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US Treasury Secretary Talks Crypto With Bank Chiefs

While Secretary Janet Yellen prepared to meet with Wall Street banking CEOs, an official from the Treasury Department said the crypto market turmoil shows a need for regulations.

El departamento del Tesoro de EE. UU. está analizando detenidamente las regulaciones cripto. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Coin Center Sues US Treasury Over 'Unconstitutional' Tax Reporting Rule

The rule was included in last year's infrastructure law that galvanized the industry over a separate broker rule.

(Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

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Yellen Call for 'Responsible' Crypto Innovation Is Right

Pennsylvania Congressman Glen Thompson has proposed a thoughtful, well-formulated blueprint for "crypto regulation" that aligns with U.S. Treasury Department’s proposals.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at American University (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)

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US Treasury Sanctions More North Korea-Linked ETH Wallets Over $600M Ronin Hack

The three new wallets join an Ethereum address added to the sanctions list last week.

(CoinDesk)

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Crypto Rules Should Match Traditional Financial System, Yellen to Say Thursday

The U.S. Treasury secretary will deliver her first speech aimed at the digital assets industry.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to deliver her first speech Thursday to focus on digital assets. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Treasury's Yellen to Deliver First Speech on Crypto in US Economy

The U.S. official will discuss policy and regulation in a speech in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

Janet Yellen will deliver her first speech on crypto this week. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Treasury Department Issues Guidance on Using Crypto to Evade Sanctions

The Biden administration said earlier in the day that such guidance would be forthcoming.

(Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Executing on Biden's Crypto Executive Order

Coordinating a "whole-of-government" approach will be difficult.

The White House (Rene Deanda/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Biden’s Executive Order Calls for ‘Highest Urgency’ on CBDC Research and Development

The president has called on the Treasury Department to spearhead a series of reports looking into CBDC technologies and how to implement them – ”if doing so is deemed to be in the national interest.”

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on November 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. The President is speaking after his Infrastructure bill was finally passed in the House of Representatives after negotiations with lawmakers on Capitol Hill went late into the night. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)