House Financial Services Chair Drives 2024 Crypto Legislation Amid SEC's Battle with Binance
Representative Patrick McHenry has outlined his legislative agenda for 2024, emphasizing a focus on crypto legislation. This includes plans to revamp the digital asset powers of regulatory bodies like the SEC and CFTC, while also proposing a legal pathway for stablecoins. Simultaneously, the SEC is asserting that Binance's recent $4.3 billion settlement strengthens its case against the exchange. Despite Binance's request for dismissal, the SEC is resistant, insisting that the legal action should proceed.?
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House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry Prioritizes Crypto Legislation in 2024 Agenda
In an interview with Politico, House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) outlined his legislative agenda for 2024. He highlighted crypto legislation as his top priority, including bills to revamp the digital asset powers of the SEC and CFTC, as well as a new legal pathway for stablecoins. McHenry also called the Treasury Department’s recommendations to bolster crypto anti-money laundering rules “problematic,” but said he was open to conversations in Congress on the issue.
SEC Cites Binance's $4.3 Billion Settlement to Strengthen Case
The SEC is arguing that Binance’s recent $4.3 billion settlement with the Justice Department and other US authorities bolsters its own case against the exchange, and that the case should advance despite the settlement and Binance’s request that the lawsuit be dismissed.
US District Judge Sets Deadline for SEC Response in Debt Box Case
Chief US District Judge Robert Shelby gave the SEC until December 21 to respond to an order to show cause as to why the agency should not be sanctioned for allegedly misrepresenting key facts to obtain emergency measures against Debt Box.
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