegas, the CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the group expressed concerns that bitcoin mining’s enormous demand for energy in Tex...
Australian Senator Andrew Bragg Introduces Crypto Regulation Bill
Andrew Bragg – a liberal senator in the Australian Congress – believes that the lack of digital currency regulations within the nation are hurting Australia’s chances at making its mark in the crypto ...
Why U.S.-Saudi Relations Are On The Brink As Top-Ranking Senator Threatens To ‘Immediately Freeze’ Relationship
Topline The chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called on the U.S. to “immediately freeze” all cooperation with Saudi Arabia on Monday, as outrage in Washington against the Saudi governmen...
US Senator Concerned Over Growing National Debt; Applauds Bitcoin
Cynthia Lummis, a US senator, discussed her concerns in an interview with Hard Money’s Natalie Brunell. She praised that cryptocurrency is an asset among people for which the government is not liable....
US Senator Unveils Bill to Protect Crypto Exchanges From SEC Overreach
A Republican Senator recently proposed a new bill to safeguard crypto exchanges from regulatory overreach, the latest attempt by the US Senator as concerns grow that the U.S. Securities and Exchange C...
Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis: “Among all the Currencies, Bitcoin is going to emerge as the gold standard”
Keywords: Bitcoin, Senator, Cynthia Lummis Republican senator Cynthia Lummis is all-praise for Bitcoin. She believes education and regulation are important for Bitcoin adoption. Bitcoin may be among t...
US Senator Introduces Bill That Prohibits Government From Eliminating Cash When CBDC Is Created
U.S. Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma has proposed new legislation to ensure Americans can continue using physical bills and coins even if the US adopts a digital dollar. In a statement, Lankford s...
US Senator Cynthia Lummis loves Bitcoin
In a recent interview, Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis asserted that she loves the fact that Bitcoin cannot be stopped and that governments cannot simply confiscate crypto. Cynthia Lummis: Bitcoin’s de...
US Senator Says ‘I Love That Bitcoin Can’t Be Stopped’ Citing Concerns About National Debt and Inflation – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis says she loves that bitcoin cannot be stopped and that governments cannot just confiscate the cryptocurrency. “It’s actually comforting to know that bitcoin is there,” she ...
US Senator Introduces Bill to Protect Crypto Exchanges From SEC Overreach
A Republican Senator is introducing a new bill that would protect crypto exchange platforms from certain enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to a recent...
U.S Senator Opposes CBDC Introduces ‘No Digital Dollar Act’
Bitcoin News Powell indicated this week that it would be at least two years for CBDC. The Senator spoke in favor of hard currency. Many governments across the globe are turning towards CBDC, otherwise...
US Senator Introduces ‘No Digital Dollar Act’ to Prohibit Treasury and the Fed From Interfering With Americans Using Paper Currency – Regulation Bitcoin News
A U.S senator has introduced the “No Digital Dollar Act to prohibit the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve from interfering with Americans using paper currency” if a central bank digital currency i...
US senator bill seeks to cushion crypto exchanges from SEC enforcement actions
United States Senator Bill Hagerty, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced legislation seeking a safe harbor for cryptocurrency exchanges from “certain” Securities and Exchange Commissio...
Bitcoin Will Benefit if SEC Moves To Regulate Crypto Assets, Says US Senator Cynthia Lummis – Here’s Why
A pro-crypto US Senator says that Bitcoin (BTC) would greatly benefit if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) further regulates crypto assets. In a new interview with Coin Stories host Na...
Senator Cynthia Lummis Defends Bitcoin Again, Says it “Cannot be Stopped”
The advocacy for Bitcoin took a new bullish dimension when Senator Cynthia Lummis reiterated her trust in the asset class as a viable asset class. In an interview with Hard Money host, Natalie Brunell...
Bitcoin Is ‘Comforting’ And ‘Can’t Be Stopped,’ U.S. Senator Says
Bitcoin has its back covered by this American senator who believes in the potential of the crypto to bring good things to the U.S. financial sector and economy in general. Senator Cynthia Lummis may b...
Senator Lummis calls out U.S. leaders to welcome Bitcoin as it ‘can’t be stopped’
United States senator for Wyoming Cynthia Lummis has suggested Bitcoin (BTC) has the potential to solve existing financial sector challenges like inflation. According to Lummis, Bitcoin ‘can’t be sto...