Tags: Policies

Cryptocurrency mixers face a dilemma between preserving financial privacy freedom or embracing increased compliance measures to avoid U.S. scrutiny.

Consensys senior counsel and director of global regulatory matters Bill Hughes spoke at the North American Blockchain Summit on crypto bills and their role in politics.

Under U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, former Economic Secretary Andrew Griffith will become the next Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Documentation from NIST states the consortium will adopt a “broad human-centered focus” with “specific policies.”

Lawmakers are scheduled to return to the House of Representatives on Oct. 11 to vote on a replacement for Speaker Kevin McCarthy, whose position has been vacant for a week.

A U.S. government shutdown is not inevitable, but even if one lasts for just hours or days, lawmakers’ priorities on their return may not be digital assets.

Ripple‘s newest head of U.S. public policy previously worked in similar roles at Softbank Group, Zoom, and Lyft following six years in government.

The launch comes ahead of a series of AI forums to be hosted by U.S. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer.

The crypto exchange’s focus on non-U.S. markets is part of a next phase in its expansion plans, said the firm.

The policy paper includes recommendations for regulating activities related to stablecoins and decentralized finance (DeFi).

Ripple Labs chair Chris Larsen commented on the recent cases involving Ripple, Grayscale, and the SEC, arguing it is time for Congress to take the lead on crypto policy.

Members of the House Financial Services Committee questioned the “timing and circumstances” of FINRA approving Prometheum’s special purpose broker-dealer license in May.

The group raised concerns over Prometheum‘s changing position on crypto regulatory clarity and under what circumstances the firm obtained a special purpose broker-dealer license.

The change in leadership came as the platform has been preparing a set of upgrades branded “Polygon 2.0”.

Bermuda and Nigeria are moving faster on crypto than Australia and the land Down Under will soon “need to be up to speed,” says Loretta Joseph.

Young people have been shown to be the biggest crypto adopters that also largely voted for the Democrats in the last election.

There are currently many from the Democratic and Republican parties bidding for the job of president. Here‘s what they’ve said about crypto.

The policy framework showcases Pakistan’s willingness to integrate AI for public and national betterment. The country has set 15 targets with timelines ranging from 2023 to 2028.

Irakli Beridze from the UN said that, at the moment, people within the UN do not see crypto as a positive force but understand it as “something we should be worried about.”

Crypto policy making efforts have been reignited in South Korea after a woman was murdered following a dispute over digital assets.

Former Senator Patrick Toomey, former Representative Tim Ryan, former Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, and others will advise Coinbase on crypto policies.

Leadership at the Fed will likely have an impact on how the U.S. government handles the potential issuance of a central bank digital currency.

Officials in Romania have created and employed an AI-powered robot to source community concerns and turn the collected data into policy recommendations.

AI experts from IBM, NYU, and OpenAI will testify before the U.S. Senate on May 16 in a hearing entitled “Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence.”