This Week on Crypto Twitter: XRP Scores Courtroom Victory Against SEC, Cryptoverse Explodes

The universe gave crypto fans a lot to chew on this week. Some of it good, some of it outrageous, and all of it highly entertaining.

• 2023-07-17
• securities laws blockchain wallet Twitter Eleanor Terrett the SEC Ritchie Torres XRP Arkham CEO Miguel Morel Cynthia Lummis

A Second Round of the Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill Elevates CFTC, Defines DeFi

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would take a back seat in a crypto oversight bill being re-launched by Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), which would require that crypto exchanges be overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and all stablecoin issuers be regulated depository institutions.

• 2023-07-12
• Kirsten Gillibrand Cynthia Lummis Senate Banking Committee CFTC U.S. Senate

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says COVID Protests Led Him to Bitcoin

RFK Jr. is deep down the Bitcoin rabbit hole—and it was the vaccine-mandate protests in Canada that got him started down the path.

• 2023-05-20
• freedom of expression Robert F. Kennedy Jr Cynthia Lummis Bitcoin Democratic presidential candidate