U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), members of the Senate Finance Committee, led a bipartisan group urging Senate leadership to expand the Research & Development (R&D) tax credit an...
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U.S. Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), along with U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), are asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the methods that both domest...
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Tilray Brands, a cannabis company, announced a partnership with HEXO Corp. – a deal that would bring together Canada’s top two cannabis market share leaders. Under the deal, Tilray Brands would...
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The Blockchain Association, an organization dedicated to improving crypto network public policy environments, said its membership has grown to 80 members. Officials recently acknowledged the additi...
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U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced legislation that would require federal regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutio...
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The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) Cybersecurity and Payments Committee recently convened to review the Federal Reserve’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) discu...
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U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Ranking Member of the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets Subcommittee, said he had introduced legislation that would stop American financial inst...
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The Pennsylvania Democratic Policy Committee met on March 1 to examine the impacts of cannabis criminalization in that state, including the downstream effect on families and what legislators should co...
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U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Jack Reed (D-RI) forwarded correspondence to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding cryptocurrency industry progres...
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A group of senators introduced legislation to provide guidance and a federal standard for contracts with interest rates based on the London-Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) benchmark, which will expire...
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Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee introduced legislation that seeks to further isolate Russia from the international financial system in response to Russiaʻs invasion of Uk...
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U.S. Reps. Juan Vargas (D-CA) and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) recently joined 15 colleagues in introducing a measure that seeks to update the Federal Credit Union Act. Vargas and Gonzalez spearheaded t...
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A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that would streamline how consumers consent to receive electronic documents such as bank statements, account information, and contracts. The Electronic Sig...
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The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) has issued a brief outlining the regulatory environment surrounding digital assets’ integration into the broader economy. The N...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued national risk assessments (NRAs) outlining the most significant illicit finance threats, vulnerabilities, and risks facing the United States. Specifical...
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A group of more than 20 criminal justice, civil rights, drug policy, labor, and advocacy organizations are urging Congress to vote on marijuana reform legislation. The groups, which included the A...
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State Sen. Joshua Miller (D-Dist. 28) and State Rep. Scott A. Slater (D-Dist. 10) recently introduced legislation that would legalize, regulate and tax recreational cannabis sales. The legislation ...
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A group of lawmakers is urging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to prevent member countries from facilitating exchanges of Russia’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). The IMF created the SDR as...
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group has initiated Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether futures launch options, noting the proposed March 28 action is pending regulatory review. "We have worked closely with...
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U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation that would ban Internal Revenue Service (IRS) use of biometric recognition technology. The No Facial Recognition at the IR...
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