Tagged: bernie moreno

May 11, 2026 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the CLARITY Act appears to be on track for a markup hearing before the Senate Banking Committee this Thursday, banking industry representatives continue to complain about the stablecoin yield compromise recently hashed out by various policymakers. In a joint statement last week, banking associations and… Read More

April 23, 2026 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto market infrastructure legislation continues to meander through the US Senate as stakeholders struggle to reach an agreement on the bill’s final language. The Clarity Act, which passed the House last year, has struggled to gain traction in the Senate, as the legacy banking industry… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong joined Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno on CNBC today, as both appeared at the World Liberty Forum at Mar-a-Lago. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is the first crypto exchange to go public and one of the largest marketplaces of its kind. Moreno, at one point, was… Read More

July 23, 2025 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

A group of Republican Senators has submitted a discussion draft for digital asset market structure legislation. This follows the signing into law of the GENIUS Act, stablecoin legislation, and the approval in the House of Representatives of the CLARITY Act, a similar market structure legislation…. Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto money is pouring into the state of Ohio to defeat Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown. Seen as a winnable seat by Republicans, Senator Brown is currently the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and widely known as someone who is anti-crypto and against Fintech in… Read More

May 10, 2024 @ 5:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act is taking another step forward in a process to provide new rules to oversee the emerging digital asset ecosystem. The House Rules Committee has agreed to a floor vote, which is expected to take place… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 6:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Vital Chain, a blockchain-based platform that digitizes birth and death certificates, has announced a partnership with the MetroHealth System. Vital Chain is majority-owned by Ownum. MetroHealth is a sizeable hospital group and public health system supported, in part, by public funds. Based in Cleveland, Ohio,… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cleveland, Ohio based Blockland Solutions may call it quits on a short series of conferences that took place in 2018 and 2019. The blockchain-focused events, organized in part by Destination Cleveland, launched at the tail end of the initial coin offering induced blockchain hype cycle…. Read More

April 17, 2019 @ 10:43 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Entrepreneurs and politicians in the American state of Ohio have embarked on several initiatives they hope will establish Ohio as a haven for businesses engaging with cryptocurrencies and cryptographic tokens. In December 2018, Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson and Florida Congressman Darren Soto introduced a bill into the… Read More