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Bakkt Launches Bitcoin Options in US, Futures in Asia

10.12.2019
Bakkt has launched two new regulated bitcoin derivatives products. Within hours of launch, Bakkt announced that over 1,000 futures contracts had been traded in Asia. The platform now offers four types of regulated bitcoin derivatives products: monthly and daily physically delivered bitcoin futures...

Bakkt Launches 1st Regulated BTC Options as CEO Enters US Senate

9.12.2019
ICE’s digital asset arm Bakkt launches the first regulated Bitcoin options and cash-settled futures

Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler Appointed to US Senate Seat

4.12.2019
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has appointed Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler to a U.S. Senate seat

Georgia Governor Appoints Bakkt CEO Loeffler as New US Senator

4.12.2019
It is unclear who will helm Bakkt after CEO Kelly Loeffler joins the U.S. Senate on Jan. 1

Bakkt CEO Will Be Asked to Fill Georgia Senate Seat in 2020: Report

29.11.2019
Crypto exchange Bakkt’s chief executive Kelly Loeffler has reportedly been picked by Governor Brian Kemp to serve in the U.S. Senate until the special election in November 2020. Loeffler will likely be asked next week to serve as the replacement of U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, who has announced...

FBI Director: Cryptocurrency Is ‘Significant Issue’ for Law Enforcement

8.11.2019
Christoper Wray said crypto is becoming a "bigger and bigger" issue for the agency in a Senate hearing with Mitt Romney

FBI Says Bitcoin Concern Is Getting ‘Bigger and Bigger’

7.11.2019
In a recent U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs hearing, Senator Mitt Romney expressed concerns about Bitcoin’s potential as a threat to national security. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray replied that cryptocurrency is a concern...

Why Central Banks Are Not Designed for Democracies

29.10.2019
Through their policies, central banks exert tremendous influence over the socio-economic conditions in a country and its business environment. Their decisions are so powerful that it’s obvious they are part of the government. But most people would be surprised to find out that central banks...

Libra US Congressional Hearing — Recap Before Zuckerberg Faces Senate

23.10.2019
Zuckerberg is finally about to testify before U.S. regulators — here is everything you should know ahead of the hearing

Coinbase CEO: Senate’s Pressure on Libra Association Is ‘Un-American’

14.10.2019
Coinbase CEO criticized U.S. senators for pressuring Stripe, Mastercard and Visa to leave Libra

Government Hates Crypto Because It Empowers the People, Not Because It’s Used for Crime

10.9.2019
A recent article from MIT Technology Review has leveraged a somewhat sensationalist headline to stir up fear about bitcoin and crypto. The article, written about a “hidden” government weapon to be deployed against Bitcoin, references September 3 senate subcommittee testimony...

Human-Trafficking Expert Urges US Congress to Regulate Crypto Miners

3.9.2019
A former U.S. Treasury official urged Congress to regulate cryptocurrency miners in order to fight human trafficking

Bitcoin History Part 15: Silk Road Is Born

18.8.2019
Silk Road launched in February 2011 as the darknet’s first bitcoin-based marketplace. Within four months, it would be the darknet’s most notorious site whose reputation extended all the way to the U.S. Senate. The origins of the drugs marketplace can be traced back further, however,...

Facebook Engages Former Aide of US Senate Banking Committee to Campaign for Its Cryptocurrency Libra Project

7.8.2019
Facebook has engaged Former Aide of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee to campaign for its new Libra cryptocurrency venture. The U.S. Senate’s ongoing hearings on cryptocurrency had a few representatives state that they are supportive of the U.S. driving in crypto and blockchain, while others...