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Consensus 2024 Week: The House Passed a Market Structure Bill

The House of Representatives passed a crypto market structure bill in an interesting first for the legislature.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Hong Kong Will Inspect Offices of Crypto Platforms as Important Compliance Deadline Looms

Hong Kong's push to be seen as a major crypto hub could come under scrutiny if several or some of the 18 applicants for a license don't move past this important deadline.

Hong Kong (Dan Freeman/Unsplash)

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One-Third of U.S. Voters Say They'll Weigh Candidates' Crypto Views Before Voting: Poll

A Harris Poll glimpse of voters' crypto views – paid for by bitcoin ETF issuer Grayscale – shows increasing interest, and 77% think a U.S. presidential candidate should know crypto.

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Trump Pledges to Free Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht If Re-Elected

Ulbricht has served 11 years of his sentence of two life terms plus 40 years for creating the darknet marketplace.

Silk Road Creator Russ Ulbricht

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BitGo’s $100M Suit Against Galaxy Digital Can Proceed, Delaware Supreme Court Rules

The Delaware Supreme Court’s ruling overturns a decision from a lower court to dismiss the lawsuit last year.

CEO of BitGo Mike Belshe in a chair on-stage at Consensus 2023

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Coinbase Slugs It Out With U.S. SEC in Effort to Get Key Crypto Question Answered

The exchange filed another response in court in its ongoing request to appeal a single legal point at the heart of the industry's dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Coinbase CEO Brian Amstrong and SEC Chair Gary Gensler

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Binance Money Laundering Trial in Nigeria Pushed to June 20 Due to Executive’s Illness

Binance's head of financial crimes compliance Tigran Gambaryan is seriously ill, his lawyers said.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

Policy

U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Issuing a CBDC

The bill's prospects in the Senate are unclear, however.

U.S. Capitol Building (Louis Velazquez/Unsplash)

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U.S. Supreme Court Loss for Coinbase Leaves Company with Mixed Record

The court went against the U.S. crypto exchange on its latest, highly technical arbitration dispute, but it wasn't addressing anything significant about the digital assets space.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against crypto exchange Coinbase in an arbitration case. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Gensler Says 'Stay Tuned' on U.S. SEC's Decision on ETH ETF

The SEC faces a Thursday deadline for at least one of the spot ether ETF applications it's reviewing.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)