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Senate Banking Democrats plan bigger role in crypto legislation - Roll Call

Sen. Sherrod Brown says a bill supported by Sens. Stabenow and Boozman is too favorable to the crypto industry.

Roll Call

CFTC chairman urges strengthening conflict-of-interest part of Senate crypto bill

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam urged senators to strengthen conflict of interest and financial disclosure provisions for cryptocurrency entities in a key piece of legislation in light of the collapse of the FTX exchange.

Tribune News Service

‘We can’t regulate this out of existence’: Senate Agriculture Committee grills CFTC chair on FTX collapse

Rostin Behnam said he met with Sam Bankman-Fried 10 times over an FTX proposal.

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CFTC chief urges strengthening conflict-of-interest part of Senate crypto bill

Rostin Behnam urged senators to strengthen conflict-of-interest and disclosure language in a bill to regulate cryptocurrency.

Roll Call

‘Inaction is paralysis’: CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam calls for regulation in the wake of FTX’s collapse

His commission has come under scrutiny for its relationship with the exchange and Sam Bankman-Fried.

Fortune

As FTX burned, lawmakers said to be dithering over regulator

WASHINGTON — Congress opted to tread water on legislation that would clarify the agency in charge of the cryptocurrency industry, leaving lawmakers now without a regulator to blame for missing the signs of the FTX collapse this month and facing deep skepticism about some proposals.

Tribune News Service

As FTX burned, lawmakers said to be dithering over regulator - Roll Call

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s prominence on Capitol Hill is said to have tainted bills deemed too favorable to the cryptocurrency industry.

Roll Call

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Wringing its hands over FTX's collapse, Washington hopes to prevent more crypto pain

Congress, which has been unable to pass comprehensive crypto legislation, is digging into what happened as regulators try to police the new, mysterious world of virtual currencies with old laws.

WEKU

FTX failure may strengthen case for more robust crypto regulation

WASHINGTON — The spectacular collapse of major cryptocurrency exchange FTX is prompting calls for stronger regulation in Congress, where some bipartisan proposals are being characterized as too industry friendly.

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FTX failure may strengthen case for more robust crypto regulation - Roll Call

Lawmakers say the collapse of FTX should strengthen the case for Congress to pass legislation to regulate the cryptocurrency industry.

Roll Call

Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX empire faces US probe into client funds, lending

U.S. regulators are investigating whether beleaguered crypto-exchange FTX.com mishandled customer funds, and they’re looking into the firm’s relationships with other parts of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire.

Tribune News Service

The big crypto winner of the midterms? The SEC and CFTC

Why the Democrats’ outperformance and crypto turbulence may empower regulators.

Fortune

Hey, Kirsten Gillibrand! You're Invited To Benzinga's December 2022 NYC Crypto And Fintech Events. See You There?

Benzinga cordially invites Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to attend Benzinga's next event, The Future of Crypto summit, on December 7-8, 2022, at NYC's Pier Sixty. No RSVP is required. Just show up, and we'll cover your stay, too!

Benzinga

Editorial: Election betting is the next step in the gamification of politics

We may be entering a new chapter in the gamification of American politics: election betting.

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Why MindMed Is Trading Lower By Around 35%; Here Are 31 Stocks Moving Premarket

Gainers Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc (NASDAQ: AMV) rose 211.7% to $256.00 in pre-market trading after jumping around 199% on Tuesday.

Benzinga

'Everything's Down' In 2022 Not Just Crypto, FTX CEO Bankman-Fried Tells Mooch

Keading cryptocurrencies are not the only investments that are down in 2022, according to FTX CEO and co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. “Everything’s down this year because dollars are up this year,” Bankman-Fried told SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci at the SALT Conference this week.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Political prediction markets are an antidote to degraded public discourse

Recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, withdrew its no-action letter from Victoria University of Wellington, which since 2014 has been allowed to operate the political prediction market PredictIt.

Roll Call

CFTC examining whether to allow bets on party control of Congress

Kalshi LLC wants to take wagers on House and Senate control the way it does on flight delays at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

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US elections may be the next big bet for Wall Street

WASHINGTON — American political junkies may get to bet tens of thousands of dollars legally on the outcome of November’s U.S. congressional elections.

Los Angeles Times

A young crypto billionaire's political agenda goes well beyond pandemic preparedness

In May, an eccentric 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire named Sam Bankman-Fried made a startling proclamation. In a podcast interview, Bankman-Fried said he would spend as much as $1 billion of his estimated $12.8-billion fortune on American politics by the 2024 election, joining the ranks of megadonors such as George Soros and…

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Crypto sector lobbying expenditures up a third in second quarter

WASHINGTON — Spending by the cryptocurrency lobby hit a record high last quarter, as members of Congress from both parties and chambers proved willing to engage with the industry’s top priorities.

Roll Call

Crypto sector lobbying expenditures up a third in second quarter - Roll Call

The cryptocurrency industry set a new spending record on lobbying in the latest quarter as it becomes a bigger issue in Washington.

The Independent UK

New crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry craters

A bipartisan group of senators has proposed a bill to regulate cryptocurrencies

Benzinga

US Watchdog Charges South African Bitcoin Club With $1.7B Fraud

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Salon

How Wall Street is driving inflation

Deregulated Wall Street traders are driving price spikes on gas and food — but Biden could shut them down easily

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