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Finance

CFTC Could Force Binance to Cease U.S. Operations as Part of Settlement: Bernstein

The crypto exchange will look to safeguard its dominant international business, which is its cash cow, the report said.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Privacy and the Politicization of the Digital Dollar

The putative presidential candidate’s legislation to ban a CBDC at the state level is constitutionally unworkable. But it’s still worrying for the future of money in the U.S., says JP Schnapper-Casteras.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Policy

Brian Brooks: U.S. Government Using Crisis to Choke Off Crypto Access to Banks

The former acting head of the OCC said federal regulators are working together to keep crypto assets out of the U.S. banking system.

Brian Brooks in 2021 (CoinDesk TV)

Policy

U.S. DOJ Was Investigating Signature Bank's Work With Crypto Clients: Bloomberg

Prosecutors were looking at the crypto-friendly bank before regulators seized it, people familiar told Bloomberg.

(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Policy

U.S. Justice Dept. Appeals New York Judge’s Decision to Approve Voyager’s Sale to Binance.US

The appeal comes just one day after Judge Michael Wiles gave Voyager Digital the go-ahead to sell its assets to Binance.US.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Policy

Lido’s LDO Token Sinks 10% Following Rumors Crypto Staking Service Received SEC Notice

Crypto podcaster David Hoffman spread (and then retracted) a rumor that the SEC had delivered a Wells Notice to the decentralized staking service. A spokesperson for Lido declined to comment.

Bankless co-host David Hoffman speaks at an ETHDenver 2023 side event. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC’s Coinbase Insider Trading Case Is ‘Backdoor Rulemaking,’ Trade Association’s CEO Says

The regulator “piggybacked” off the Justice Department's insider trading case and is using it as a way to define some tokens as securities, Perianne Boring, the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s founder, told “First Mover.”

Chamber of Digital Commerce founder and CEO Perianne Boring (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Montana Senate Passes Bill Protecting Crypto Miners

The legislation will likely upend a Missoula county zoning law that was one of the first in the U.S. to target the mining industry.

A Cipher mining bitcoin farm. (Cipher Mining)

Policy

Crypto Regulatory Initiatives Show SEC’s Dominance Among US Regulators: JPMorgan

JPMorgan foresees more regulatory actions on stablecoin issuers, custody and protection of investors’ digital assets and on the unbundling of crypto services, the report said.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)