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Everything was Moving Along with the Stablecoin Bill.... Till the 11th Hour

27 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Cje95

Last week while I was attending the Meritocracy: America Innovation Forum I listened in to a talk by two members of Congress about a stablecoin bill that was supposed to drop that day (if you have not read it you can find it here). Instead of the Rep...

SEC starts handling Big People for Insider Trading, but Public is Dissatisfied

26 Jul 2022 1 minute read 1 comment Yugocean

SEC In Action Gurbir Singh Grewal, SEC Director of the Enforcement Division, has recently began wrapping large fish to prevent insider trading. Ex-congressman Stephen Bayer was charged on 25th July, more charge are coming up, now an ex-chief informat...

FBI Gives Crypto Community Ammo to Tell Lawmakers and Regulators "I Told You So!!"

25 Jul 2022 3 minute read 5 comments Cje95

Since it broke into the mainstream Bitcoin and crypto overall has really done as much as they can to clean up the image of being only used by criminals for illicit goods and services. Sadly it is still something that the industry has to struggle with...

California Lifts Ban on Cryptocurrency Donations for Election Campaigns

24 Jul 2022 1 minute read 2 comments Yugocean

     During the July meeting of the California Fair Political Practice Commission, the state's restriction on cryptocurrency donations were unanimously repealed and adoption of new guidelines for taking funds were approved.    In 2018, the commissio...

How the SEC's Already Managed to Shoot Itself in the Foot with the Coinbase Trading Case

22 Jul 2022 4 minute read 2 comments Cje95

While crypto and Web3 have been disrupters in the technology and finance industries its true disruptive power is coming to light in a whole different location that I do not think many saw coming. Over the last few months, it has become more and more...

The Leader of the Wolf Pack Must Remain at the Back

22 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments RosieJSargent

Right-wing or left-wing it's still the same bird. What use is a self-serving bird who only hunts for himself and himself only? The same bird that preys on the vulnerable to ensure its survival. Relying on its wings of power fueled by the force of fea...

Insider Trading Reaches Crypto World, Growing Controversy At US Congress' Speaker

22 Jul 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Yugocean

First Insider Trading Arrest In Crypto       Ishaan Wahi, a product manager for Coinbase, was recently arrested by the FBI for his involvement in insider trading on 25 cryptocurrencies. This is the first arrest for such a scam in the cryptocurrency s...

Congressional Bill Addressing Stablecoins to be Released Today!

21 Jul 2022 3 minute read 3 comments Cje95

Today is the Meritocracy: America Innovation Forum and I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in it. This forum is going to last all day and has several members of Congress from both parties speaking along with leaders in both the Biden Admi...

The Crypto News on Capitol Hill: Warren and Electrical Usage, Lummis/Gillibrand Legislation, Rep. Brad Sherman and Ripple

20 Jul 2022 7 minute read 1 comment Cje95

As someone that works on Capitol Hill, I have what some would call a blessing but I call a curse in being in the thick of it when it comes to Members either discussing or proposing legislation dealing with crypto. Something I learned early on was how...

The attitude of the intellectual, the lesson of Nicolo’ Machiavelli

19 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Fortunato Verduci

In this post we're going to talk about the letter to Francesco Vettori, a missive, dated December 10, 1513, sent by Niccolò Machiavelli to his friend Francesco, Florentine ambassador to Pope Leo X in Rome. Image from Wikipedia - licensed under the t...