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How Upcoming Elections Around the World Could Impact the Crypto Industry
How Upcoming Elections Around the World Could Impact the Crypto Industry
As 2023 comes to an end, CoinDesk managing editor for global policy and regulation Nikhilesh De looks ahead to the upcoming elections in the United States, European Parliament...
How Upcoming Elections Around the World Could Impact the Crypto Industry

Crypto Firm SafeMoon Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know
Crypto Firm SafeMoon Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know
Crypto company SafeMoon filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Thursday, as its executives face criminal charges in the U.S. SafeMoon’s SFM token tanked over 42% in the past 24 hou...
Crypto Firm SafeMoon Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know

Here's What U.S. Presidential Candidates Are Saying About Crypto
Here's What U.S. Presidential Candidates Are Saying About Crypto
With the 2024 U.S. presidential election less than a year away, candidates Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson spoke at the f...
Here's What U.S. Presidential Candidates Are Saying About Crypto

Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Will Stay in U.S. Until Sentencing, Judge Rules
Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Will Stay in U.S. Until Sentencing, Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled Thursday night that Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, who is the founder and former CEO of Binance, cannot return to the United Arab Emirates before his sentencing. Z...
Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Will Stay in U.S. Until Sentencing, Judge Rules

Crypto Advocate Rep. McHenry Says He Won't Seek Reelection
Crypto Advocate Rep. McHenry Says He Won't Seek Reelection
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), arguably one of the crypto industry's most important advocates in Congress, has decided not to seek another term, he announced in a post on X (f...
Crypto Advocate Rep. McHenry Says He Won't Seek Reelection

U.S. Crypto Lobbying Spending on Pace for New Record This Year
U.S. Crypto Lobbying Spending on Pace for New Record This Year
Reuters reports that U.S. lobbying spending by the crypto industry is on pace to hit a record high this year. Crypto companies spent nearly $20 million on lobbying by the end...
U.S. Crypto Lobbying Spending on Pace for New Record This Year

SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Influence on Crypto in 2023
SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Influence on Crypto in 2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler is one of the changemakers included in CoinDesk's Most Influential list, a ranking of the 50 people who define...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler's Influence on Crypto in 2023

Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Steps Down From Binance.US Board
Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Steps Down From Binance.US Board
Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao is stepping down as chairman of the global exchange's U.S. affiliate's board. A senior Treasury official told reporters that...
Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Steps Down From Binance.US Board

SEC Accuses Kraken of Operating Unregistered Platform, Improperly Mixing Customer Funds
SEC Accuses Kraken of Operating Unregistered Platform, Improperly Mixing Customer Funds
Crypto exchange Kraken commingled customer and corporate funds while operating as an unregistered broker, clearing agency and dealer, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissi...
SEC Accuses Kraken of Operating Unregistered Platform, Improperly Mixing Customer Funds

Fake BlackRock XRP Filing Spoofs ETF Watchers, Crypto Traders
Fake BlackRock XRP Filing Spoofs ETF Watchers, Crypto Traders
A fake filing that suggested asset manager BlackRock was attempting to launch an XRP ETF on Monday sent the price of XRP higher by more than 10% before the token gave back tho...
Fake BlackRock XRP Filing Spoofs ETF Watchers, Crypto Traders