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Posted by | April 23, 2024
Blockchain Association and Texas-Based Group Sue SEC Over Rule That ‘Threatens American Industry and Innovation’

The Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (CFAT) is teaming up with the Blockchain Association (BA) to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to a...

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Posted by | April 23, 2024
Blockchain Association and crypto activist group sue SEC over ‘Dealer Rule’

The Blockchain Association and a Texas-based crypto activist group are suing the SEC over its controversial “Dealer Rule” expansion, arguing it threatens the digital asset industry and innovation.

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Posted by | April 23, 2024
Crypto Lobbyists Sue SEC Over ‘Dealer’ Definition

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule expanding the definition of a "dealer" to capture digital assets activity has gone too far, a lawsuit by the Blockchain Association and Crypto...

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Posted by | April 8, 2024
Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief in Support of Tornado Cash Developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov

The Blockchain Association, a prominent crypto advocacy group, is showing support for the two developers of mixing service Tornado Cash in their legal battle against the United States. Last year,...

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Posted by | February 15, 2024
Blockchain Group Declares ‘War’ – US Senator’s Anti-Crypto Bill Endangers National Security

The simmering tension between the crypto industry and US regulators boils over as the Blockchain Association, a powerful industry trade group, launches a fresh salvo against Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Digital...

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Posted by | January 9, 2024
Blockchain Association Responds to Elizabeth Warren, Says Crypto Can Disrupt ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks

Crypto advocacy group Blockchain Association has responded to a letter from Elizabeth Warren that the Senator wrote to the group in December, alleging that the digital assets industry was trying...

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Posted by | November 20, 2023
Blockchain Association files support in suit to lift Tornado Cash sanctions

The crypto advocacy group said OFAC must act within its statutory authority by sanctioning bad actors, not open-source software tools. 281 Total views 29 Total shares The Blockchain Association has...

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Posted by | November 15, 2023
Congress Gets the Runaround From Regulators, Again

This op-ed is part of CoinDesk’s Tax Week, presented by TaxBit. Kristin Smith is CEO of Blockchain Association. Miller Whitehouse-Levine is CEO of the DeFi Education Fund. The long-running scramble...

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Posted by | November 14, 2023
What the IRS Gets Wrong About DeFi and Crypto in Its Latest Tax Reporting Proposal

This op-ed is part of CoinDesk’s Tax Week, presented by TaxBit. The following is edited testimony of Blockchain Association senior counsel Marisa Coppel during a hearing on the proposed broker...

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Posted by | September 13, 2023
3 Big Drivers Determining the Future of Crypto in the U.S.

When we founded Blockchain Association five years ago it was an open question whether or not the digital assets industry could make effective use of a trade association to argue...

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