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California Enacts Digital Financial Assets Law

[Oct 26, 2023 12:00 AM] On October 13, 2023, California enacted the Digital Financial Assets law. This law is California’s first comprehensive framework for regulation of digital asset markets, and some of its provisions may sound familiar to those versed in the state’s…

Bitcoin = Anti-Totalitarianism

[Oct 25, 2023 9:00 AM] In the face of ongoing challenges to our cherished freedoms, it is imperative to critically examine the forces at play that threaten the very fabric of democracy. The ideals of freedom and open markets are at risk of being undermined by influential…

FinCEN Proposes Insane Special Measures

[Oct 20, 2023 2:47 PM] Yesterday’s FinCEN rule proposal is incredibly overbroad, comprehensive, and perfectly designed to allow arbitrary information collection at any scope they choose to enforce. It truly is a mind-blowingly large grab attempt at private information of…

Elon Musk, Mark Cuban Back Supreme Court Case Against SEC

[Oct 19, 2023 7:30 PM] Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban have jointly filed an amicus brief backing the defendants in a Supreme Court case against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “It is important that the SEC not be…

CFTC Sues Former CEO of Crypto Lender Voyager for Fraud

[Oct 13, 2023 10:30 PM] The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Voyager Digital with fraud. The regulator accused Stephen Ehrlich and the company of luring investors with promises of high-yield returns…

Brazil Committee Recommends Indicting Binance Officials, CZ

[Oct 12, 2023 1:30 PM] A congressional committee in Brazil has concluded that four Binance officials, among them company CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), should be indicted. The suggestion follows a probe targeting crypto platforms suspected of operating pyramid schemes and can…

SEC Seeks Rejection of Coinbase’s Pushback Against Its Lawsuit

[Oct 4, 2023 6:30 PM] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a judge to reject Coinbase’s attempt to have the regulator’s lawsuit against it dismissed. The exchange had alleged that the agency overstepped its authority and abused its discretion in…

US Government Frames Bitcoin Privacy As “Criminal”

[Oct 2, 2023 10:00 AM] In another unfortunate turn of events for anyone hoping their right to privacy to be protected as guaranteed by the US Constitution, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, or applicable state and federal law, the US government has argued that the…