Gensler’s confirmation comes almost three months after President Joe Biden first announced he was his pick for the SEC.
Category: US government
Tyler Winklevoss thinks Bitcoin is past the risk of a US ban
Bitcoin has likely become too interwoven into the world for a ban to be plausible, says the Gemini CEO.
Former Chainalysis brass is now FinCEN’s acting director
Michael Mosier will replace Kenneth Blanco as the U.S. government agency’s acting director.
Ex-Chairman Tarbert, who dubbed Ether a commodity, is leaving the CFTC
After resigning from the commission’s executive position in January, Tarbert is on his way out.
Fed chair says it’s up to Congress to bring a digital dollar to market
Jerome Powell added that the Federal Reserve needed to consider the health of other markets when creating a digital currency.
All of the Federal Reserve’s wire and ACH systems are down
“A Federal Reserve operational error resulted in disruption of service in several business lines,” said Jim Strader from the Richmond Fed.
US Treasury Secretary floats idea of digital dollar maintained by the Fed
She still questioned how regulators would “manage money laundering and illicit finance issues” with digital currencies.
Congress is blaming Robinhood, not Reddit
We didn’t learn much new in today’s hearing, but the spotlight was definitely on the gamified trading app, rather than the traders on r/WallStreetBets.
From ‘not money’ to ‘staggeringly great’: what US Presidents have said about crypto and blockchain
“I don’t have Bitcoin, and I’ll never ask you to send me any,” said Joe Biden.
Darknet market link provider claims its Bitcoin donors’ accounts were frozen
The admin of a well-known darknet market link provider claims its donation address was flagged as suspicious after it criticized Chainalysis’ KYT flagging system.