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.,…
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…
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…
March 11, 2023 Sen. Pat Toomey on Cryptocurrency and FTX's Collapse Former Sen. Pat Toomey’s time in Congress, which began in 1999 after he won a House seat in eastern Pennsylvania, officially ended on January…
March 1, 2023 Hester Peirce, Nic Carter: The Government vs. Cryptocurrencies Today’s Reason Interview podcast has double the hosts and double the guests. Every Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern, Zach Weissmueller and I host a live…
December 16, 2022 Elizabeth Warren's Crypto Bill Targets Financial Freedom, Not Fraud Beyond politically connected scammers and frothy valuations, the attractiveness of cryptocurrencies lies in their potential for doing what cash does, but across distances. When…
December 10, 2022 Governments Scramble To Manage, Regulate, and Throttle Crypto On January 15, 2022, the Canadian government closed its borders to unvaccinated American truckers and began requiring domestic truckers to show proof of COVID…
December 9, 2022 Remy: Regulate (FTX Parody) In the wake of the FTX meltdown and crypto price drops, Congress wants to make sure Remy makes good financial decisions…just like them.Parody of…
November 21, 2022 Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty? The public is only beginning to understand the full extent of alleged crimes committed by Sam Bankman-Fried (better known as SBF), a cryptocurrency entrepreneur…