Tag: United States
All news related to the United States.
Judge Rejects SEC’s Appeal in Ripple Case
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJudge Analisa Torres of the District Court has denied the SEC’s request for an interlocutory appeal in the case against Ripple, where XRP was only partially recognized as a security.
Binance in Vulnerable Position Due to Regulatory Pressure in US: WSJ
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Wall Street Journal has reported that Binance is facing pressure from US regulators, leading to its vulnerability.
US Sanctions Ethereum Wallet Linked to Sinaloa Cartel
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken action against Jimenez Castro, a member of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, by imposing sanctions on him.
US Democrats Say Republican Bill Against Digital Dollar is Stupid
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe introduction of a bill by Republicans that would ban the distribution of CBDCs by the Federal Reserve to individual citizens has sparked criticism from Democrats.
Hester Peirce: SEC’s Crypto Policy Might Change
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has acknowledged that the agency’s current stance on the crypto industry may see changes.
Brad Garlinghouse Says US is Worst Country for Crypto Companies
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRipple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has reiterated his earlier claim that crypto companies are facing repressiveness in the US due to the harsh policies of the authorities.
Gary Gensler: The SEC Seeks to Regulate Crypto
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGary Gensler has stated in a Senate Banking Committee hearing that the majority of cryptocurrencies are regarded as securities and fall under the SEC’s jurisdiction.
Arthur Hayes Believes Fed is Creating Conditions for Bitcoin to Rise
Reading Time: < 1 minuteArthur Hayes, the former head of BitMEX, has stated his belief that Bitcoin will gain strength due to the capital reallocation out of the US dollar.
USDT Issuer Tether Increases its Investment in US Treasuries
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTether has seen a jump in their investments in US treasury bonds in the last four months, rising up the rankings three places to become the 22nd largest holder of such debt.
US Congress Proposes Dismissing Gary Gensler
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS House of Representatives member Warren Davidson has once again called for the removal of Gary Gensler from his post as head of the SEC following a positive court verdict for Grayscale in its conversion of GBTC tokens into an ETF.
SEC Classifies NFTs as Investment Contracts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has alleged that Impact Theory violated federal securities laws by selling investments in the form of unregistered non-fungible tokens (NFTs) under the name Founder’s Keys.
US Presidential Candidate Francis Suarez Says Will Accept Salary in BTC
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS Republican presidential candidate and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has declared that if he were to win the election, he would be willing to take part of his salary in Bitcoin.
Coin Center Sends Comments to US Senate on Crypto Taxation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn response to a request from the US Senate Finance Committee, Coin Center provided proposals for the taxation of digital assets.
Blockchain Companies Will Have to Disclose Information on Hacks to SEC
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently adopted new rules that require crypto companies to disclose information about major cybersecurity incidents.
US Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy Purchased Bitcoins for His Children
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHe has revealed that he had purchased 2 Bitcoin for each of his seven children.
US Congress Might Criminalize CBDC Issuance
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOhio Republican Warren Davidson, US Representative for the House of Representatives, has recently called on Congress to ban, then criminalize, any attempts to design, build, refine, test, or launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
US Users Think Bitcoin Will Hit $69K: Survey
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecent opinion polls have revealed a considerable surge in the enthusiasm of American investors towards the digital currency market.
US Accuses Former FTX CEO of Providing Media with Materials of Caroline Ellison’s Diary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe US Department of Justice has accused Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) of transferring personal records of ex-Alameda Research CEO, Caroline Ellison, to journalists as an attempt to discredit her in court.
SEC Accepts Spot Bitcoin ETFs Applications
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe SEC has accepted applications for spot Bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock, VanEck, Invesco, Fidelity Investments and WisdomTree.
US Authorities Arrest Former Celsius CEO
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnonymous Bloomberg sources reported yesterday that US law enforcement officers had apprehended Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of the Celsius crypto lending platform.
CFTC Accuses Two US Residents of $5M Bitcoin Scam
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged two residents of Florida with defrauding investors out of more than $5 million.
WSJ: SEC Will Reject BlackRock’s and Fidelity’s ETF Application
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe SEC has informed Nasdaq and CBOE exchanges that applications from BlackRock, Fidelity, and other companies for spot Bitcoin ETFs were deemed to be “not clear and comprehensive” due to the lack of information regarding the joint monitoring agreement or its details.
US Users Are Interested in Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Reading Time: < 1 minutePaul Grewal, Coinbase’s General Counsel, has expressed in an interview with Bloomberg his opinion that the US investment community is in dire need of a spot version of an exchange-traded fund based on the digital currency.
US Investment Firms Are Entering Crypto Market: CoinShares
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCoinShares has noticed heightened interest from major US asset holders in the cryptocurrency market.
US Presidential Candidate Robert Francis Kennedy Will Support Bitcoin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRobert Francis Kennedy Jr has recently expressed his plans regarding cryptocurrency.
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