Gary Gensler, a Washington and Wall Street veteran who has closely studied the budding cryptocurrency field, will lead the financial policy transition team for projected U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. A former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),...
The 2020 U.S. presidential election will shape crypto policy for the next four years – even if no one’s actually pitching crypto-specific positions. While presidential candidates aren’t campaigning on their blockchain savvy – and indeed, have barely mentioned cryptocurrency...
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted last year he isn’t a huge fan of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. They’re “not money,” he wrote in July, saying their value is “highly volatile and based on thin air.” Now, crypto traders outside...
This could be the first time the Lightning Network, a bitcoin scaling solution, officially impacts the U.S. presidential election. Roughly a dozen bitcoiners who support Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang launched a crypto-friendly super PAC on Thursday, Humanity Forward...
Rep. Eric Swalwell is accepting donations in cryptocurrencies to support his bid for the U.S. presidency in 2020. Announced Thursday by blockchain firm The White Company, which is providing the tech for the crypto donations, Swalwell will accept six...
Andrew Yang, one of a number of candidates looking to take on U.S. president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, has released a new policy statement for crypto-assets. In the statement, Yang — who is currently vying for...