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May 30, 2024

The Illusion of Financial Privacy

You have a 15-character password, shield the ATM as you enter your PIN, close the door when you meet with your banker, and shred…

September 8, 2023

The Federal Government Is Trying To Shut Down Decentralized Finance

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced yesterday it had both filed and settled charges against three “decentralized finance” operations, Opyn Inc., ZeroEx Inc.,…

August 14, 2023

Caitlin Long on Why Politics Should Stay Out of Banking

After 22 years on Wall Street, Caitlin Long got intrigued by bitcoin and the blockchain in 2012. From 2018 through 2020 she served as…

July 28, 2023

Congressman Talks Smack About Bitcoin Creator 'Saratoshi Nagamoto'

In a Financial Services Committee hearing this week, Rep. Brad Sherman (D–Calif.) had some choice words for bitcoin bros: JUST IN: ???????? US Congressman…

July 13, 2023

New Crypto Bill Aims To Circumvent SEC's Regulation-by-Enforcement Strategy

New bipartisan crypto bill would “create a federal regulatory framework.” Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R–Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) have introduced a proposal to regulate…

June 20, 2023

Europe's Bitcoin-Busting Mistake

The European Union’s recent adoption of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) into law represents a huge, and foolish, step in how Europe approaches…

June 20, 2023

Bitcoin's Greatest Test

Fifteen years after Satoshi Nakamoto dropped a nine-page white paper on an obscure email list sketching out an idea for a new peer-to-peer digital…

June 8, 2023

Gary Gensler's SEC Cracks Down on Coinbase and Binance

On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), headed by Gary Gensler, sued crypto exchange Coinbase for not registering as a securities broker. The…

April 19, 2023

SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Bittrex Shortly After It Announces It's Leaving U.S. Markets

At the end of March, a long-lasting and prominent cryptocurrency exchange, Bittrex, announced it would no longer do business with U.S. citizens because “it’s…

March 23, 2023

SEC to Coinbase: Nice Crypto Exchange You Got There, It'd Be a Shame if Something Happened to It

Coinbase, which is by trade volume the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, announced yesterday it had been hit by the Securities and…