Tyler Winklevoss thinks Bitcoin is past the risk of a US ban
The United States government has increasingly stepped up its overwatch on crypto in recent years, although an outright ban on Bitcoin is now unlikely —...
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Former Chainalysis brass is now FinCEN’s acting director
The current acting director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, will bid farewell to the governing body in April. His replacement: Michael Mosier,...
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...
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...
All of the Federal Reserve’s wire and ACH systems are down
All of the services available through the Federal Reserve’s online portal have been down for more than an hour. According to the Federal Reserve Bank Services’...
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...