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Ripple Drops Another $25M Into Crypto PAC to Sway 2026 Congressional Races

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Ripple Drops Another $25M Into Crypto PAC to Sway 2026 Congressional Races Fairshake will have a whopping $103 million to spend on the next U.S. congressional election — so far — thanks to another $25 million just promised from Ripple Labs. This latest contribution puts the political action committee in a powerful position to repeat its successes from this year’s elections, in which dozens of its favored pro-crypto can…

Coindesk 821 2024-11-27

SEC’s Gensler Throws More Crypto Punches in Congressional Hearing

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SEC’s Gensler Throws More Crypto Punches in Congressional Hearing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler continued his combative stance against crypto “hucksters” in congressional testimony on Wednesday, declining to answer the industry’s most urgent questions while arguing that digital assets companies have been dangerously careless with customer assets.

Coindesk 1.1k 2023-11-08

Dueling CBDC Bills Heading for U.S. Digital Dollar Debate in Congressional Hearing

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Dueling CBDC Bills Heading for U.S. Digital Dollar Debate in Congressional Hearing The idea of a digital dollar in the U.S. is so egregious to Republican lawmakers that it’s become a presidential campaign talking point and the subject of multiple bills to strangle it before it takes a first breath. But Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) reintroduced a bill Thursday calling for the exact thing they’re trying to stop.

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