Tag: Cryptocurrency

Congressional proposal would create new legal definition of digital currencies

Colin Wilhelm · December 20, 2018 7:50 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Trump nominates two to key financial policy posts

Colin Wilhelm · December 12, 2018 2:27 am

Beltway Confidential

Regulations have consequences. Haphazard enforcement has even greater consequences

Charles Sauer · December 11, 2018 10:28 pm

Team Trump takes on cyber-enemy No. 1

Charlie Mitchell · December 11, 2018 5:00 am

Champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. defended President Trump's so-called "locker room banter," saying that's how "real men speak."

Finance and Economy

SEC charges Floyd Mayweather Jr., DJ Khaled over cryptocurrency promotion

Naomi Lim · November 29, 2018 11:51 pm

Understanding Bitcoin requires a proper frame of reference.

For first time, Treasury targets Bitcoin addresses in sanctions

Colin Wilhelm · November 28, 2018 3:48 pm

A coin representing Bitcoin cryptocurrency in the U.K.

SEC escalates enforcement of digital currency offerings

Colin Wilhelm · November 16, 2018 6:54 pm

Bitcoin’s backers now want acceptance from the system they sought to supplant

Colin Wilhelm · November 13, 2018 12:00 am

The regulators' action comes just days after top regulators warned investors that they are watching closely for the possibility of fraud and scams in the rush toward cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

SEC suspends stock in company boasting approval for cryptocurrency business

Colin Wilhelm · October 22, 2018 5:28 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Gary Cohn joins board of blockchain startup

Colin Wilhelm · October 12, 2018 4:14 pm

FILE - This April 3, 2013 file photo shows bitcoin tokens in Sandy, Utah. The Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo is headed for liquidation after a court rejected its bankruptcy protection application. Mt. Gox said Wednesday, April 16, 2014, the Tokyo District Court decided the company, which was a trading platform and storehouse for the bitcoin virtual currency, would not be able to resurrect itself under a business rehabilitation process filed for in February.

Senate struggles with Bitcoin: Digital ripoff or imperfect innovation?

James Langford · October 11, 2018 3:02 pm

Bitcoin and other new types of cryptocurrency exist only in the virtual world and are traded outside the traditional banking system on digital ledgers called blockchain, making them hard to regulate and enticing to rogue regimes and terror groups alike.

‘Dr. Doom’ warns Senate: ‘Cryptocurrency is the mother of all scams’

James Langford · October 10, 2018 9:44 pm