Blockchain Association

Blockchain Association Sets Up New Crypto Industry PAC
Blockchain Association Sets Up New Crypto Industry PAC
The Blockchain Association is adding its own political action committee, called BA PAC, to the crypto industry’s growing array of campaign finance efforts seeking to steer the...
Blockchain Association Sets Up New Crypto Industry PAC

Blockchain Association Exec: 'New Era of Policymaking' in Washington
Blockchain Association Exec: ‘New Era of Policymaking’ in Washington
Blockchain Association Director Kristin Smith reacts to the Biden Administration’s latest guidelines released last week for digital assets, characterizing the reports as “disa...
Blockchain Association Exec: 'New Era of Policymaking' in Washington

How Lawmakers May Respond to Celsius Network's Bankruptcy
How Lawmakers May Respond to Celsius Network’s Bankruptcy
Liquidity-strapped crypto lender Celsius Network has a $1.2 billion hole in its balance sheet, according to a new court filing. Ron Hammond, Director of Government Relations a...
How Lawmakers May Respond to Celsius Network's Bankruptcy

Everything You Need to Know About New York’s New Crypto Bill
Everything You Need to Know About New York’s New Crypto Bill
The Blockchain Association New York State Lead John Olsen discusses a recent bill passed in the New York State Assembly to ban non-renewable crypto mining. Olsen explains the...
Everything You Need to Know About New York’s New Crypto Bill

Blockchain Association Executive on Biden’s Executive Order: ‘Political Power of the Crypto Community Is on the Rise’
Blockchain Association Executive on Biden’s Executive Order: ‘Political Power of the Crypto Community Is on the Rise’
Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association, joins “First Mover” to weigh in on the impact of President Biden’s executive order on digital assets. Smith hi...
Blockchain Association Executive on Biden’s Executive Order: ‘Political Power of the Crypto Community Is on the Rise’

US House Passes Unamended Infrastructure Bill to President Joe Biden
US House Passes Unamended Infrastructure Bill to President Joe Biden
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill with a controversial cryptocurrency tax reporting requirement, which is now awaiting Pr...
US House Passes Unamended Infrastructure Bill to President Joe Biden

Is Crypto Becoming a Partisan Issue in the US?
Is Crypto Becoming a Partisan Issue in the US?
Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group, discusses her views on why crypto is too big for partisan politics an...
Is Crypto Becoming a Partisan Issue in the US?

What US Senate's $3.5T Budget Plan Could Mean for Crypto
What US Senate’s $3.5T Budget Plan Could Mean for Crypto
U.S. senators voted along party lines to support a $3.5 trillion blueprint for President Joe Biden’s agenda. This includes the $1 trillion infrastructure bill that passed Tues...
What US Senate's $3.5T Budget Plan Could Mean for Crypto

Senators Propose Crypto Tax Exemptions Amendment for $1T Infrastructure Bill
Senators Propose Crypto Tax Exemptions Amendment for $1T Infrastructure Bill
Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) are proposing an amendment to the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that will exempt bi...
Senators Propose Crypto Tax Exemptions Amendment for $1T Infrastructure Bill