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Tag: Regulation

SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

SEC Backs Big Budget for Crypto Crackdown

The Biden administration has proposed a record-smashing $2.4 billion budget for the SEC in fiscal year 2024, and it’s apparently already burning a hole in Gary Gensler’s pocket. To hear him tell it, the SEC chair is more than ready to use t...

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Ripple Case Headlines Latest Developments in Crypto Regulation

Circular ripples from a drop of water in a pool

An impending court decision in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against San Francisco-based crypto solutions company, Ripple, stands to make a big splash in the cryptocurrency sector. The SEC filed its legal action against R...

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Crypto Crimes Put Digital Tokens in Government’s Sights

By now you’ve probably seen the ad with actor Matt Damon strolling through a warehouse filled with holograms. He talks with pity about the people throughout history who “almost” succeeded. “The Bourne Identity” star contrasts them with astr...

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Banks Adjusting to Tech-Savvy Challengers

Banks Adjusting to Tech-Savvy Challengers

Banks Adjusting to Tech-Savvy Challengers

By now, you might have used so-called embedded finance without even knowing it. It’s business jargon for banking-lite services that retailers and other non-banks offer their customers, often at the point of purchase. For instance, if you pi...

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Gensler’s Crypto Campaign Starts to Take Shape

Gensler’s Crypto Campaign Starts to Take Shape

Gensler’s Crypto Campaign Starts to Take Shape

Cryptocurrency evangelists are quick to tell you that digital money will be the foundation of our monetary system in the future. On that theory, at least, it counts as “infrastructure.” Capitol Hill lawmakers apparently agreed when they stu...

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