Senator Warren | Crypto

After Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's claimed that the Comptroller may have violated US banking laws by approving crypto companies’ charters, The Digital Chamber urged the regulator to defend the applications. Update (May 26 at 9:30 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include statements from The Digital Chamber. The Digital Chamber, a cryptocurrency advocacy group that has been closely involved in negotiations with US lawmakers over digital asset-related legislation, questioned three-term Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s understanding of banking laws as applied to crypto companies. In a Tuesday letter to the US Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Jonathan Gould, Digital Chamber CEO Cody Carbone challenged many of the claims in the Massachusetts lawmaker’s May 18 letter. In that letter, Warren said that the OCC may have violated the National Bank Act by approving national trust charters for nine crypto companies “that intend to engage in activities that appear to go far beyond the narrow s...

The Massachusetts lawmaker asked the US Comptroller of the Currency to provide all communications between the agency and Donald Trump potentially related to the charter approvals. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren accused the US Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Jonathan Gould of violating banking laws by approving national trust charters for cryptocurrency companies. In a Monday letter to Gould, Warren said the OCC head had “approved at least nine national trust charters for crypto companies that intend to engage in activities that appear to go far beyond the narrow set of activities permitted by law,” an apparent violation of the National Bank Act. Source: US Senate Banking Committee Read more

A letter to the influencer and the CEO of his holding company expressed concerns about whether the two will allow minors to trade crypto through a recently acquired banking app. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has raised concerns about whether YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, better known as “MrBeast,” intends to market cryptocurrency to teenagers and young adults following his purchase of a mobile banking app. In a Monday letter to Donaldson, Warren questioned whether the online influencer planned to use his company’s acquisition of the mobile banking app Step to push crypto transactions and purchases on young people. Donaldson, a YouTuber who grew an online following due in part to his stunts and financial giveaways, founded his holding company, Beast Industries, in 2012 with the launch of his channel.  In February, the company acquired Step, with a reported seven million-person user base. At the time, Donaldson said the purchase was aimed at “giv[ing] millions of young people the financial foundation I nev...