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Crypto Lobbyists Ask SEC for Info on Prometheum

Blockchain Association has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking records relevant to crypto broker Prometheum. This comes after Prometheum co-CEO and founder Aaron Kaplan spoke before the House Financial Services Committee broadly in support of the SEC’s positions on crypto regulation. Blockchain Association Director of Government Relations Ron Hammond discusses why the group wants to look further into Prometheum.

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Blockchain Association Asking SEC for Information on Prometheum

Ron Hammond, Blockchain Association's director of government relations, joins "First Mover" to discuss why the trade group had filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the SEC seeking records relevant to Prometheum, a crypto broker. Hammond said that "there's a lot of suspect questions" and "suspicious timing" connected to the company's recent regulatory approval.

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Blockchain Association CEO on Filing Amicus Brief in Coin Center Lawsuit Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

The Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief in an ongoing lawsuit by the think tank Coin Center against the Treasury Department and its sanctions watchdog, the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). In the suit, filed last October, Coin Center has alleged that OFAC's sweeping sanctions against crypto mixer Tornado Cash harmed Americans and their ability to transact privately using the Ethereum network. Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith discusses the move and the state of U.S. crypto regulation. "OFAC can use more targeted sanctions against specific persons... [and] wallets, without sacrificing an entire class of technology," Smith said.

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L'association Blockchain dépose un mémoire d'amicus curiae dans le cadre du procès intenté par Coin Center contre le Trésor américain concernant les sanctions contre Tornado Cash.

Dans un communiqué, la PDG du groupe commercial, Kristin Smith, a déclaré que les mesures réglementaires ne devraient cibler que les mauvais acteurs et ne pas punir l'outil de mixage Crypto .

Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith is leaving the group to join a new Solana organization. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Regulación

L'association Blockchain quitte New York alors que la lutte réglementaire fédérale se profile

Le groupe de défense recentrera ses efforts sur les pétitions adressées aux régulateurs et aux responsables de Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.(Andy Feliciotti/Unsplash)

Opinión

Plaidoyer pour une réglementation et non une interdiction des Crypto

La PDG de la Blockchain Association, Kristin Smith, LOOKS les failles logiques et les hypothèses formulées dans un récent article de Foreign Affairs appelant à interdire la Crypto.

The Blockchain Association's Kristin Smith (Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

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Kristin Smith voit des perspectives « brillantes » pour la Juridique américaine en Crypto

Le PDG de la Blockchain Association discute du moment réglementaire actuel, des règles dont la Crypto a besoin et de la vie de lobbyiste au Congrès.

Kristin Smith(Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Opinión

Comment les sanctions Tornado Cash de l'OFAC violent les droits constitutionnels des citoyens américains

En déposant un mémoire d’« ami de la cour », la Blockchain Association soutient que la Politique de confidentialité financière est fondamentale, même dans le domaine numérique.

A illustrative example of a Tornado. (NOAA)

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Circle, BlockFi Are Questioned by Lawmakers About Why They Banked at SVB

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) want to know why crypto companies, including bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi and stablecoin issuer Circle, banked at now-collapsed Silicon Valley Bank. Blockchain Association director of government relations Ron Hammond discusses the difference between Coinbase, Binance and Circle's engagements with lawmakers in DC. "The issue that we have in DC is that no matter the approach you take, it seems like you're still going to be at the end of a Wells notice of enforcement action," Hammond said.

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CFTC Chair Behnam Says Binance Deliberately Dodged Rules: Bloomberg

Bloomberg reports that Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam accused crypto exchange Binance of intentionally breaking regulatory rules during an event hosted by Princeton University on Thursday. Separately, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler is expected to testify before Congress next week. Ron Hammond, Director Of Government Relations at Blockchain Association, discusses the latest on crypto regulation.

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