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Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)
Gary Gensler’s Catch-22 Vision of ‘Regulated’ Crypto Brokers
The SEC-registered trading platform Prometheum pitched the House on Gary Gensler's vision. But skeptical legislators highlighted that the platform won't offer major assets – i...
Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

Key Takeaways From House Hearing on Future of Digital Assets
Key Takeaways From House Hearing on Future of Digital Assets
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the future of digital assets. The committee weighed its draft stablecoin bill in the wake of the U.S. Securiti...
Key Takeaways From House Hearing on Future of Digital Assets

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House Bill Shows Challenge of Regulating Crypto Without Giving TradFi a Free Pass
House Republicans Patrick McHenry and GT Thompson face a central problem with their crypto bill: Removing SEC discretion over whether a crypto token is a security allows issue...
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New Stablecoin Bill Drafted by House Republicans as Compromise With Democrats
The House Financial Services Committee has released this year’s third draft of a stablecoin bill, meant to combine ideas from both parties in advance of a hearing next week.
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House Republicans Push for Crypto Oversight With Bill to Make SEC Play Ball
House Republicans Push for Crypto Oversight With Bill to Make SEC Play Ball
Leaders of the House Financial Services Committee and House Committee on Agriculture released a draft bill that aims at building a guideline for crypto exchanges to register w...
House Republicans Push for Crypto Oversight With Bill to Make SEC Play Ball

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U.S. House Republicans Push for Crypto Oversight With Bill to Make SEC Play Ball
Draft legislation from key committee chairs represents this year’s most significant proposal for how the federal government might build guardrails around the digital assets se...
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A House Bill Would Make It Harder for the SEC to Argue Crypto Tokens Are Securities
The five-page, bipartisan Securities Clarity Act by Representatives Tom Emmer and Darren Soto would significantly reduce uncertainty for both crypto investors and issuers, wri...
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U.S. Hearing Highlights Stablecoin Rift in Competing House Bills
Republicans focused on the chances for legislative compromise while Democrats characterized their stablecoin positions as a deepening divide.
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House Democrats Consider New Stablecoin Bill Proposal: Source
The proposal comes weeks after Republicans introduced their own discussion draft of a new bill.
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Former CFTC Chair Massad on Takeaways From Joint House Hearing on Digital Assets
Former CFTC Chair Massad on Takeaways From Joint House Hearing on Digital Assets
House Financial Services Committee chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), along with the House Committee on Agriculture chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), led a joint subcommittee...
Former CFTC Chair Massad on Takeaways From Joint House Hearing on Digital Assets