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US Congress remains legislatively paralyzed on crypto bills without a House speaker

No piece of legislation — crypto-related or otherwise — has largely been able to move through the United States Congress since Oct. 3, when lawmakers voted to oust then-Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. This marks the first time in U.S. history that the legislative body has been

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Crypto Regulation Bills May Depend on U.S. House GOP Battle Over Scalise Speaker Pick

The uncertainty over Scalise also keeps Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), the stand-in speaker, from returning to his chairmanship of the House Financial Services Committee, which has been shepherding the leading crypto legislation in this session. When Republicans eventually pick a speaker, industry lobbyists have suggested McHenry may have built up

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Sam Bankman-Fried Sues His Insurer as Legal Bills Mount and Fraud Trial Begins

CNA, also known as the Continental Casualty Company, has “unjustifiably failed to make timely payment on Mr. Bankman-Fried’s claims as required by the Policy,” said the filing, adding that those alleged breaches “have caused, and threaten to cause, substantial and irreparable harm to Mr. Bankman-Fried for which there is no

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Dueling CBDC Bills Heading for U.S. Digital Dollar Debate in Congressional Hearing

“If not designed to be open, permissionless, and private – emulating cash – a government-issued CBDC is nothing more than a CCP-style surveillance tool that would be used to undermine the American way of life,” he said in a statement, accusing President Joe Biden’s administration – even in the absence

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Mango Markets, Crypto Exchange Atop Solana Blockchain, Sees Legal Bills Swell a Year After Alleged $116M Heist

According to the website Realms, there’s about $89 million in the Mango DAO treasury, but most of that is denominated in MNGO tokens, and the market for those might not be liquid enough to sell them quickly and easily. Project insiders say that the main source of funding would likely

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X will foot legal bills of users unfairly treated by employers for posting or liking content: Elon Musk

Elon Musk stated that his social media company X (formerly Twitter) will fund the legal bills of any user that was treated unfairly by their employer for engaging with content on the platform. In an April 5 X thread announcing the move, Musk said that lawsuits of any scale will

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Don’t Pop the Champagne on U.S. Crypto Bills – Progress in Congress Has Been Costly

When it comes to crypto issues, bank lobbyists’ usual friendliness with Republicans has sometimes been turned on its head. While crypto lobbyists have liked to say digital assets are nonpartisan, Republicans have generally stepped forward as the industry’s most reliable allies, but a lot of murkiness remains. And the fact

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