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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The SEC's investigation into the crypto trading firm, which paid fines of $300,000 in July, apparently continues.

It looks like the SEC isn't done with trading app Abra just yet

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2020-10-01T20:26:41+01:00

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The IRS has named the winners of its bounty program to track transactions on privacy tokens and layer-2 protocols.

Chainalysis and Texas firm win million-dollar IRS contract to crack Monero

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2020-09-30T16:44:00+01:00

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Despite skepticism about loosening regulations on loans, the Fintech Task Force couldn't stop talking about crypto as a way of upgrading payments in the U.S.

Congress weighs crypto payments and fintech lending in hearing today

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2020-09-29T21:49:00+01:00

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Bills from the Energy and Commerce Committee are making their way to the Senate following votes this afternoon.

Blockchain legislation passes the House, heads for Senate

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2020-09-29T21:14:30+01:00

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Interview

Congressman Conaway sheds some light on new legislation in conversation with Cointelegraph.

House Ag Committee leader talks new bills to treat more cryptos like commodities

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2020-09-28T19:15:02+01:00

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The CFTC is looking to make an unregistered foreign platform pay back U.S. investors in its crypto futures, suggesting expanding jurisdictions.

CFTC charges crypto futures trading platform for failure to register in the US

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2020-09-28T15:40:26+01:00

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Newsletter

Maybe one day, drawing distinctions between crypto and traditional finance will seem quaint.

Law Decoded: Transformations in crypto exchanges and traditional institutions, Sept. 18-25

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2020-09-25T19:47:59+01:00

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A big day for crypto legislation in the United States.

Congress sees two new bills looking to chart CFTC and SEC regulatory turf in crypto

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2020-09-24T18:37:40+01:00

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