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Coinbase lobbying efforts face setback from Hamas’ crypto use: Berenberg analysts

The use of cryptocurrency by Hamas militants to fund recent attacks on Israel may have set back Coinbase’s crypto lobbying efforts in the United States, says a new investment report from Berenberg Capital Markets. In an Oct. 18 research note, Berenberg lead analyst Mark Palmer said the primary driver of his

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EU’s Data Act Still Contains Controversial Smart Contract Kill Switch, Despite Lobbying by Polygon, NEAR, Stellar, Cardano

Negotiators said they had struck a deal on the controversial text on June 28, shortly after organizations linked to numerous blockchains, including Stellar, Polygon, NEAR and Cardano, expressed their concerns in an open letter, but no text has been released until now. Source

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Stablecoin issuers have spent over $1.3M lobbying Congress since 2022

Stablecoin issuers including Tether, Circle, and others have spent well over a million dollars lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill since the start of 2022, according to recent data.Stablecoins have become the center of attention in Washington DC recently as pressure mounts to roll out a regulatory framework for dollar-pegged digital

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Binance joins lobbying group as criticism of the exchange ramps up

Binance has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a United States crypto industry lobbying group, according to a Dec. 20 press release from the exchange. The move comes after Binance has been criticized for allegedly being unregulated.Binance’s vice president of public affairs Joanne Kubba expressed hope that the partnership would

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Computer scientists and academics pursue efforts to stop crypto lobbying in US

Anti-crypto technology experts urged United States lawmakers to resist the influence of pro-crypto lobbying efforts. Bruce Schneier, a lecturer at Harvard, reportedly said that blockchain advocates's claims are "not true." He added that the technology is not secure and not really decentralized. According to Schneier, systems where you can "lose your

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