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Former CFTC Chairman: Crypto Regulation, Market Manipulation and More
Former CFTC Chairman: Crypto Regulation, Market Manipulation and More
Chris Giancarlo, Willkie Farr & Gallagher senior counsel and former CFTC chairman, joins “First Mover” to discuss the crypto regulation landscape in the United States, looking...
Former CFTC Chairman: Crypto Regulation, Market Manipulation and More

CFTC Chair Urges Key Role for His Agency in Overseeing Crypto Spot Markets
CFTC Chair Urges Key Role for His Agency in Overseeing Crypto Spot Markets
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), told the Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday he believes his agency is best placed to monitor cr...
CFTC Chair Urges Key Role for His Agency in Overseeing Crypto Spot Markets

CFTC Chair Urges Leading Role in Overseeing Crypto Spot Markets
CFTC Chair Urges Leading Role in Overseeing Crypto Spot Markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam appealed to Congress Wednesday requesting his agency be granted authority to oversee crypto spot markets in the...
CFTC Chair Urges Leading Role in Overseeing Crypto Spot Markets

Pro-Bitcoin California Congressional Candidate: BTC is a 'Way For Economic Justice,' Lightning Network 'is the Future'
Pro-Bitcoin California Congressional Candidate: BTC is a ‘Way For Economic Justice,’ Lightning Network ‘is the Future’
Aarika Rhodes, U.S. congressional candidate for California’s 32nd District seeking to unseat Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), explains bitcoin as “a way for economic justi...
Pro-Bitcoin California Congressional Candidate: BTC is a 'Way For Economic Justice,' Lightning Network 'is the Future'

Why Congressman Tom Emmer Wants to Limit the Fed’s Ability to Issue Digital Dollar
Why Congressman Tom Emmer Wants to Limit the Fed’s Ability to Issue Digital Dollar
Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) shares insights into his new bill aimed at prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC directly to individuals. This comes after the Fed h...
Why Congressman Tom Emmer Wants to Limit the Fed’s Ability to Issue Digital Dollar

US Congress Organizing Hearing on Crypto Mining
US Congress Organizing Hearing on Crypto Mining
CoinDesk Managing Editor for Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De shares his insights on an upcoming Congressional hearing that will examine the environmental impact of c...
US Congress Organizing Hearing on Crypto Mining

Is Congressman Brad Sherman Embracing Memecoins?
Is Congressman Brad Sherman Embracing Memecoins?
Barely a day after anti-crypto Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) made ironic remarks about Mongoose Coin, a cryptocurrency that did not exist. It became a reality with a mar...
Is Congressman Brad Sherman Embracing Memecoins?

DeFi on the Ballot: Yearn Developer Matt West on Running for Congress
DeFi on the Ballot: Yearn Developer Matt West on Running for Congress
Former Yearn.Finance developer Matt West has declared his candidacy for Oregon’s newly formed 6th U.S. House district as a Democrat. West discusses what it means to be the fir...
DeFi on the Ballot: Yearn Developer Matt West on Running for Congress

California Pro-Bitcoin Congressional Candidate Aarika Rhodes Running to Unseat Rep. Brad Sherman
California Pro-Bitcoin Congressional Candidate Aarika Rhodes Running to Unseat Rep. Brad Sherman
A national call to ban cryptocurrencies is not limited to China. U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) wants to do the same, but his seat is being challenged by a pro-bitco...
California Pro-Bitcoin Congressional Candidate Aarika Rhodes Running to Unseat Rep. Brad Sherman

Standoff Over $28T of US Government Debt Could Rattle Bitcoin Market
Standoff Over $28T of US Government Debt Could Rattle Bitcoin Market
As a pitched battle in the U.S. Congress raises the risk of the government defaulting on its $28 trillion in debt, some cryptocurrency traders are speculating whether the grid...
Standoff Over $28T of US Government Debt Could Rattle Bitcoin Market