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Congressman Calls for SEC Chair’s Dismissal Over ‘Regulation by Harassment’

DIGIT — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 22:20:46 +0000

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has criticized U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler, accusing him of “regulation-by-harassment,” and calling for his dismissal. The congressman has consistently opposed Gensler’s regulatory practices, supporting legislative reforms for the SEC. He argues that Gensler’s approach undermines the securities regulator’s mission to protect investors and maintain orderly […]

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Mark Cuban, John Reed Stark clash over the cause of FTX’s collapse

DIGIT — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 03:50:00 +0000

Mark Cuban thinks the SEC could have saved U.S. customers from FTX had it adopted Japan’s approach to crypto regulation, but John Reed Stark disagrees.

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Don’t follow the US: Blockchain Aus CEO hammers ‘regulation by enforcement’

DIGIT — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 23:15:06 +0000

Blockchain Australia, the country’s peak crypto industry body has announced a new CEO who wants to speed up the crypto regulatory process.

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China to gain most from restrictive US crypto regulations: Coinbase CEO

DIGIT — Wed, 31 May 2023 03:19:41 +0000

The Coinbase CEO has been hugely critical of the U.S. failure to provide the crypto industry with regulatory clarity and has long argued it will push firms offshore.

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Coinbase met with Australian banking regulators over local crypto regulations

DIGIT — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:05:41 +0000

Coinbase’s vice president of international policy told Cointelegraph the meetings took place in Canberra and Sydney and touched on the government’s token mapping efforts.

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Expresses Concern Over Rumors of SEC Ban on Crypto Staking for Retail Customers

DIGIT — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:30:04 +0000

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, expressed concern about rumors that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may eliminate cryptocurrency staking for retail customers in the United States. Armstrong insisted that “staking is not a security” and that the trend allows users to “participate directly in running open crypto networks.” Coinbase CEO Vocalizes Worry Over […]

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SEC Criticized for How It Regulates Crypto — Chair Gensler Says Most Crypto Tokens ‘Have Attributes of Securities’

DIGIT — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 23:30:38 +0000

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been heavily criticized for its approach to regulating the crypto sector. The criticism followed the securities regulator’s action against a former Coinbase employee in an insider trading case, in which the SEC named nine crypto tokens listed on Coinbase as securities. SEC Slammed for Regulation by Enforcement […]

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Law Decoded: Competing narratives around crypto clash on the Earth Day, April 19-26

DIGIT — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:49:40 +0000

The future of crypto adoption will largely depend on which of the competing narratives about digital assets and blockchain’s environmental effects prevails.

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