Policy

During a Congressional hearing Wednesday, some lawmakers toed the party line while others appeared to reach across the aisle

Reps. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., gave SEC Chair Gary Gensler two weeks to answer questions about airdrop regulations

BlockFi and FTX both seem to be nearing the end of their bankruptcy proceedings

The team behind the planned NYC private club gave NFT purchasers a “reasonable expectation of profit,” the SEC alleged

Kalshi founder Tarek Mansour said Thursday marked the “the first trade on regulated election markets in nearly a century”

A new report on stablecoin activity in emerging markets shows their immense popularity in Nigeria

While candidates still have time to share crypto policy details, “we shouldn’t pin all our hopes on politics,” Chirp founder Tim Kravchunovsky says

There’s a new crypto firm licensed to trade digital asset securities in the US, and it may offer different assets than its predecessor

The goal of Tuesday’s inaugural Congressional hearing on DeFi was to “explore emerging topics” in digital assets, Rep. French Hill said

A tech industry coalition executive last week urged moderators to ask about crypto, noting that “passing bipartisan digital asset regulations is front and center this election cycle”

Pavel Durov, in a Telegram message, breaks his silence about his arrest in France

Crypto advocacy group’s policy counsel notes the “coordinated attempt to choke off the digital asset industry’s access to the traditional banking system”

Trump doubles down on tax cuts, keeping business in the US during remarks at the Economic Club of New York

Two CFTC Commissioners are over the so-called “regulation by enforcement” trend

Attorney John Deaton aims to take Elizabeth Warren’s US Senate seat this November

Tigran Gambaryan’s health appears to suffer as Nigerian trial continues

The CFTC alleged that Uniswap Labs offered leveraged or margined retail commodity transactions illegally

The former hedge fund lost a bulk of its crypto following the FTX collapse

Blockworks’ Q&A with 0x general counsel Ashley Ebersole addresses crypto politics, the Wells notice against OpenSea and regulation of the industry

Could the SEC’s Wells notice to OpenSea target fractional shares of NFTs?

A French court indicted the executive on charges including organizing or enabling illicit transactions

OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said in a post on X that the company is “ready to stand up and fight”

“In an honest system, I believe that I would have won the election,” he said in his remarks

Powell, as expected, did not give any hints as to the size of September’s rate cut, but markets seem more confident that a 50 bps cut could be in the cards