US Government News

The former CFTC chairman is currently working as a financial advisor for the Biden-Harris transition team.

The Biden team looks to Janet Yellen to lead the next administration's economic policy, which will have to navigate the wreckage left in the wake of the coronavirus.

DoJ is now determined to hold the crypto industry to cross-border enforcement standards that have long applied to other sectors of finance.

Libel laws and new faces at the U.S. securities regulator lead the week's news.

New rule-making aims to stop "creeping politicization of the banking industry," says OCC head.

Jay Clayton is stepping down from his role as SEC Chairman at the end of the year, but before going he wants to set the record straight on the SEC’s opinion of Bitcoin.

“Offering travelers the ability to pay via Bitcoin feels like the right move at the right time.”

Multiple United States congresspersons recently expressed their displeasure at the OCC's focus on crypto this year.

The Acting Comptroller of the Currency presented the growing role of crypto in general and stablecoins in particular to the Senate today.

FOMC member Robert Kaplan believes the Fed should prioritize creating a digital dollar.

Hinman's commentary on the status of cryptocurrencies and the Howey Test was particularly critical to regulation surrounding ICOs.

True decentralization will take time, U.S. presidential candidate Brock Pierce suggests, citing DeFi as a crucial stepping stone towards this end.

The U.S. doesn't mind coming a bit late to the CBDC party, but is that the wrong approach?

Talk of CBDCs and Facebook's Libra headlined this week's policy news, as international organizations weigh in on both.

It's not a scarce resource like nuclear power, whose proliferation is more easily suppressed.