Congress News

As COVID-19 has the financial system more internet-dependent than ever, Congress is worried that the United States’ cyber defenses are not up to the current challenge.

After graduating from task force to select committee this week, the blockchain crew within Wyoming’s state legislature held their first meeting today.

A new bill before Congress asks regulators to put together a massive survey on the state of blockchain adoption and rank the U.S.’s adoption relative to other nations.

New legislation in California may help establish definitions of digital assets as securities, though nationwide impact is uncertain.

US Senator and former Bakkt CEO finally filed her financial disclosures after a four-month extension and an insider trading scandal, revealing that she is very rich indeed.

The United States Congress is contemplating developing a blockchain-based system to allow remote Senate voting.

Senator Kelly Loeffler, formerly CEO of Bakkt and currently a member of the task force to reopen the U.S., sees plummeting approval ratings.

A member of the House Financial Services Committee is dissatisfied with Facebook’s updated whitepaper for Libra and still wants to make sure the token is registered with the SEC.

U.S. Congress sees a new bill looking to give Americans $2,000 a month for at least a year and mandating the implementation of digital dollar wallets by January 1, 2021.

Leaders from different corners of the crypto industry react to the sudden prospect of a digital dollar, highlighting both promise and peril for users.

At least one senator is fighting to keep the digital dollar in the COVID-19 economic stimulus bill as House Democrats reintroduce it.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives look to a digital dollar to distribute stimulus payments in at least one version of the COVID-19 response bill.

A proposal to give every adult in America $2000 a month during the COVID-19 crisis could cause massive inflation and strengthen the case for Bitcoin.

The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security examines legislation looking at new cyberthreats to the homefront.

U.S. Congressman introduces Crypto-Currency Act of 2020, hoping to finally lay down the law as to which regulators handle which digital assets.