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US Senator Calls for Investigation Into Bank Failures — Says Fed Chair Powell ‘Bears Direct Responsibility’ – Economics Bitcoin News

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has called for a “thorough, independent investigation of the causes” that led to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. She alleges that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “bears direct responsibility” for regulatory and supervisory issues involving the two banks. Senator Elizabeth Warren Calls

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Senators renew call for EPA investigation of crypto mining emissions data

United States Senator Edward Markey and Representative Jared Huffman announced March 3 that they would reintroduce the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act in Congress. The move comes ahead of a Senate hearing on the environmental impact of crypto mining, which Markey will chair on March 7.Markey and Huffman first introduced the

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FTC announces investigation into Voyager’s ‘deceptive and unfair marketing’ of crypto

The United States Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, said it had started an investigation of crypto lending firm Voyager Digital parallel to the company’s bankruptcy proceedings.In a Feb. 22 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the FTC said it was investigating Voyager and its

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FBI seizes $100K in NFTs from scammer following ZachXBT investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized two non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worth more than $100,000 and 86.5 Ether (ETH) from a reported phishing scammer. The alleged scammer in question, Chase Senecal — known as Horror (HZ) online — was initially exposed via a lengthy investigation by independent blockchain sleuth

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Silvergate faces DOJ investigation over FTX and Alameda dealings: Report

Crypto bank Silvergate is reportedly being probed by the United States Department of Justice fraud unit over its involvement with the bankrupt FTX exchange and its affiliates.The probe is investigating Silvergate’s hosting of accounts linked to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s businesses, according to “people familiar with the matter” as

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Here’s How US SEC Released Personal Information of Crypto Miners during Investigation

The SEC has reportedly violated its own privacy act while disclosing information of miners on the Green blockchain network.During their recent investigation, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly leaked the names and email addresses of all the crypto miners connected to the blockchain firm Green.On Tuesday, January

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