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Fairshake PAC Spends Big on Candidate in California’s New 14th district

Protect Progress, an affiliate of the cryptocurrency-aligned Fairshake super political action committee (PAC), reported spending $362,000 on ads to support a Democrat in California’s 14th congressional district, just weeks after she won a…
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White House Crypto Adviser’s Company Financially Benefitted from GENIUS Act: WSJ

Bo Hines, previously a crypto adviser to US President Donald Trump who later joined stablecoin issuer Tether, reportedly kept a stake in a company that profited from the passage of a stablecoin bill when he was still at the White…
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Australia Draft Bill to Adopt OECD Crypto Tax Reporting Framework

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Crypto-Aligned PACs Pour $52M into Opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio

Affiliates of the Fairshake political action committee (PAC), largely funded by Coinbase and Ripple Labs, have increased their initially announced expenditures by more than 50% in what could be a key race for control of Congress in…
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Judge Rejects CFTC, Gemini Bid to Undo $5M Settlement

A US federal judge has rejected a joint request by crypto exchange Gemini and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to overturn a $5 million settlement, despite the regulator’s conclusion that it would not have pursued the case…
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South Korea Plans Cybersecurity Overhaul After Crypto Exchange Incidents

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SEC Change to Quorum Rules Took Affect After Commissioner Departed

After US lawmakers failed to pass a comprehensive digital asset market structure bill, financial regulators stepped up efforts to change rules around the oversight and enforcement of crypto companies and offerings. However, the two primary…
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Fairshake PAC Reports $2.7M in Spending on ’Pro-Crypto’ Candidates

Update (Oct. 13, 3:41 am UTC): This article has been updated to reflect that Andreessen Horowitz is one of the contributors funding Fairshake, and not Cantor Fitzgerald.Affiliate entities of Fairshake, the US political action committee…
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FSB Outlines Stablecoin and AI Priorities for G20

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global financial watchdog, has outlined financial stability risks associated with artificial intelligence and regulatory concerns surrounding stablecoins.In a letter published Monday, FSB Chair Andrew…
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CFTC aims to differentiate swaps from gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued two proposals, one that would define event contracts as “swaps” under federal law and another that excludes traditional casino gambling from that definition.Several states have sued…
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