Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the US Treasury Graham Steele spoke at a Texas conference about digitizing financial services. He focused on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and discussed their potential and consequences. Steele, who oversees banking, credit unions, insurance, consumer protection,...
Amid escalating legal cases against prominent cryptocurrency platforms, Coinbase and Binance, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen emphasized the need for stronger regulation to safeguard crypto users and investors. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made some remarks on CNBC’s Squawk Box, publicly supporting the U.S....
In a bid to reverse sanctions against Ethereum’s privacy service, Tornado Cash, plaintiffs question the U.S. Department of Treasury’s interpretation of property rights in smart contracts and the application of the first amendment’s free speech clause. In a fresh legal development, the U.S....
Concerns about a possible U.S. government default have prompted Circle, a prominent stablecoin producer, to adjust its treasury holdings. The business has chosen to keep a reserve portfolio heavily weighted toward short-term U.S. treasuries. The move to short-dated debt occurs as debate rages on among...
A massive amount of Tether (USDT), the most popular stablecoin in the crypto market, has been minted at Tether treasury. According to a tweet by @whale_alert, a service that tracks large cryptocurrency transactions, one billion USDT were minted on the Ethereum network, which...
The U.S. Department of Treasury issued a stark warning, stating that the rise of decentralized cryptocurrency markets poses a significant threat to national security, with concerns ranging from illicit activities to financial stability risks. The U.S. Department of Treasury (DoT) recently released a...
The Rook DAO community has proposed a dissolution of the DAO, citing network stagnation, poor management, and DAO exclusion. Rook DAO to dissolve The ROOK protocol has recently suffered severe criticism, especially from the DAO. On March 22, Wismerhill proposed the network dissolve...