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SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce worries that stricter rules by US officials will hurt the crypto market
'Gamification is not necessarily a bad thing," SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said about retail tra…
Carla Mozée
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'Crypto mom' Hester Peirce scoffed at the idea of adding a new watchdog for digital assets
Last month, Coinbase proposed the government should designate "a single federal regulator" to overs…
Natasha Dailey
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House Republican tells Gary Gensler to back off crypto, saying the 'vast majority' of coins are not in the SEC's purview
The co-chair of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus also differs from Gensler's view that most cryp…
Ethan Wu
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says it's a shame regulators aren't 'taking up the mantle' to provide rule on digital currencies
It's "disconcerting" the agency has yet to provide regulations on the space, Peirce told Yahoo Fina…
Natasha Dailey
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A bill proposed by a Republican lawmaker would give crypto developers legal protection to raise money through token sales
The Clarity for Digital Tokens Act of 2021 from Rep. Patrick McHenry supports a 'safe-harbor' propo…
Carla Mozée
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A crypto exchange just agreed to pay $10 million to settle an SEC probe claiming it failed to register
Commissioner Hester Peirce, who has often publicly criticized SEC rulings, argued that the agency h…
Ethan Wu
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Crypto regulation needs to allow for 'trial and error' in the market and account for variations between stablecoins, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says
"With experimentation ... we need to allow room for there to be failure as well because that obviou…
Carla Mozée
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The SEC's 'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce says selling fractionalized NFTs could be illegal
NFT issuers must be careful not to accidentally create securities, 'Crypto Mom' Hester Peirce said.…
Sophie Kiderlin
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The SEC's 'crypto mom' Hester Peirce hopes 2021 will be a turning point for crypto regulation in the US as she says authorities are spending too much time on its illegal uses
The SEC's "ever-moving goalposts" are unfair to firms that plan to launch crypto products, she said.
Shalini Nagarajan
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Anthony Scaramucci, Coinbase boss Brian Armstrong and other crypto bigwigs are raging about the 'lazy' SEC's crackdown on Kraken's staking service. Here's what 9 luminaries have to say.
The SEC's clampdown on Kraken has been slammed in the crypto world, with some arguing regulators ar…
Zahra Tayeb
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The SEC's 'crypto mom' says it would be foolish for the US government to ban bitcoin since people can't be stopped from trading in it
Peirce said she wasn't sure whether a bitcoin ETF would be approved just yet since the SEC is in a …
Shalini Nagarajan
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The SEC will tackle bad actors in crypto and needs to be prepared to fight cases against them, Chair Gensler said
Chairman Gary Gensler said the SEC needs to be ready to fight legal crypto cases and that regulatio…
Sophie Kiderlin
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US stocks rise with the Nasdaq climbing more than 3% as risk assets rebound after days-long rout
For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished down 2.1%, the S&P 500 lost 2.4%, and the N…
Phil Rosen
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Wells Fargo is experiencing an exodus of mortgage bankers. Insiders explain why.
Wells Fargo is dealing with significant departures among its top mortgage bankers. Insiders detail …
Dan DeFrancesco,Jordan Parker…
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The SEC slapped a JPMorgan subsidiary with a $2.8 million fine for operating as an unregistered broker-dealer
Neovest continued to do business as a broker dealer even after it deregistered its business followi…
Ethan Wu
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US stocks fall as interest rates rise and traders nervously eye global energy crunch
The 10-year US Treasury yield surged to a four month high on Wednesday as Congress continues to see…
Matthew Fox
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Billionaire Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital is the 9th firm to apply for a bitcoin ETF
Billionaire Mike Novogratz recently said he expects bitcoin to overtake gold's market value as more…
Shalini Nagarajan
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US stocks recover from early losses as McConnell offers to extend debt ceiling deadline to December
Raising the US debt ceiling is essential to avoiding a self-inflicted economic recession, Treasury …
Matthew Fox
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Gary Gensler says the SEC won't bring in a China-style crypto ban, but Congress could
"Many of these tokens do meet the tests of being an investment contract or a note or some other for…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Crypto firms are rushing to hire former regulators as federal agencies look to tame the 'Wild West' industry
Binance's high-profile hires have come in response to a rapidly mounting regulatory crackdown on th…