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US Tech Bill Creates White House Blockchain Adviser Role

Bipartisan legislation approved by Congress to help out computer-chip manufacturing will also establish a new digital assets expert to advise the president.

U.S. President Joe Biden (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Crypto Lender Voyager Ordered by US Regulators to Stop Misleading Customers

The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a cease-and-desist statement to Voyager, saying it made false claims that its customers would have government protections.

Voyager CEO Steve Ehrlich at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk)

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Ex-CFTC Chairman Sees Europe’s MiCA Bill as Threat to US Crypto Industry

Chris Giancarlo says the United States should take the lead in regulating digital assets.

CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham and former CFTC chief Chris Giancarlo at the DACOM summit in New York. (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

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US Senate Republican Seeking Bipartisan Support for Stablecoin Oversight Effort

The ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee is talking to Democrats, including Chairman Sherrod Brown, to gain broader support.

El senador Sherrod Brown (izq) junto a Pat Toomey (der). (Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

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French Lawmaker Calls for Crypto Committee as Legal Questions Loom

A new Senate grouping is needed to educate lawmakers about the risk of crime using virtual assets, the Centrist Union’s Nathalie Goulet told CoinDesk.

The Senate building in Paris. (Nico De Pasquale Photography/Getty Images)

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Digital Euro Needs Curbs to Halt Lending Crunch, ECB Study Finds

The economic evidence appears to support calls to cap how much central bank digital currency people can hold, to stop them fleeing banks all together, the study suggests.

En un principio, el euro digital se utilizará solo para pagos personales. (Koron/Getty Images)

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Law Commission of England and Wales Sees Crypto as a New Type of Property

Changing personal property law to cover crypto and NFTs could protect investors against losses through hacks and system failures, the commission says.

The U.K. Law Commission wants crypto and NFTs to be treated as personal property. (Reinaldo Sture/Unsplash)

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US Stablecoin Bill Delayed by Congressional Committee Until After August

The head of an influential House panel said negotiations on the measure won't take place until after the summer recess.

Rep. Maxine Waters (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Two-Thirds of Public Commenters Oppose US Adopting Digital Dollar: Cato Institute

Research from the think tank, which is against the proposal, shows at least 66% of commenters to the Federal Reserve agree with them.

The Cato Institute says that two thirds of commenters are telling the Federal Reserve they don't like the idea of a digital dollar. (Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images)

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Direct Blockchain Scrutiny Can Spot Financial Hacks, but Not Easily, German Study Says

Officials can cut out the middleman by examining public ledgers, a report published by the BaFin financial regulator said – but at a cost.

Germany is looking into how financial supervisors can utilize the blockchain. (Richard Klune/Getty Images)