January 13, 2021

Reuters: Gary Gensler, MIT blockchain professor and Obama’s CFTC chair, to head Biden SEC

According to Reuters’ anonymous sourcing in a Tuesday report, Gary Gensler will be Biden’s nominee as SEC Chair. During the Obama administration, Gensler was the chairman […]
January 7, 2021

Trump bans Chinese payment apps, including AliPay and WeChat Pay

The order bars United States citizens or people located in the U.S. from using nine Chinese payment apps. It continues the White House’s earlier efforts to […]
December 25, 2020

Novogratz hopes Biden admin reverses Trump’s anti-crypto stance

Appearing in a Thursday segment of CNBC’s Sqwuak Box, Novogratz stated the Bitcoin (BTC) bull market has proven resilient to the recent wave of anti-crypto rhetoric […]
December 16, 2020

Sources say ‘sympathetic’ Trump is considering pardon for Silk Road founder

According to The Daily Beast, outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump is considering granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht — the founder and operator of the pioneering darknet […]
November 7, 2020

Joe Biden’s Crypto Impact Is Unclear as He Wins Presidency

As reported by coindesk.com on November 07.2020, Joe Biden’s picks to head key regulatory agencies could redefine cryptocurrency policy in the future, but it is unclear […]
November 6, 2020

CEO of Hong Kong-based crypto derivatives exchange FTX donated $5M to Biden campaign

The CEO of Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, donated $5.2 million to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. According to Wall Street Journal on October […]
November 5, 2020

The opportunity US presidential election offered Crypto-powered prediction market

According to cointelegraph.com on November 05.2020, the U.S. presidential election has driven eloquent action across crypto-powered predictive markets in 2020. Ethereum’s co- founder, Vitalik Buterin, stated: […]
October 29, 2020

President Donald Trump’s website was defaced by crypto scammers, just one week before the election.

According to an Oct. 28 article on TechCrunch, the official website of US President Donald Trump has been hacked by an apparent cryptocurrency scam. The attack, […]