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US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Give CFTC Crypto Spot Market Oversight

The Digital Commodity Exchange Act would give the regulator direct oversight of some types of crypto transactions and exchanges.

Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

Policy

CFTC Sets May Roundtable to Weigh Ideas Sparked by FTX’s Derivatives Push

The May 25 discussion will consider direct clearing of derivatives as pitched by FTX.US.

Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Stablecoins Need to Set a Common Standard, Says US Banking Watchdog

The acting OCC chief says stablecoins aren’t ”interoperable” and that should change.

Michael Hsu, acting Comptroller of the Currency (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Gibraltar's Government Targets Crypto Market Manipulation With New Rules

Market manipulation has been an increasing risk among distributed ledger technology companies, Gibraltar’s Minister for Digital and Financial Services Albert Isola minister said in 2020.

Flags of the U.K., Gibraltar and the EU (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Policy

Former Homeland Security Chief Nielsen to Join Astra as Adviser

Ex-Cabinet secretary to work as strategic adviser beside former acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.

Kirstjen Nielsen, former U.S. secretary of homeland security, is joining Astra Protocol as a strategic adviser. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Elon Musk Wants to Authenticate Every Twitter User. Crypto Twitter Should Take Notice

Twitter’s soon-to-be owner says he wants to “authenticate” all humans, but did not say what that actually means.

Elon Musk (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Policy

FalconX Tests Waters as First Full-Fledged Crypto Derivatives Dealer

The company's CEO is counting on others to follow.

FalconX CEO Raghu Yarlagadda (FalconX)

Policy

Sanctioning an Ether Address Isn't Stopping Transactions

The operators of a crypto wallet added to the U.S. sanctions list continue to offload their funds.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

OCC Finds Anchorage Digital Failed to Maintain Proper AML Rules

The company must appoint a compliance committee and hire a Bank Secrecy Act officer.

Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley. (CoinDesk)

Policy

US House Democrats Call for Scrutiny on Crypto Mining as Environmental Threat

Rep. Huffman and other congressional Democrats wrote the EPA chief on the potential harm to the climate and environment.

U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) led fellow Democrats to write the EPA about concerns over crypto mining. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)