Kollen Post

Kollen Post is Cointelegraph's policy editor. He specializes in mapping the intersections of regulation, law and blockchain, especially as they cross national borders. Outside of crypto, he likes languages, rock climbing and bad horror movies.

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News

Challenges to internet freedom are threats to grassroots protests, panelists agreed.

Snowden and human rights advocates talk internet surveillance in the era of BLM

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2020-12-11T19:42:15+00:00

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News

Major figure in Justice Department's cyber work is out from the policy office, but no word on where she's heading next.

Architect of DoJ's crypto framework will no longer be leading their policy-making

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2020-12-11T17:57:37+00:00

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News

Over the course of his 18-month term, Tarbert has been a consistent advocate for principles-based regulation of crypto.

CFTC Chairman Tarbert announces resignation, confirms that Ether is a commodity

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2020-12-10T15:55:18+00:00

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Congressman Davidson, in particular, sees potential Treasury action as a bad idea for everybody involved.

Congresspeople tell Treasury to back off of rumored self-hosted wallet ban

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2020-12-09T23:03:34+00:00

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News

Several members of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus are calling for more clarity on broker-dealer rules from the U.S. securities regulator.

Congresspeople ask SEC to verify who can custody security tokens

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2020-12-09T20:13:13+00:00

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News

2020 has apparently been the year of privacy wallets, as more exchanges onboard KYC requirements.

Illegal Bitcoin use is down, but privacy wallet laundering is up, says analytics firm

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2020-12-09T17:27:22+00:00

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News

The SEC subpoenas the former owner's bank accounts to find out what happened to investments into Crypto Traders Management.

Crypto trader and accused Ponzi scheme is now fighting the SEC and jilted investors

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2020-12-08T18:50:08+00:00

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News

The new Bitcoin Clean Energy Investment Initiative will aim to make mining more eco-friendly.

Jack Dorsey’s Square commits $10M to green energy for Bitcoin mining

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2020-12-08T14:33:23+00:00

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