Senate Banking Chairman Asks OCC About Its Planned Crypto Rulemaking
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo asked to know more about the OCC's potential crypto guidance, but encouraged clear regulation. Source
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Pro-Bitcoin Senate Candidate Wins Primary Race in Wyoming
Cynthia Lummis, a former U.S. Representative and current bitcoin advocate, has won her primary race to join the U.S. Senate representing Wyoming. Source
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Russia, With Bitcoin Playing Bit Part, Tried to Hack 2016 US Election, Senate Report Finds
Bitcoin may have been the salacious pretext to Marina Butina's fling with Patrick Byrne. Source
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Poolin Lending, Square Crypto’s Grant and a Bitcoin-Holding Senate Candidate
[sociallocker id="55298"] The crypto mining pool Poolin has started working with crypto lender BlockFi to expand its lending and financial services business. Meanwhile, Square Crypto has awarded a grant to a Bitcoin Lightning Network watchtower and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going after the Venezuelan petro dollar’s architect. Here’s
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Meet the US Senate Candidate Who’s Invested in Bitcoin Since 2013
[sociallocker id="55298"] Cynthia Lummis was the U.S. Representative for Wyoming from 2009 to 2017, and is now running for U.S. Senate. A budget hawk and founding member of the Freedom Caucus, she first bought bitcoin in 2013 after a tip from her son-in-law. She’s been an advocate ever since. A
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US Senate Considers Blockchain Usage for Voting – Blockchain News, Opinion and Jobs
The US Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations group, part of Homeland Security,is pushing the US Senate to consider blockchain for voting. In a memo recently issued, members of
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US Senate Staffers Float Blockchain Voting if Chamber Goes Remote
U.S. Senate staffers on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, hunting for tech to keep the chamber legislating through crises, floated blockchain voting in an April 30 "continuity of Senate" memo.Coming several days before the Senate’s planned return from its COVID-19 recess, the 29-page memo, which is not a proposal to
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Senate Passes New $484 Billion Pandemic Aid Package
A month after the massive $2 trillion stimulus bill passed and the U.S. Senate has approved a supplemental $484 billion aid package to help small businesses and hospitals get through the tough times. The package, which was the subject of frenetic negotiations over the past two weeks, allocates $380 billion towards
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Blockchain Bills Are Advancing in the New York State Senate – Here’s Why
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Senate will be considering two bills that would bolster the use and development of blockchain tech in the Empire State.The first bill, S4142, would recognize blockchain-based records and contracts as electronic signatures under state law, giving them legal clout. The second, S6037A, would
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Former Bakkt CEO Sworn Into Senate, Casts 1st Vote to Support Trump
Kelly Loeffler, former CEO at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)-backed crypto trading platform Bakkt, has been sworn into the United States Senate.In a Jan. 6 tweet, Loeffler announced that she was sworn into the U.S. Senate by Mike Pence, the Senate’s chief officer, to become Georgia’s newest Senator.Loeffler casts first
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