Senators voted along party lines to support a blueprint for President Joe Biden's agenda.
Uncle Sam is now selling litecoins it obtained for tax nonpayment.
The GSA's next BTC auction could fetch more than $300K, generating even more excitement among cryptocurrency investors.
The General Services Administration has been auctioning bitcoin since 2014, when the FBI shut down the Silk Road black market.
Witnesses will likely suggest giving FinCEN better tools to watch for illicit financing methods.
The hearing will assess various means of terrorist financing including cryptocurrencies and other funding mechanisms amid the backdrop of what occurred on Jan. 6.
The move follows the latest sanction from the Trump administration.
Joe Biden’s picks to head key regulatory agencies could redefine cryptocurrency policy in the coming years. Exactly how remains an open question.
The seizure on Tuesday, tied to the Silk Road marketplace, is reported to be the largest the U.S. has ever done.
The cryptocurrency industry did not get heavily engaged in this year’s election, either via donations or lobbying.
William Hinman, the director of the SEC’s division of corporation finance, is planning to leave the agency later this year.
Two U.S. Democrats have asked the White House to provide more information on recent seizures of cryptocurrency from terrorist groups, including ISIS.
An agency attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it expects blockchain will play an important role in the sector's supply chains.
The U.S. Marshals Service is on the hunt for a contractor to help it store and auction cryptocurrency it seizes in operations against criminals.
The head of Venezuela's state-backed petro cryptocurrency has been added to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Most Wanted list.