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Blockworks covers a diverse range of cryptocurrency regulatory topics including SEC complaints, banking regulation, anti-money laundering and bipartisan legislation.
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Committee members directed more questions to Christy Goldsmith Romero, who could soon be leading one of the more troubled federal agencies
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Representatives on Thursday opted to back President Biden and uphold his veto of the legislation that sought to invalidate SAB 121
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Germany has ramped up its bitcoin transfers to exchanges this week — but the worst could soon be over
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If world governments are dumping hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin, is that a top or bottom signal?
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Circle has received a license to operate in the EU under the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation
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The SEC claims in the Friday filing that Lido and Rocket Pool are unregistered securities
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Coinbase requested information from both the SEC and FDIC in 2023, but was denied, sparking fresh legal action
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Fund issuers expect very few additional comments from the SEC on their ETH fund registration statements, if any at all
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Trump insiders say he will dismantle the anti-crypto army within an hour of taking office, but the campaign has been quiet about how it plans to do so
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As part of the settlement, Gemini is banned from operating crypto lending programs in New York.
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Gambaryan continues to be detained in a Nigerian prison on other charges of money laundering
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Rep. Nickel, who will be leaving Capitol Hill in 2025, said it’s important to reiterate that SEC Chair Gary Gensler does not represent all Democrats’ views
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The individual issuers are working with SEC staff to get registration statements approved, Gensler said
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The Fed’s anticipated decision left bitcoin relatively unchanged after a cooler-than-expected CPI report
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The now-bankrupt company agreed to pay a multibillion sum to the SEC pending court approval
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Analysts say the report’s impact will be short-lived since the Fed will reveal their plans before markets close
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Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski told Empire’s Jason Yanowitz that crypto in the US has become a “powerful election force”
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FTX debtors will pay the IRS $200M, with an outstanding lower priority claim of $685M
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DC AG Brian Schwalb said the case is the “largest income tax fraud recovery” in DC history
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants the sandbox to give firms an opportunity to dabble in DLT
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A16z founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz in 2023 donated a combined $19 million to super PAC Fairshake under their own names
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