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 latest from the Treasury's most crypto-forward office says that national banks don't have to fear stablecoin nodes.

OCC greenlights national banks to run nodes and stablecoin networks

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2021-01-04T23:37:00+00:00

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It looks like crypto stakeholders turned out in force, despite the Treasury's best efforts to evade scrutiny.

With 6 hours left, Treasury logs almost 6000 comments on crypto monitoring proposal

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2021-01-04T23:00:00+00:00

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With the declared intent of reducing risk, the moves look to cut new investors off from opportunities to get out of the ruble.

Russia's Central Bank tries to stem the tide of rubles leaving bank accounts

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2021-01-04T21:51:08+00:00

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XRP investors don't want to have their holdings lumped in with Ripple's.

XRP holders ask court to stop the SEC from calling their holdings securities

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2021-01-04T15:21:40+00:00

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As many in the crypto industry have said, 15 days over the holidays is just not enough time to respond.

Congresspeople chastise the Treasury for rushing new crypto monitoring proposal

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2021-01-01T15:05:24+00:00

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The settlement repeats the Treasury's message that crypto companies will need to know their customers.

BitGo settles with US Treasury over sanctions violations in Iran, Syria and Cuba

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2020-12-30T20:26:06+00:00

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Japanese firm GMO will now be able to offer Yen- and dollar-pegged stablecoins to the public in New York.

New York authorizes first Yen stablecoin operator in the US

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2020-12-29T15:39:07+00:00

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The President's Working Group has not said anything revolutionary, but does establish some new clarity.

US federal regulators set new expectations for stablecoin issuers

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2020-12-23T21:59:00+00:00

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