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Policy

U.S. Lawmakers to Reintroduce Crypto Tax Reform Bill: Report

The Keep Innovation in America Act was first introduced in March 2021.

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Policy

SEC Accuses Utah-Based Green United of Running $18M Crypto Mining Scam

Green United allegedly sold investors crypto mining equipment that didn’t mine what the company claimed it mined.

Celsius and Core Scientific hope to raise millions via mining rig vouchers (alvarez/Getty Images)

Policy

U.S. Banking Watchdog: You Can’t Trust Crypto Firms Until They Get Federal Oversight

The chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency equated the FTX collapse with a well-known 1990s bank failure in arguing for consolidated industry regulators.

Acting OCC Chief Michael Hsu (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

FTX Bankruptcy Examiner Denial Appealed by U.S. Government

An independent investigation could cost as much as $100 million, the federal court in Delaware has previously been warned.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

Policy

The Rise and Fall of Silvergate’s Crypto Business

The bank’s own data shows the rapid acceleration of its novel crypto-banking business and how leaning into digital assets made it vulnerable to the industry’s drama.

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Policy

House Digital Assets Panel Chair Ready to Work With Ag Committee on Crypto Framework

U.S. Representative French Hill is the chairman of the newly formed Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets.

The United States Capitol (Getty Images)

Policy

DeFi to Go Under Microscope at US CFTC Advisory Group’s Opening Session

The derivative regulators’ Technology Advisory Committee will examine DeFi among other tech priorities at a March 22 meeting.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Ohio Joins $22.5M Multistate Settlement Against Crypto Lender Nexo

The North American Securities Administrators Association and the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission announced the settlement in January.

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Finance

US Drug Enforcement Agency Seized $1.8M From Binance in 2022

Binance and the Drug Enforcement Agency disrupted a pipeline that moved cash generated from selling narcotics in Michigan to Mexico via stablecoins.

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Policy

Crypto Regulatory Initiatives Show SEC’s Dominance Among US Regulators: JPMorgan

JPMorgan foresees more regulatory actions on stablecoin issuers, custody and protection of investors’ digital assets and on the unbundling of crypto services, the report said.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)