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Best of the Week: Preparing for a New Trump Era
This week on CoinDesk: changes at SEC, CFTC and FDIC; ETF expansion; bitcoin's holding pattern; prediction problems; an America-First Reserve?
How to Make the United States the Crypto Capital of the World
Members of the crypto law bar lay out practical ways the new Trump administration can create the best environment for crypto development.
Trump Treasury Pick Bessent Opposes Idea of U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency
Scott Bessent, who is immersed in the Senate confirmation process as President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee, only addressed crypto briefly.
The Protocol: Sony Launches Blockchain to Controversy
Also: Bubblemaps roadmap; Babylon interoperability
Good Riddance to Gary Gensler
Passing the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act into law would establish a responsible new regulatory framework that clearly defines the role of the SEC and the CFTC, says Rep. Mike Lawler, a member of the House Financial Services Committee.
MicroStrategy Targeting $2B Perpetual Preferred Stock Offering: Benchmark
Benchmark hosted an investor meeting with MicroStrategy’s executive chairman Michael Saylor.
Consensus Hong Kong 2025 Coverage
Hashed's Simon Kim Says AI Has a 'Black Box' Problem
Centralized AI is opaque, centralized, and a huge burden for intellectual property owners. Here's how he thinks blockchain fixes this.
Analysis: Prediction Markets Have a Gambling Problem
Academics get it: prediction markets aren't gambling because the house doesn't always win. But regulators around the world have differing opinions – and Polymarket is feeling the heat.
Why Investor Protection and Enforcement Still Matters
Public-private forensics partnerships are necessary to ensure that scams don’t rise with crypto prices this cycle, says Nick Steegmans, VP of Training and Investigations, Crystal Intelligence.
U.S. Judges Demand SEC 'Explain Itself' for Rebuffing Requests for Crypto Rules
In another 11th-hour court loss for Chair Gary Gensler's tenure, judges in a Coinbase case again call the SEC's crypto position "arbitrary and capricious."
