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SEC Chair Gary Gensler described one agency action as the "first of its kind," but six state regulators had moved against the same company months earlier.

States often first in crypto enforcement, leaving feds to follow

By Peter Feltman
Posted March 22, 2022 at 7:00am
“There’s a fight coming” over the anonymity provided by cryptocurrencies, Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes says.

Lawmakers fear cryptocurrencies could be back door for sanctioned rubles

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 8, 2022 at 7:00am
The popularity of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is raising a new issue in estate planning: making sure heirs have the passcodes that will give them access.

Estate planners want to keep the crypt out of cryptocurrency

By Steven Harras
Posted February 22, 2022 at 7:00am
From her seat on the Senate Banking Committee, Cynthia Lummis is leading the legislative push to build a regulatory framework that will support crypto markets, which some U.S. financial regulators have currently described as “the Wild West.”

How Cynthia Lummis, a rancher and grandmother, was crowned the Senate’s queen of crypto

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 15, 2022 at 5:30am
Fed nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin joined the board of a fintech company in 2017, three years after she left the central bank. Senate Republicans say her influence helped the fintech get a master account at the Fed.

Tester says he’s reviewing Fed nominee Raskin as Senate Banking approaches vote

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 11, 2022 at 4:00pm
Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., received at least $63,000 in 2021 from individuals associated with the crypto industry.

Crypto industry poised to play larger role in midterm campaigns

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 8, 2022 at 7:00am
SEC Commissoner Hester M. Peirce, second from right, says the agency may need to offer guidance to clarify its thinking on nonfungible tokens.

SEC’s Peirce says agency guidance on nonfungible tokens needed

By Sarah Wynn
Posted January 25, 2022 at 7:00am
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., has criticized SEC Chair Gary Gensler for not giving regulatory clarity to the stablecoin and crypto industry.

Systemic risk seen as potential route to stablecoin regulation

By Peter Feltman
Posted January 11, 2022 at 7:00am
Lawmakers such as House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters, right, have been showing greater interest in the cryptocurrency sector.

With eye on 2021 law, crypto industry to ‘engage’ with Congress in 2022

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted December 14, 2021 at 8:00am
The House in April passed Rep. Patrick T. McHenry’s bill that would direct the two primary financial regulators, the SEC and CFTC, to set up a working group.

Cryptocurrency outlook may depend on which agency is supervising

By Sarah Wynn
Posted December 7, 2021 at 7:00am