Policy

Blockworks covers a diverse range of cryptocurrency regulatory topics including SEC complaints, banking regulation, anti-money laundering and bipartisan legislation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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