California
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Updated disclosure policies in California state that campaigns have to immediately convert cryptocurrency contributions into USD
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One San Jose city official is keen on using blockchain tech to conduct government business
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New proposal “a significant improvement” over other state laws that essentially define DAOs as LLCs, a16z crypto’s General Counsel Miles Jennings tells Blockworks
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As the SEC barrels down on Coinbase, the top US exchange is in Supreme Court over lawsuits its says should be handled in arbitration
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The Department of Motor Vehicles in California collaborates with Tezos and Oxhead Alpha
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Californian regulators have issued consumer warnings against 16 crypto broker scams, with one victim losing $14,000 to a fake Uniswap venture
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The US Department of Justice claims Google lost data sought in an investigation into cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e
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The state’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation alleges the crypto company’s interest accounts are unqualified securities
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The governor said the bill would have cost California “tens of millions” of dollars and the state would wait for federal policymakers to reach their own conclusions on crypto
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The Fair Political Practices Commission of California has walked back a previous ban against crypto donations to political campaigners.
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Digital assets platform looking to mergers and acquisitions, product expansion after $150 million Series D round
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The world’s fifth-largest economy is positioning itself to become a hub for the digital asset industry
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Making bitcoin legal tender may also clear up tax issues around the cryptocurrency, advocates say
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