Activity tagged "crypto lobby"

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Great background on why Coinbase sank the crypto bill they’d just spent months lobbying for, and the fundamental conflict between the banking lobby and the crypto lobby when it comes to stablecoin interest.

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how magnanimous of him

Headline: Coinbase CEO says key crypto vote can be rescheduled after 11th hour cancellation

“We’ve got a chance to do a new draft and hopefully get back into a markup in a few weeks,” [Coinbase CEO Brian] Armstrong said.

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Issue 97 – This is hardship

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Donald Trump pose together making thumbs-up gestures. On the right is a render of the proposed Trump Maldives hotel.

While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel

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Issue 95 – The pardon was the payoff

Changpeng Zhao in front of a brown-yellow background

Binance’s Changpeng Zhao earns a gold-plated pardon as other industry figures fund Trump’s $300 million ballroom

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he saw Mamdani talking about housing and thought: but what about crypto?

Headline: New York mayor candidate Cuomo pledges crypto innovation with new role

my guess is this is more of a hail mary attempt to get blockchain/AI money and influence behind him. we haven't seen much crypto industry spending in races below the federal level, but i also wouldn't put it past them to get involved here at the last minute

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Issue 93 – Undermining deregulation

David Sacks, Donald Trump, and Bo Hines pose for a photo in the Oval Office. Trump is seated at the Resolute Desk, the others stand to either side.

Democratic lawmakers sound corruption alarms while crypto PACs gear up for the midterms

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Issue 92 – The scam of all scams

Tweet by Bruno Skvorc: I just got a reply from @worldlibertyfi . TLDR is, they stole my money, and because it's the @POTUS family, I can't do anything about it...

The Trumps “debank” major customers from their “anti-debanking” cryptocurrency venture, and a CFTC nominee says the Winklevosses are blackballing him

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Issue 91 – GDP on the blockchain

Howard Lutnick speaking at a Cabinet meeting, with subtitles about putting “GDP on the blockchain”

The regulator set to take on primary crypto oversight is down to a single Commissioner, and new pro-crypto PACs focus on installing more Republicans in the midterms

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Issue 89 – Crypto wins in Washington with midnight calls, chocolate bars, and a $141 million threat

A blue vending machine with branding that reads “Crypto is like a bar of chocolate” in the foreground, with the Capitol building behind

Trump stands to profit from a $2 billion bitcoin bet as the crypto industry pushes through bills aimed at bolstering the sector

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Trump speaking to crypto executives while signing the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill: “I got you guys out of so much trouble... They’ve got plenty of cash, and it’s great that you’re on our side.”

Note: I retained Trump’s comments about Biden to avoid taking his statement out of context, but his claim that Biden “dropped all charges” against crypto executives during his (or Harris’s) campaign is false.

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