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US Senate Approves $1.9T Stimulus Plan, Measure Returns to the House

Because the stimulus package would likely be a boost for stock markets, it could also provide a lift to the price of cryptocurrencies.

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Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Loses Senate Seat; Democrats Retake Senate

Former Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler lost her Senate seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock in a special election Tuesday night.

Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), former CEO of Bakkt

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US Senate Staffers Float Blockchain Voting if Chamber Goes Remote

U.S. Senate staffers, hunting for tech to keep their chamber legislating through crises, floated blockchain voting in an April 30 continuity of Senate memo.

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Bitcoin Rejected Near $7K Despite US Fiscal Agreement on $2T Stimulus Package

Bitcoin has dropped back from levels near $7,000 despite the rapidly increasing scope of fiscal stimulus efforts in the US and across the globe.

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Georgia Governor Appoints Bakkt CEO Loeffler as New US Senator

It is unclear who will helm Bakkt after CEO Kelly Loeffler joins the U.S. Senate on Jan. 1.

Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler image via CoinDesk archives

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Senate Banking Committee Schedules July Hearing on Facebook's Libra Crypto

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next month on Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra.

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US Senators Discuss Crypto Threat to Domestic Elections

DarkTower director Scott Dueweke said cryptocurrencies are "tailor made" for foreign powers hoping to influence American elections.

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CFTC Chief: US Should Tread Lightly on Crypto Exchanges

The head of the CFTC told lawmakers Thursday that any federal approach to crypto regulation should be "carefully tailored" to the risks involved. 

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There'd Be No DLT Without Bitcoin, Says CFTC Chief

"It's important to remember that if there were no bitcoin, there would be no distributed ledger technology," Giancarlo told a U.S. Senate committee.

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