Tagged: us department of the treasury

January 24, 2026 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Trump Accounts is a new approach to educating and incentivizing savings among youth. The tax-advantaged investment accounts were part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), providing a $1,000 US Treasury deposit for eligible children born between 2025 and 2028. Effectively launching on… Read More

November 13, 2025 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

In comments delivered today at the Treasury Market Conference, held at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speculated about the looming growth of the stablecoin market. “Payment Stablecoins,” as defined under the GENIUS Act, are expected to boost… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of the Treasury and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) have jointly taken action to address a pig butchering operation in Cambodia. The online affinity scams frequently utilize crypto to steal funds from their targets. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets… Read More

February 3, 2025 @ 1:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent is picking up another leadership role as President Donald Trump named Bessent Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). As Bessent steps in, Rohit Chopra, the Director under the Biden Administration, is now without a job. Bessent… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 5:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Scott Bessant, incoming President Donald Trump’s selection to become the Secretary of the Treasury, is not supportive of a CBDC or central bank digital currency. A graduate of Yale, Bessent is a hedge fund manager who worked for George Soros at one time, but today,… Read More

April 2, 2024 @ 7:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report released by the US Treasury has called on banking institutions to enhance their risk management controls/frameworks so that they can avoid being overwhelmed by AI-powered fraudsters and malicious cybercriminals. The research report, which is reportedly the end result of an executive order… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 3, 2023, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova for using cryptocurrency “to launder money on behalf of Russian elites, ransomware groups, and other bad actors.” Chainalysis has examined the three Bitcoin… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

The Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen has provided responses to questions put forth by Senator Pat Toomey – the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. The questions are in follow-up to a recent hearing at the Committee. Yellen, along with Fed Chairman Jerome… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 9:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury hosted the U.S. Financial Sector Innovation Policy Roundtable the past two days. Policymakers and regulators, as well as members of the private sector, participated in the meeting to discuss policy issues surrounding Fintech and innovation “fostering economic recovery, competitiveness, and financial… Read More