Maxine Waters
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During a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday, several lawmakers opted to use their allotted time to discuss cryptocurrency and its role in illicit finance
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In an interested change of pace Wednesday, it was Democrats calling for increased US action in developing blockchain technology in order to keep America as the dominant global financial leader
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Waters says consumers are “at greater risk of harm” at the hands of bad actors without legislation
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House Financial Services Committee members couldn’t find common ground on much Thursday as bipartisan cooperation on stablecoin legislation fell apart
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Believing in politicians may break your heart, but Maxine Waters might actually be playing the long game in favor of crypto
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Waters isn’t a fan of the Republican crypto bill draft, and she wants regulators to back her up
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Lawmakers continued to spar over token classification processes Tuesday during another crypto hearing in the House Financial Services Committee
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Waters, McHenry stablecoin bill drafts may look similar, but Republicans put more power in states’ hands
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Democrats slammed the current Republican-led draft bill for stablecoin legislation, but the parties agree on some points
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Sam Bankman-Fried was expected to field questions from Congress about the FTX debacle on Tuesday, but that was before his sunset arrest
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The representative says reports claiming that she is unwilling to do so are “lies,” and bowing to pressure, Bankman-Fried says he will comply
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The now disgraced founder of FTX has been on a media blitz, but said he would appear before a House committee hearing only after he’s got all his facts straight
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