Ex-Chairman Tarbert, who named Ether a commodity, is leaving the CFTC
Without much fanfare, Heath Tarbert has announced his full departure from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at the end of this week. In a tweet...
Category : US Government
Fed chair says it’s up to Congress to bring a digital dollar to market
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said 2021 will likely have the central bank engaging with the public and lawmakers regarding the digital dollar. In a...
US Treasury Secretary floats idea of digital dollar maintained by the Fed
Janet Yellen may be open to having U.S. regulators consider a digital currency, but still seems to have strong concerns about Bitcoin. In an interview...
Congress is blaming Robinhood, not Reddit
Vlad Tenev, Robinhood’s CEO, very much occupied the hot seat in today’s hearing before the House Financial Services Committee over January’s market volatility. None of...
From ‘not money’ to ‘staggeringly great’: what US Presidents have said about crypto and blockchain
In recognition of Presidents’ Day, Cointelegraph is taking a look at the remarks of current and former leaders of the United States regarding crypto and...
Darknet market link provider claims its Bitcoin donors’ accounts were frozen
The administrator of dark.fail, a website providing verified links to darknet markets, claims that exchanges are unfairly closing accounts donating Bitcoin to the service after...
Amid hiring spree, Blockchain Association adds Token Taxonomy Act guru to team
The Blockchain Association, a leading trade association and lobbying group, has hired Ron Hammond as its new director of government relations. The Blockchain Association has...
Bitcoin-touting Senator Lummis appointed to Banking Committee
The most vocally pro-crypto Senator in the U.S. will join the committee responsible for the nation’s financial regulation. On Wednesday night, Senator Lummis’ team told...
Yellen convenes SEC, CFTC and Fed leaders on Robinhood question
The four horsemen of U.S. financial regulation will meet to discuss market manipulation concerns resulting from the headline-grabbing drama surrounding GameStop stock last week. Per...