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Financial Technology Association: Senators Hagerty and Cruz Introduce the Protecting Innovation in Investment Act to Support Consumer Access to Fintech

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) has issued a statement on the Protecting Innovation in Investment Act. The FTA supports the legislation, explaining that it will support consumers ability to benefit from wealth-building services by blocking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from undermining tech advancement… Read More

Perspective: Crypto Should Divorce From the Progressive Movement

Progressives should love cryptocurrency, the latest innovation that brings power to the people. Turns out, they don’t. Perhaps surprisingly, it is precisely because crypto circumvents the corporate, permissioned, speech-controlled online world that angers progressives. Crypto threatens to nix not just the corporation but also the… Read More

As Criticism of Robinhood Rises, Investment Platform Says it Will Allow “Limited” Buys of Volatile Securities Like GameStop

Robinhood is retreating a bit in its decision to curtail trading in shares of GameStop and other securities like AMC Entertainment that have been the focus of traders communicating on Reddit. The investment Fintech has just announced it will allow limited buys in these volatile… Read More

Republicans Introduce Bill to Escalate Sanctions Against Iran, Including Country’s Proposed National Cryptocurrency

Republican Senator for Texas Ted Cruz and Congressman Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Wisconsin, introduced a new bill into the American Senate and House Thursday, a bill designed to “impose maximum financial pressure on Iran. The “Blocking Iranian Illicit Finance Act” (H.R.7321) was also co-sponsored… Read More