'Obscure' laws stall Bitcoin reserve: White House Crypto Council director
The bill is still a "priority," White House Crypto Council Director Patrick Witt said, but interagency legalities remain a challenge....
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The bill is still a "priority," White House Crypto Council Director Patrick Witt said, but interagency legalities remain a challenge....
Selling the Bitcoin would have violated President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14233, which mandates that any Bitcoin obtained through criminal or civil forfeiture “shall not be sold.”...
It comes as divisions deepen within the crypto industry over whether to accept imperfect legislation now or risk tougher rules later....
Advocates for the incarcerated Samourai Wallet developers have argued that the DOJ liquidated the Bitcoin funds against the president’s wishes....
Coinbase withdrew support for the CLARITY Act, warning the draft would restrict DeFi, ban tokenized equities and eliminate stablecoin rewards....
House Democrats have accused the SEC of selectively enforcing laws against crypto firms, while spotlighting Tron founder Justin Sun....
Three House Democrats warned that leaving the SEC's case against the Tron founder unresolved could ”undermine investors’ confidence” in the financial regulator....
The endorsement comes as tensions brew between the White House and Coinbase over whether the bill should be passed in its current form....
Scheduled for release from a halfway house on Wednesday, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison will have served 440 days in federal custody....
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. | Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty...
Crypto majors are mostly flat headed into Monday open; btc even at $90,600; eth +1% at $3,110, sol +2% at $140; xrp -2% to $2.04. Ip (+20%) and xmr (+15%) led top movers; xmr hit a new ath at $590. Fe...
FTX exec Caroline Ellison has been released from prison. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Caroline Ellison, the exec involved in the FTX scandal, has been released from federal custody. The former Ala...