Tagged: elizabeth warren

September 16, 2022 @ 7:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat that sits on the Senate Banking Committee, is not convinced about the Biden Administration’s approach to digital assets. In a letter addressed to Janet Yellen, the Secretary of the US Department of Treasury, Senator Warren claims “cryptocurrency poses grave risks to… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, several US Senators, all Democrats, issued a statement regarding concerns of crypto scams proliferating on Meta (Facebook) (NASDAQ:META). A letter signed by these Senators was sent to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Signed by, Senators Bob Mendez, Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren, Diane Feinstein, Bernie Sanders… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Tina Smith have sent a letter to Abigail Johnson, CEO of Fidelity Investments, taking her to task for allowing investors to include Bitcoin in their retirement accounts. Late last month, Fidelity announced the move claiming its workplace Digital Assets Account… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Senator Elizabeth Warren, along with several other Democrat Senators, introduced legislation that is designed to crack down on Russian “Elites” or oligarchs, who may utilize crypto to evade the economic sanctions that have been applied by many countries around the world. The Digital Asset… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 7:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

There has been a fair amount of discussion regarding Russia using crypto to evade sanctions. First, crypto as a market is simply too small to be an effective tool for the Russian government to utilize it to mitigate the full impact of the economic blockade…. Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 7:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, several Senate and House Democrats sent a letter to established crypto miners.  The letter queried miners on the negative impact on the climate due to high energy usage caused by mining crypto, like Bitcoin. The letter was signed by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following the House Financial Services Committee hearing on cryptocurrency last week, the Senate Banking Committee held a related hearing to discuss the stablecoin market. Entitled Stablecoins: How Do They Work, How Are They Used, and What Are Their Risks?, the Senate Banking Committee had a single… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Buy now, pay later, services may be receiving more scrutiny if several Senate Democrats have their way. Yesterday, Senators Jack Reed, Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, Tina Smith, and Jon Ossoff, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging Director… Read More

November 22, 2021 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Jerome Powell has been renominated by President Joe Biden to continue on as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Lael Brainard was selected to serve as Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. In recent days there has been much… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 7:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Saule Omarova testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee today and the challenging questions did not just come from Republican members as several Democrats queried the aspiring bank regulator with difficult queries as well. Omarova, a Cornell Law professor born in the former… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler marched up to Capitol Hill yesterday to testify in front of the Senate Banking Committee in a hearing entitled “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission”.  Gensler outlined his ambitions at the SEC in his prepared remarks. While Gensler received… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Uniswap is under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a report by Reuters. Uniswap is a DeFi leader and is said to be the largest decentralized digital asset exchange in operation. The Uniswap protocol facilitates crypto trading by utilizing smart… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The enforcement drums are pounding at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when it comes to digital assets. At the top of the list are trading platforms that may be skirting established securities laws, especially when the Commission believes they are enabling the buying and… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

In a recent round of correspondences launched by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a noted crypto skeptic, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler responded with a request for additional authority to regulate digital asset exchanges. Gensler said that legislative priority should center on crypto trading, lending and DeFi platforms…. Read More

July 28, 2021 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, has called on the Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to reign in cryptocurrency – now. In a letter sent to Yellen, Senator Warren told the Secretary to use the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 12:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing today on cryptocurrency aptly titled Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for? And as one may anticipate, the questions and support of digital asset innovation largely fell along party lines. For the witnesses, there were representatives from Coin Center, Filecoin,… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, has sent a letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler telling the securities regulator that crypto exchanges may be undermining the SEC’s mission of basic investor protections. Gensler, for his part, has publicly worried that crypto… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a prominent progressive and member of the Senate Banking Committee, doesn’t like Bitcoin it appears. According to a report in Yahoo, Senator Warren took umbrage at the amount of energy Bitcoin consumes in completing transactions. “I also think with bitcoin, and with… Read More

February 18, 2021 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

As the House Financial Services Committee prepares for its first of three hearings to investigate the Robinhood/GameStop/Reddit odyssey additional information continues to be distributed. Yesterday, Senator Elizabeth Warren, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, posted a comment regarding a letter she sent to Robinhood… Read More

February 1, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Elizabeth Warren has sent a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission demanding answers to several questions regarding the heightened volatility pertaining to the recent short-squeezes ostensibly created by Redditors focusing on hedge funds with heavy short positions. Senator Warren said the price… Read More