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Policy

FTX, Congress, Stablecoins: What 2023 May Bring for Crypto Regulations

CoinDesk’s policy team predicts the issues and topics that may take center stage over the next 12 months.

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Finance

Digital Dollar Will Come Eventually, Expert Says

Michael Greco, policy research director at the Digital Dollar Project, says the Fed needs Congress to pass the right law first.

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Policy

US Rings Crypto Warning Bell That Regulators Say Only Congress Can Silence

The latest report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council says the risky sector needs Congress to intervene, though crypto hasn’t yet posed a danger to the wider financial system.

Edificio del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, en Washington D. C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Was a ‘Pathological Liar’: Congressman

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) discusses how the disgraced former CEO “misled the public,” and what he did with Bankman-Fried’s $2,900 political donation.

Rep. Ritchie Torres (Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

Policy

FTX Hearing in US Senate Reveals Congress Doesn’t Have Immediate Answers

As the crypto industry’s epic disaster continues to unfold with a criminal case and regulatory actions, U.S. senators didn’t find any clear path during a Wednesday hearing.

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Videos

Blockchain Association Exec on FTX Fallout, Future of Crypto

Sam Bankman-Fried’s political donations worth at least $73 million could be clawed back to repay FTX creditors. Meanwhile, Bankman-Fried is expected to testify before Congress Tuesday. Blockchain Association Executive Director Kristin Smith discusses the latest developments in FTX's bankruptcy and where crypto regulation could be headed in 2023.

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Policy

Gensler Says SEC Is Fine Going After Crypto With Its Current Authority

As a new Congress prepares to work on uncertain crypto legislation next year, the SEC chairman says his agency needs nothing apart from more money and more reach overseas.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, on Capitol Hill, September 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Policy

US Lawmakers Want State Department to Disclose Crypto Rewards

The State Department will have to report on payments it makes in crypto and their effects, according to a draft of the NDAA.

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Policy

La Cámara de Diputados de Brasil aprobó un proyecto de ley para regular la industria cripto

El proyecto necesita la aprobación del poder ejecutivo para convertirse en ley.

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