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25 Sep 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Cje95
Last week SEC Chairman Gary Gensler warned that without funding come October 1st, the SEC will start being run by what he called a skeleton crew. Today the White House issued a "shutdown warning" to all Federal Departments and Agencies so that the es...
23 Sep 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95
Even though House Republicans continue to work and Members and Staff have been advised they could be recalled to DC for votes the likelihood of a spending bill coming together this weekend is practically zero. The issue that has been hampering the Ho...
21 Sep 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Cje95
Maxine Waters is the Democratic Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee. This Committee has been in the headlines a lot in the last few months because of the crypto legislation that they have been pushing through with bipartisan supp...
18 Sep 2023 3 minute read 7 comments Cje95
A growing number of people have begun to hear that the U.S. Federal Government is about to "run out of money" or shut down. Now this isn't like a person running out of money the issue is Congress has not passed a unified budget for the Federal Govern...
17 Sep 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95
An update on where crypto legislation stands on Capitol Hill. This week has been the first time that the House of Representatives has been in session since the House Financial Services passed through a ton of various bipartisan GOOD crypto legislatio...
16 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95
It is highly likely that over the coming days and weeks, we are going to see a resurgence of anti-crypto talk and a piece of legislation is going to be highlighted spearheading the effort. Senator Warren is a well-known crypto skeptic who has often c...
28 Aug 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95
Early this afternoon news came out about the tentative House Financial Services Committee schedule. Members of the House do not return until September 12th so the plan for the last 3 weeks is pretty busy! Of importance to the crypto space are two par...
27 Aug 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95
Over the last few days, I have seen a ton of posts and takes on the recent announcement from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS for short. Like a couple of other U.S. agencies, the IRS is often hated for the reason of their creation and purpos...
11 Aug 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95
I am not going to lie I thought that August Recess, when both chambers of Congress go back to their districts/states for 6 weeks, would be light on crypto. After all, we ended July with an absolute BANG legislation-wise as four bills passed out of Ho...
30 Jul 2023 5 minute read 2 comments Cje95
Last week Congress, for the first time, really focused on and began to execute legislation in the crypto space. It catches people off-guard all the time that Congress has never actually done anything legislatively in the space even though they have...
