• Sen. Kelly Loeffler has been in office three days and she still hasn't set up a press page. Doesn't she know that the most dangerous place in Washington is supposed to be between a member of Congress and a camera? (via @GovKemp)
    Sen. Kelly Loeffler has been in office three days and still hasn't set up a press page. Doesn't she know that the most dangerous place in Washington is supposed to be between a member of Congress and a camera? (via @GovKemp)
    People,  Politics

    This is Awkward: Bakkt’s former CEO joins Senate committee overseeing CFTC

    Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who used to run bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt was just appointed to a committee that oversees the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. What’s she gonna do?

    January 8, 2020 /

    Former Bakkt CEO and current Senator Kelly Loeffler's membership on the committee overseeing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission presents a potential conflict of interest, but also gives the cryptocurrency industry a knowledgeable and friendly seat at the table.

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  • The Capitol's in for stormy weather if Bakkt CEO Kelly Loefflin to the Senate over the President's wishes (via Max Pixel).
    The Capitol's in for stormy weather if Bakkt CEO Kelly Loefflin is appointed to the Senate over the President's wishes (via Max Pixel).
    People,  Politics

    Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler heading to Senate

    Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will appoint the Republican, who heads up the cryptocurrency futures exchange.

    December 2, 2019 /

    Kelly Loeffler, the CEO of the Bakkt cryptocurrency futures platform, is heading to the U.S. Senate, according to press reports. Loeffler's appointment to replace Sen. Johnny Isakson will give the cryptocurrency industry a strong voice in Congress, if it goes through over President Trump's wishes

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  • LedgerX CEO Paul Chou could learn a thing or two from George Carlin (via LedgerX).
    LedgerX CEO Paul Chou could learn a thing or two from George Carlin (via LedgerX).
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    LedgerX spokesperson quits after CEO’s profanity-laced tirade against federal regulators

    RGPR’s Ryan Gormley dropped LedgerX after Paul Chou lashed out at the CFTC on Twitter

    August 1, 2019 /

    An hour after Chou accused the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulator of acting in bad faith and being in the pocket of one of the largest companies it oversees, RGPR agency founder Ryan Gormley took to twitter with a message of his own.

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    The Nasdaq is an electronic marketplace. When reporters go on TV and say, "We're live at the NASDAQ!" they are really at a studio set up in Times Square. This is the studio. It's much better than looking at just a bunch of wires (photo by Luis Villa del Campo, via Wikimedia Commons).
    Bitcoin,  Innovators,  United States

    NASDAQ jumps on the cryptocurrency futures train

    The world’s second largest exchange will launch Bitcoin futures in 2019

    December 4, 2018 /

    The NASDAQ stock exchange will launch Bitcoin futures trading early next year, a spokesperson confirmed to Britain’s Daily Express on Monday. The world’s No. 2 stock exchange is awaiting approval from the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), NASDAQ’s Joseph Christinat told the British tabloid, adding that NASDAQ is confident it will receive approval and begin trading in the first half of 2019. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Cboe Futures Exchange began futures trading in late 2017. These trades are settled in cash rather than in Bitcoin. With the confirmation of the long-rumored news, NASDAQ joins Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), which has…

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