The U.S. Senate has been rocked by the sudden collapse of a long-awaited, bipartisan crypto bill. This retraction resulted from a web of interconnected forces. Worries over the Trump family’s increasing engagement in the cryptocurrency world are escalating. Meanwhile, Democrats have legitimate concerns about corruption and the threat of economic...
JD Vance, current sitting Vice President, at Bitcoin 2025. On the surface, it's mainstream adoption. A signal that Washington is getting serious about crypto at last. If you pull back the curtain just a bit, you’ll see plenty of blood spilling. Crimson, bordering on blood red.The Trump family’s submersion into...
All eyes should be on the increasing complexity of emerging cryptocurrency legislation. Former President Donald Trump’s recent venture into the digital asset space has certainly made waves. The recent demise of the GENIUS Act illustrates the complex intersection of politics and crypto. This bill would have established a regulatory framework...
U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), who was elected to the Senate this past January, recently disclosed his substantial early investments in bitcoin. This disclosure has the government ethics community up in arms. Yet McCormick’s investments aren’t just striking — they’re perfectly in line with his role on the Senate Banking...
Sen. Dave McCormick, a Republican from Pennsylvania, an key regulatory policy proposal. His Bitcoin investments aside, his influence on the trajectory of digital asset regulation have set off a firestorm of debate. Like fellow financial titan former CEO of Bridgewater Associates, McCormick now brings a wealth of financial expertise to...
The news is out: Senator Dave McCormick, a Republican from Pennsylvania and a key member of the Senate Banking Committee (and its Subcommittee on Digital Assets), has invested a significant chunk of change – somewhere between $505,000 and $1.1 million – in Bitcoin through the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF. Big deal,...
Like all things Trump loves to blow up, his unexpected crypto boom is blowing everything up. Under the friendly facade of “economic freedom” lurks a regulatory minefield, one that has the potential to blow up in the face of everyone in the industry. Above all else, we need to have...
The crypto world is buzzing. This is why Trump’s rhetoric, including the U.S. needing to be the world’s “crypto capital,” is music to their ears. Hold your horses – before we pop the bubbly, voters nationwide, it’s time to tap the brakes and bring a dose of reality to the...
Senator Dave McCormick's recent investment of nearly $1 million in Bitcoin, while simultaneously playing a key role in shaping digital asset regulation in the U.S. Congress, has ignited a fiery debate. Or is this a smart money investor seeing a value play? Or does it just uncover a serious conflict...
We all know that the SEC is blindfolded and groping in the dark when it comes to regulating crypto. Hester Peirce’s “floor is lava” analogy strikes too close to home. While regulators play catch-up, a much more immediate and potentially dangerous game is unfolding: Donald Trump's foray into the world...
