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Gearing up for new battles against data-driven monopolies, antitrust enforcers may well look to blockchain as a way of getting honest data from companies they don't trust.

The next leader of the U.S. securities regulator seems to be sympathetic to the mission of decentralization.

Gensler will likely be replacing Jay Clayton, who famously slowed down the ICO market during his tenure at the SEC. Will Gensler issue new clarity?

Accompanying the presidential transition are some major questions about the role of social media in society and politics.

This is a big win for the crypto industry today, which was unanimous in opposition to a new anti-money laundering rule that many saw as rushed and draconian.

With Acting Comptroller Brooks on his way out the door, the OCC has given its first digital bank charter.

Brooks considers the migration of the financial system onto the internet "inevitable."

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? BitMex onboards more aggressive Chainalysis measures in advance of a response to the CFTC.

The Justice Department's November 2020 suit has reversed the planned merger.

Gensler taught a course on "blockchain technology's potential use — by entrepreneurs and incumbents — to change the world of money and finance."

Brooks is optimistic that regulators will find it easier to work with algorithms than with bankers.

The token, which has gotten a lot of attention for its interesting way of placating U.S. regulators, is now live for IMVU users in over 140 countries.

MicroStrategy's massive push into Bitcoin is paying off, with shares skyrocketing and huge new investment from Morgan Stanley.

After watching protestors scale the walls of the Capitol Building, the U.S. will likely not be in the mood for financial regulation in the next couple of weeks.

In addition to trying to define stablecoins, the U.K. is looking to establish how close it wants its crypto laws to be to other countries.

Following yesterday's chaos on Capitol Hill, the social media giant has blocked President Trump on the grounds that the likely intent and result of his posts is the incitement of violence.

After getting some boundaries in which to operate from the SEC, IMVU's new blockchain-based token will be a major test case for crypto.

The trade war with China homes in on the country's thriving digital payments industry.

More state regulators are gunning for the OCC and Brian Brooks, this time over usury laws and predatory lending.

The latest from the Treasury's most crypto-forward office says that national banks don't have to fear stablecoin nodes.

It looks like crypto stakeholders turned out in force, despite the Treasury's best efforts to evade scrutiny.

With the declared intent of reducing risk, the moves look to cut new investors off from opportunities to get out of the ruble.

XRP investors don't want to have their holdings lumped in with Ripple's.

As many in the crypto industry have said, 15 days over the holidays is just not enough time to respond.

The settlement repeats the Treasury's message that crypto companies will need to know their customers.

Japanese firm GMO will now be able to offer Yen- and dollar-pegged stablecoins to the public in New York.

The President's Working Group has not said anything revolutionary, but does establish some new clarity.

A major network of state banking regulators is renewing its attack on the OCC's moves to register non-depository institutions.

In a Christmas present for the crypto industry, broker-dealers who abide by existing rules while holding security tokens in custody will not face enforcement action for the next five years.

The defunct firm is not the first to run aground due to failure to abide by U.S. securities laws.