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“Blockchain” Lobbying in Washington Almost Tripled in 2018, One Lobbyist Paid Partly in Crypto

March 19, 2019 @ 6:45 pm By Cali Haan |

Disclosure filings show that the number of lobbyists promoting “blockchain technology” on K Street, Washington DC’s “lobbying row,” tripled in 2018, Politico reports. As well, Business Standard has reported that one lobbying firm, the Klein/Johnson group, is being partly paid in Ripple crypto coins. According… Read More

FTC Tells Consumers to be Wary of Crypto Scams: $3 Billion Will Be Lost by End of Year

June 28, 2018 @ 11:06 am By Cali Haan |

The Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Protection Bureau, Andrew Smith, says investors lost $532 million to crypto scams in the first two months of this year, and will lose $3 billion by the end of it, Coindesk reports. Smith was speaking at a… Read More