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US Lawmaker Moves to Block SEC Overreach in Coinbase Case

January 30, 2025
The SEC’s “un-American” crackdown on crypto is driving innovation overseas, a U.S. senator warned, backing Coinbase in a pivotal legal battle over digital assets. US Senator Calls SEC’s Crypto Approach ‘un-American’ U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming is taking the fight for crypto regulation to the courts, formally backing crypto exchange Coinbase in its legal battle against the…
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Scott Bessent Named U.S. Treasury Secretary, Backed by Crypto

January 30, 2025
Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, is now the 79th U.S. Treasury Secretary under Trump. Crypto leaders, including Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse, celebrate his pro-innovation stance, anticipating major policy shifts. Scott Bessent Confirmed as Treasury Secretary…
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How Washington is turning emissions taxes into cheaper electric bicycles

January 29, 2025
Electric bicycle incentive programs have grown considerably over the last few years, and Washington State is one of the most recent to lay the groundwork for yet another program designed to reduce the cost of this alternative transportation for lower-income commuters. But the state is also going about it in a unique way, by using funding raised from its emissions taxes. That’s right, a new $5…
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Ripple CEO Calls for National Crypto Reserve Beyond BTC and XRP

January 29, 2025
Ripple’s CEO championed collaboration over crypto maximalism, pushing for a multichain reserve featuring BTC, XRP, and others while rejecting division as progress’s enemy. Ripple CEO Advocates for Multichain Representation in Government Crypto Reserves Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to social media platform X on Jan. 27 to emphasize the importance of collaboration in the crypto industry and…
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Australian Monochrome Asset Management Files for Litecoin ETF

January 29, 2025
Monochrome Asset Management, an Australian investment firm, has officially filed for a spot Litecoin (LTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) with Cboe Australia. If approved, this would mark the first spot Litecoin ETF in the country, expanding institutional investment…
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Block: Jack Dorsey Launches Goose - Open-Source AI Framework

January 29, 2025
The bird-themed social network Twitter’s identity may have been X-ed out by new owner Elon Musk, but that isn’t stopped one of its co-founders, Jack Dorsey, from taking on new bird names for a new project. Dorsey’s other company Block, the parent of point-of-sale service Square, mobile payments system Cash App, music streaming service Tidal, and other tech-driven financial tools, today…
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