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Crypto Lobbyists Ask SEC for Info on Prometheum

Blockchain Association has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking records relevant to crypto broker Prometheum. This comes after Prometheum co-CEO and founder Aaron Kaplan spoke before the House Financial Services Committee broadly in support of the SEC’s positions on crypto regulation. Blockchain Association Director of Government Relations Ron Hammond discusses why the group wants to look further into Prometheum.

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Blockchain Association Asking SEC for Information on Prometheum

Ron Hammond, Blockchain Association's director of government relations, joins "First Mover" to discuss why the trade group had filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the SEC seeking records relevant to Prometheum, a crypto broker. Hammond said that "there's a lot of suspect questions" and "suspicious timing" connected to the company's recent regulatory approval.

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Blockchain Association CEO on Filing Amicus Brief in Coin Center Lawsuit Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

The Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief in an ongoing lawsuit by the think tank Coin Center against the Treasury Department and its sanctions watchdog, the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). In the suit, filed last October, Coin Center has alleged that OFAC's sweeping sanctions against crypto mixer Tornado Cash harmed Americans and their ability to transact privately using the Ethereum network. Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith discusses the move and the state of U.S. crypto regulation. "OFAC can use more targeted sanctions against specific persons... [and] wallets, without sacrificing an entire class of technology," Smith said.

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Blockchain Association presenta una memoria di amicus curiae nella causa del Coin Center contro il Tesoro degli Stati Uniti per le sanzioni Tornado Cash

In una dichiarazione, Kristin Smith, CEO del gruppo commerciale, ha affermato che le azioni di regolamentazione dovrebbero colpire solo i malintenzionati e non punire lo strumento di mixaggio Cripto .

Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith is leaving the group to join a new Solana organization. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Blockchain Association lascia New York mentre incombe la lotta alla regolamentazione federale

Il gruppo di difesa riconcentrerà i propri sforzi sulla presentazione di petizioni agli enti regolatori e ai funzionari di Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.(Andy Feliciotti/Unsplash)

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Il caso della regolamentazione, non del divieto, Cripto

Kristin Smith, CEO della Blockchain Association, LOOKS i difetti logici e le ipotesi avanzate in un recente articolo del Foreign Affairs in cui si chiede di vietare le Cripto.

The Blockchain Association's Kristin Smith (Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

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Kristin Smith vede prospettive "luminose" per la Politiche Cripto degli Stati Uniti

Il CEO della Blockchain Association parla dell'attuale momento normativo, delle regole di cui ha bisogno il Cripto e della vita da lobbista al Congresso.

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Come le sanzioni in denaro contante per i tornado dell’OFAC violano i diritti costituzionali dei cittadini statunitensi

Nel presentare una memoria “amico della corte”, la Blockchain Association sostiene che la Privacy finanziaria è fondamentale, anche nel regno digitale.

A illustrative example of a Tornado. (NOAA)

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Circle, BlockFi Are Questioned by Lawmakers About Why They Banked at SVB

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) want to know why crypto companies, including bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi and stablecoin issuer Circle, banked at now-collapsed Silicon Valley Bank. Blockchain Association director of government relations Ron Hammond discusses the difference between Coinbase, Binance and Circle's engagements with lawmakers in DC. "The issue that we have in DC is that no matter the approach you take, it seems like you're still going to be at the end of a Wells notice of enforcement action," Hammond said.

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CFTC Chair Behnam Says Binance Deliberately Dodged Rules: Bloomberg

Bloomberg reports that Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam accused crypto exchange Binance of intentionally breaking regulatory rules during an event hosted by Princeton University on Thursday. Separately, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler is expected to testify before Congress next week. Ron Hammond, Director Of Government Relations at Blockchain Association, discusses the latest on crypto regulation.

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