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The new crypto regulatory framework fixes one problem while worsening another.| Law & Liberty
The new crypto regulatory framework fixes one problem while worsening another.| Law & Liberty
This piece originally ran in The American Prospect. Read the original here. Arguably the most lucrative innovation to come out of Silicon Valley in the past decade and a half has been a willingness to break the law. The conscious decision to defy existing regulation—frequently by reference to “blitzscaling,” a strategy of rapidly expanding businesses promoted […] The post What Trump Learned From Silicon Valley appeared first on Revolving Door Project.| Revolving Door Project
Net Worth as of August 14, 2025: Cameron Winklevoss – $4.6 Billion (Forbes); Tyler Winklevoss – $4.6 Billion (Forbes) Image Credit: “File:The Winklevoss twins.jpg” by cellanr is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. The post Billionaires and the Trump Admin: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss appeared first on Revolving Door Project.| Revolving Door Project
The Spanish government has approved BBVA’s hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell but as I anticipated in an earlier Truth on the Market post, it did so while imposing stringent conditions. Both banks will be required to maintain separate legal identities, management, and operations for at least three years, potentially extendable to five. These conditions ... Merger Control or Political Tool? Lessons from Spain’s Attempt to Stall the Sabadell Merger The post Merger Control or Political ...| Truth on the Market
Interchange fees charged by payment networks have in recent years been one of the most heated and persistent battles in financial regulation. These fees—typically 1-3% of credit-card transaction value in the United States—are charges that banks impose on merchants for processing credit- and debit-card transactions. What started as an obscure technical detail has exploded into ... When Theoretical Rigor Misses Reality: Why Interchange-Fee Caps Won’t Benefit Consumers The post When Theore...| Truth on the Market
Delve into the growing gap between financial innovation and outdated regulations. Bryan Zhang outlines strategies for regulators to support sustainable digital finance.| Cambridge Judge Business School
Rather than moving to formally block Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s (BBVA) proposed acquisition of Banco Sabadell, the Spanish government is signaling that it is prepared to attach such a broad set of conditions—justified in vague terms as serving the “public interest”—that the deal would likely collapse under its own weight. It’s a kind of regulatory ... How Spain Is Politely Killing a Bank Merger| Truth on the Market
At a time when far-right forces are literally dismantling the government, including stripping away most agencies' regulatory and oversight capacity, further deregulation of the financial system would be a dangerous mistake that would help advance the far-right’s democracy-grab. The House and Senate Republicans are advancing so-called capital formation legislation that purports to be about helping companies raise capital but are really about undermining investor protections and exposing smal...| Americans for Financial Reform
Carlos Cañón Salazar, John Thanassoulis and Misa Tanaka Several global financial centres, including London, Hong Kong and Singapore, are overseen by financial regulators with an objective on compet…| Bank Underground
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its Personal Financial Data Rights proposal, a long-overdue measure that can help create a more consumer-friendly and competitive financial services marketplace.| Americans for Financial Reform
Matt Yglesias recognizes cryptocurrency can be dangerous. He also wants Harris to be nicer to crypto. Why? Pure vibes.| Revolving Door Project
If we ever solve the problems of fixing the broken financial markets that promote Wall Street’s casino capitalism at the expense of productive investments built around relationship banking, the solutions will surely come in many different forms from a diverse set of people. So, it’s not entirely surprising that one solution could yet take the [...]| The Captured Economy
News and Commentary On VoxEU's economics podcast, Maurice Obstfeld talks with Tim Phillips about the history of financial globalization and its future. The Cato Institute's Norbert Michel comments on indications that the Fed will incorporate climate factors in its stress tests. "Given the state of both climate models and financial forecasting methods, forcing financial firms [...]| The Captured Economy
New Research In an NBER working paper, Katharina Bergant and Kristin Forbes utilized the policy responses to COVID-19 "to examine how macroprudential frameworks developed over the past decade performed during a period of heightened financial and economic stress." They find that "although macroprudential tools are being used countercyclically and should therefore help stabilize economies and [...]| The Captured Economy
Campaign coverage should feature more questions about who would again feature in a second Trump Administration.| Revolving Door Project
