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Trump said Sacks will guide administration policy “in [AI] and cryptocurrency, two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness”
There’s a lot of confusion as to why the Fed might still be cutting rates despite what looks to be an economy doing pretty well
Crypto is “really exciting,” former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins said in a podcast interview last year
Certain senators will be interested to learn about Atkins’s private sector business interests, specifically those related to crypto
Bitcoin Jesus is arguing that the Department of Justice’s tax fraud charges are “unconstitutional”
A three-month stopgap, for better or for worse, is probably what is going to happen
Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi had an interesting read-through about the interest in XRP and how that translates into this broader cycle
US tariffs may lower Euro Area GDP by 0.4%, the Institute of International Finance estimated
Eros Biondini’s proposal parallels US politicians’ efforts to similarly create a national bitcoin reserve
OFAC sanctioned Tornado Cash in 2022, claiming the mixer had been used to launder more than $7 billion in crypto
The FCA’s director of payments and digital assets shared some takeaways from chats with crypto companies and law firms
Here’s a look at what lawmakers are most focused on in these final weeks of the 118th Congress
One federal judge’s rulings this week found that the SEC had overstepped its authority and must vacate the Dealer Rule
The announcement followed growing speculation that Gensler would announce his exit before Trump takes office next year
Senator Cynthia Lummis hopes a US strategic bitcoin reserve can be teed up for “adoption in 2025”
Prosecutors argued that FTX co-founder Gary Wang cooperated in their case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried
There were previous reports that Lutnick — a leader of Trump’s transition team — was in the running for treasury secretary
Republican state attorneys general say the SEC is violating federalism with its crypto enforcement strategy
You’ve heard a lot about Trump’s tariff plans and their potential economic impact. Here’s Felix’s take
The latest data should assure investors that the Fed will continue on its easing path through the end of the year
Co-chairing Trump’s transition team to help fill administration positions is Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick
Inflation is higher than it was in 2016, and the Fed is just at the beginning of its rate-cutting cycle
Institutional adoption “moves slower than we want,” exec says, but could follow “an exponential curve from Q1 onwards”
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