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Facebook's announcement that they are launching a new cryptocurrency has created a stir in the world of financial technology . (Jack Taylor/Getty Images file photo)

Regulators confront technology that may upend securities trade

By Peter Feltman
Posted June 4, 2019 at 5:10am
A man purchases bitcoin from a bitcoin ATM in Boston in 2014. The use of cryptocurrencies to make payments in the U.S. is still “quite rare relative to cash and traditional systems,” a new CRS report says. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images file photo)

Report to Congress ponders a future of cryptocurrency over cash

By Steven Harras
Posted May 29, 2019 at 5:00am
Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., have sought clarity from the Commodity Future Trading Commission on guidelines for cryptocurrencies on the futures market. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Futures product to test Wall Street taste for cryptocurrencies

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 21, 2019 at 5:00am
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Christopher Giancarlo says current rules prevent his agency from working closely with fintech companies. (Alex Wong/Getty Images file photo)

This government agency wants to partner with fintech firms. But a gift rule is blocking it

By Peter Feltman
Posted May 14, 2019 at 5:00am
Chris Brummer (left) of Fintech Beat interviews CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo in Washington. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

2 minutes with CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 14, 2019 at 4:51am
New York state regulators in April denied applications by Bittrex for licenses to run a virtual currency business and to engage in money transmission activity. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images file photo)

New York regulator’s conflict with fintech firm spills into view

By Steven Harras
Posted May 7, 2019 at 5:00am
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are legally considered commodities and occupy the same category as gold or oil, which are considered “exempt.” (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images file photo)

Fintech lobby spending targets cryptocurrency taxation

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 30, 2019 at 5:00am
Fintech Beat takes a look at what jawboning means to the financial technology industry. (Nathan Ouellette/CQ Roll Call)

What is jawboning, explained

By Nathan Ouellette, Jinitzail Hernández and Chris Brummer
Posted April 30, 2019 at 4:45am
Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, leaves the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday morning, June 13, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

A blockchain bill, backed by industry, may tie SEC’s hands

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 17, 2019 at 10:56am
Public blockchains such as those that underpin cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are most at risk because anyone can participate. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images file photo)

Privacy ‘poisoning’ poses threat to companies using blockchain

By Henry Kenyon
Posted April 9, 2019 at 5:00am