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Goldman Sachs Small Businesses: 63% Give Federal Government a C or Below

As President Joe Biden prepares to deliver the State of the Union Address when he expected to tout the successes of Bidenomics,” the reality may be slightly different according to a recent survey the federal government is failing when it comes to supporting smaller firms…. Read More

House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Federal Banking Proposals

The Financial Institutions & Monetary Policy Subcommittee, part of the House Financial Services Committee, has scheduled a hearing on banking regulation. The hearing is entitled Rules Without Analysis: Federal Banking Proposals Under the Biden Administration. While there is no information regarding the specifics of the… Read More

Competitive Enterprise Institute Slams Biden Administration Push to Tax Digital Asset Energy Usage in Crypto Mining

The Biden Administration has not been known for embracing Fintech innovation and, in the past couple of years, has become more hostile towards digital assets in general. One aspect the Biden Administration is pursuing that may undermine crypto is the digital asset mining energy excise… Read More

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Says Biden Administration Fails to Support Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) says the Biden Administration is falling short in its support of small businesses and entrepreneurs.  The group says Biden’s policies receive a failing grade from business owners. Meanwhile, a “self-generated report” by the Administration that gives itself… Read More

Biden Vetoes ESG Bill that Garnered Bipartisan Support

President Joe Biden executed the first veto of his administration, axing a bill that garnered bipartisan support in making its way to the President’s desk. Biden tweeted out his action while blaming “Maga House Republicans.” Peter Schiff, a well-known investor and advisor summarized the President’s… Read More

Pryor Cashman Partner Calls US Federal Regulators Statement on Crypto and Banking a Reversal of Administration’s Digital Asset Policy

This past week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a joint statement cautioning banks on their activities that involve digital assets (crypto). The joint statement… Read More

President Biden Says Surprise Overdraft Fees are IllegaI

President Joe Biden issued a statement today declaring “junk fees” wrong and illegal. In what may be an electioneering move, the President declared: “… my administration is also making clear: Surprise overdraft fees are illegal.  Listen to how those fees work.  And some of —… Read More

White House Posts Framework for Development of Digital Assets: Protect Investors but Promote Responsible Innovation

After months of behind-the-scenes discussion, the White House revealed its “Fact Sheet” on the responsible development of digital assets or crypto-assets. The Executive Order issued by the White House last March sought to outline the administration’s approach, is now being expanded to be utilized as… Read More

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council President Karen Kerrigan on State of the Economy: “Washington needs to stop fueling instability and uncertainty”

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has long championed entrepreneurship in Washington, DC. Founded in 1994, the SBE Council claims over 100,000 members. Its mission is to educate and advocate on behalf of these smaller firms – which typically do not have the… Read More

US Department of Treasury Issues Request for Comments on Digital Assets

The US Department of Treasury has issued a request for comments pertaining to the risks and opportunities affiliated with digital assets or crypto. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, Nellie Liang issued the following statement on the request: “For consumers, digital assets may present… Read More

Commissioner Hester Peirce Questions Why SEC is Leading with Crypto Enforcement

Last week it was reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was doubling the size of its crypto enforcement team. The SEC also revealed that it had rebranded its Cyber Unit to the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit to reflect its additional focus on… Read More

Michael Barr, a Former Ripple Advisor, Nominated as Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve

Former Ripple advisor, Michael Barr has been nominated by President Joe Bident to become the Vice-Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve. The selection was announced by the White House earlier today. According to the administration, Barr is currently the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean… Read More

President Biden Nominates Mark Uyeda and Jaime Lizárraga as SEC Commissioners

The White House has finally selected two individuals to become Commissioners at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). President Joe Biden has selected: Jaime Lizárraga Mark Uyeda According to the White House, Jaime Lizárraga is currently a Senior Advisor to Speaker of the House Nancy… Read More

Digital Asset Manager CoinShares Comments on Global Crypto Regulatory Updates

Townsend Lansing, Head of Product at CoinShares and Nick du Cros, the Head of Compliance and Regulatory affairs at CoinShares, have noted that there appears to have been “quite a bit of confusion” in the digital assets community recently regarding the proposals in the EU… Read More

White House Report: Executive Order on Crypto Regulation Expected this Week

Multiple reports are claiming that the White House will issue an Executive Order on cryptocurrency at some point this week. The news follows days of concern from some policymakers that Russia and its elites may leverage crypto to evade the growing list of economic sanctions…. Read More

Russia Hit with Economic Sanctions, More to Follow, But Will it Be Enough to Halt Putin’s War [u]

  As Russian President Vladimir Putin shocked the world with his horrific invasion of Ukraine, many nations enacted economic sanctions to punish the rogue country as Europe entered a state of war. Following Putin’s effective annexation of Donetsk and Luhansk (Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics… Read More

President Biden Pulls Nomination of Saule Omarova to be Head of OCC

President Joe Biden has withdrawn the nomination of Saule Omarova to become the Comptroller of the Currency, according to a statement by the Whitehouse. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is an independent bureau under the US Department of Treasury and the lead… Read More

Joe Biden’s Radical Selection to Head the OCC Appears to be Doomed as Multiple Democrats Will Not Support Nominee

The confirmation of Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s selection to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) – the top bank regulator, appears to be doomed as multiple Democrat Senators have expressed to the Whitehouse they will not support the nominee. Omarova,… Read More

Don’t Panic: Recent Bitcoin Price Movement Boring Part of Longer Bull: Analyst

While there is plenty of speculation as to why Bitcoin’s recent sideways movement has been happening, it is most likely a simple break in a continued bull market, Genesis head of market insights Noelle Acheson said in a research note this week. With the recent… Read More

Jerome Powell Re-Nominated as Chair of Federal Reserve

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

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