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Christy Goldsmith Romero, President Joe Biden’s nominee to chair the FDIC, testifies at her confirmation hearing on Thursday.

FDIC nominee promises ‘complete overhaul’ of agency culture

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 11, 2024 at 3:52pm
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg last month announced his plans to resign amid allegations of a toxic workplace culture.

Biden chooses CFTC’s Romero to replace Gruenberg as FDIC head

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted June 13, 2024 at 4:37pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has pushed for swifter, tougher implementation of regulatory framework for taxing crypto transactions.

Treasury, IRS roll out long-delayed crypto tax reporting rules

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted August 25, 2023 at 11:16am, Updated at 1:18pm
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in 2021.

Bankman-Fried used customer funds for campaign largesse, charges say

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 23, 2023 at 3:34pm
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX, testifies during a House Agriculture Committee hearing last year.

FTX leaders’ political donations topped $1M weeks before bankruptcy

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 23, 2023 at 5:30am
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, shown here on Jan. 3, will lead the House Judiciary Committee's push to pressure the Biden administration on immigration and other issues.

Guide to House committee chairs for 118th Congress

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted January 11, 2023 at 2:07pm
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX, and other employees contributed $71.5 million to campaigns and political action committees in the 2022 midterm cycle. Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to fraud and other criminal charges.

After a year of collapses, cryptocurrency’s future in the balance

By Sarah Wynn
Posted January 4, 2023 at 7:00am
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas Monday. He and others at FTX spent or donated more than $70 million in the 2022 campaign cycle.

Bankman-Fried made Agriculture panel members focus of campaign support

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 16, 2022 at 11:25am
John Ray III, the CEO of FTX since its collapse, told lawmakers the company was "uniquely positioned to fail" because it had "no record-keeping whatsoever."

House Financial Services presses FTX CEO on crypto’s regulatory needs

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 13, 2022 at 2:18pm
Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX, testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in December 2021.

US unseals fraud and conspiracy charges against Bankman-Fried

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 13, 2022 at 11:28am