News with the tag "Policy"

CoinDesk hosted its annual Consensus conference in Toronto this week. It was busy, to put it mildly. You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for future editions. Read more The narrative It's been a hect...

A 26-year-old man from Alabama has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for his role in a social media hack that briefly sent the price of bitcoin BTC soaring. Eric Council Jr. of Huntsville pleaded guilty to charges tied to the January 2024 hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissio...

Despite recent setbacks, U.S. legislation to regulate stablecoin issuers may be heading toward debate and passage next week, according to the backers of the bill known as the "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins" (GENIUS) Act. “Next week, the Senate will make history wh...

“There’s a famous saying that sometimes the enemy of your enemy is actually your best friend,” Eric Trump told the crowd at Consensus in Toronto, Canada. “That was the Trumps with the crypto community. And I think the banks made the biggest mistake of their lives.” The son of U.S. President Donald T...

Christy Goldsmith Romero, one of the four commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will depart the federal regulator at the end of the month , she announced Friday. Goldsmith Romero joins fellow Commissioner Summer Mersinger, who announced earlier this week that she would leave on ...

French Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau agreed on a series of measures to tighten the security of crypto professionals at a Friday meeting following a number of kidnappings that have targeted industry figures in the country. Measures including strengthening collaboration with internal secur...

Mersinger’s final day at the CFTC will be May 30

Summer Mersinger , one of the Republican commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will soon take over the Blockchain Association as its incoming chief executive, a top official at the association confirmed on Wednesday. The organization, one of the leading crypto lobbying voices in...

The global financial landscape is constantly evolving, with digital assets like cryptocurrencies taking center stage. As nations worldwide grapple with how to best integrate this burgeoning technology, eyes are often on major economies like South Korea. Recent developments within the country’s polit...

A significant statement from former U.S. President Donald Trump is sending ripples through discussions about future US trade policy . According to reports from Solid Intel on X, Trump indicated that a previously mentioned 10% tariff baseline is not a fixed template for future trade agreements. Inste...