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Crypto-Focused Political Donors Prefer Dollars Over Bitcoin
Crypto-Focused Political Donors Prefer Dollars Over Bitcoin
March 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency industry insiders donated $7.3 million to political campaigns and committees in 2021 through the end of January, but almost all of that money came...

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Yellen: Biden’s Crypto Executive Order Strikes Innovation-Risk Balance 
Yellen: Biden’s Crypto Executive Order Strikes Innovation-Risk Balance 
March 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

President Joe Biden’s executive order on cryptocurrencies addresses the balance between innovation and risk while also collaborating with other U.S. agencies and their policies, Treasury...

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Russian Invasion Prompts Companies to Rethink IPOs
Russian Invasion Prompts Companies to Rethink IPOs
March 04, 2022  |  IPO

Businesses with planned initial public offerings (IPOs) are hitting the pause button to rethink their strategy in light of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Wall...

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Citing Libertarian Values, CEOs of Crypto Exchanges Won’t Cut Off Russian Customers
Citing Libertarian Values, CEOs of Crypto Exchanges Won’t Cut Off Russian Customers
March 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Asking cryptocurrency exchanges to block the addresses of their Russian users last weekend, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said: “It’s crucial to freeze not...

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FCC, FTC Nominees Sent to Senate Floor for Confirmation Votes
FCC, FTC Nominees Sent to Senate Floor for Confirmation Votes
March 03, 2022  |  Politics

A divided U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has voted to send the nominees for the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission to the floor for...

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Federal Reserve Proposes US Central Bank Payment System Changes
Federal Reserve Proposes US Central Bank Payment System Changes
March 01, 2022  |  Banking

The Federal Reserve Board has been looking closer at how financial firms get access to the U.S. Central Bank’s payment system, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (March...

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Visa and Mastercard Ban Russian Banks, Pledge $2M Each in Aid
Visa and Mastercard Ban Russian Banks, Pledge $2M Each in Aid
March 01, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Visa and Mastercard separately announced that they are both blocking numerous Russian financial institutions from their global card payment networks, in support of and compliance...

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FinTech-Friendly Lithuania Raises Alarms After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 
FinTech-Friendly Lithuania Raises Alarms After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 
February 28, 2022  |  International

The home country of FinTech companies such as Revolut or the account-to-account payment platform Kevin recently declared a state of emergency in response to Russia´s...

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Russia Remains on SWIFT Over Fears of New Payments System
Russia Remains on SWIFT Over Fears of New Payments System
February 25, 2022  |  International

The EU and the U.S. are formally signing off on sanctions against Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, but the...

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