Covering econ/financial policy in Washington for The Wall Street Journal. Previously in Mexico City, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. RTs ≠ endorsements.
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By: Paul Kiernan, Annie Linskey
The Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to assess telework in new workplace guidance
By: Paul Kiernan
House Republicans and industry groups say the SEC chair’s agenda shows regulatory overreach.
WASHINGTON—Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler defended his agency’s crackdown on cryptocurrency markets, saying that he had never seen an industry so routinely break securities laws. “I’ve been around finance for 40 years, in one way or the other,” Mr. Gensler said in a five-hour hearing Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee. “I’ve never seen a field that is so noncompliant with laws written by Congress and confirmed over and over again by the courts.”
Lawmakers are at odds over how to regulate stablecoins as the fallout from FTX’s collapse last year has left Democrats nervous about strengthening crypto’s ties to the broader financial system.
By: Paul Kiernan, Vicky Ge Huang
The company plans to launch a crypto-derivatives exchange in Bermuda in the coming weeks.
By: Vicky Ge Huang, Paul Kiernan
The market is a crowded one dominated by offshore players, including the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance
By: Paul Kiernan
Commissioners are set to vote on a final rule that would increase disclosure requirements.
President Biden’s pick for the Federal Reserve’s board has focused on the labor market and social policy.
Since taking office in 2021, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has repeatedly warned crypto exchanges that they’d be liable if they listed digital tokens that should have been registered as securities but were not. The [SEC’s lawsuit against Binance](https://www.wsj/articles
By: Paul Kiernan, Dave Michaels
Enforcement actions against crypto middlemen Binance and Coinbase could define the SEC chair’s legacy.
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