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Union groups have sued the US Treasury, accusing it of breaking federal laws by giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency enforcers access to sensitive financial and personal information.The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, the country’s largest uni…
Donald Trump is officially the 47th President of the United States, and the U.S. government is going in some different directions from the last administration.You’re reading State of Crypto, a CoinDesk newsletter looking at the intersection of cryptocurrency and government. Click here to sign up for…
By Kenneth CorbinEven without a permanent chairman confirmed to lead it, the Securities and Exchange Commission is wasting no time in signaling a departure from the work of the previous administration.This week, on the first full day of the new administration, the SEC under acting Chairman Mark Uyed…
By Joe LightPresident Trump signed an executive order meant to spur the crypto industry in the U.S. It marks a 180-degree turn from the crackdown seen under President Biden's administration, but stops short of creating the Bitcoin "strategic reserve" the industry has hoped for.Instead, the heart of …
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has officially set its roster for the new digital assets committee, putting Senator Cynthia Lummis at the top, as expected. But it also includes two names that received heavy backing from the crypto political action committee Fairshake in the 2024 elections.New Sena…
Bitcoin, memecoins and the future of the cryptocurrency industry sparked intense debate at the 2025 edition of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as US President Donald Trump marked his return to the Oval Office.During the sole cryptocurrency-themed session at this year’s forum, industr…
According to CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase would delist Tether’s USDT stablecoin if compelled by new legislation. A few current attempts to rework US crypto legislation would impact the firm, but they have not advanced yet.So far, Tether has suffered a minor setback from the EU’s MiCA legislation, b…
Republican U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis took aim at two federal agencies on behalf of the crypto industry this week, just days before the wide-reaching transition of the federal government when President-elect Donald Trump again takes office.Lummis warned the U.S. Marshals Office to slow down its cry…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must now thoroughly "explain itself" for refusing to grant Coinbase.'s formal request that the agency write regulations for how the industry should assess whether crypto assets are securities or not, according to a circuit-court ruling on Monday.A three-ju…
The US Senate Banking Committee is reportedly set to create its first-ever crypto subcommittee, while a pro-crypto commissioner is now a top pick to replace the outgoing chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to two reports. The two reports — seen as positive developments for t…
Bryan Steil, a lawmaker representing Wisconsin’s 1st district in the US House of Representatives, will be the next chair of a digital asset-focused subcommittee in Congress after Representative French Hill.In a Jan. 9 notice, Hill said the Wisconsin lawmaker would replace him as chair of the Subcomm…
The odds of a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing in the United States this year are even higher than a popular betting market’s optimistic forecast, according to Matthew Sigel, VanEck’s head of research. On Jan. 1, cryptocurrency prediction platform Polymarket said the odds of a US Solana ET…