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ND Regulators Approve Bank-to-Bank Stablecoin Use North Dakota’s Industrial Commission approved the use of the state bank’s planned stablecoin, the Roughrider Coin, for bank-to-bank transactions...
Tech Group Pushing Back on NY Chatbot Bill A tech industry group is opposing a New York bill ( SB 7263 ) aimed at preventing chatbots from impersonating a variety of licensed professionals, including...
KS Lawmakers Pass PBM Bill A bill aimed at tightening regulations on PBMs ( SB 360 ), but which appeared unlikely to move forward this session, was inserted into another bill ( SB 20 ) during a conference...
Who could have predicted this? Prediction markets have emerged as one of the biggest stories of 2026. The online platforms and apps, which allow users to bet on anything from who will win the Oscar for...
New White House Policy Framework Calls for Blocking State AI Laws The Trump administration released a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence that, among other things, urges Congress to...
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A new front appears to have opened in the ongoing battle over environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. In March Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed the Transparency in Financial Services Act (SB 1027), prohibiting financial institutions with over $100 billion in assets from denying services for ideological reasons, a practice known as “debanking.” Florida and Tennessee have enacted similar measures. All three laws are based on model legislation drafted by the conservative group Alliance Defending Freedom. The model bill has been introduced in 17 states since last year. (PLURIBUS NEWS, ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation fined Coinme, a national cryptocurrency ATM operator based in Seattle, $300,000 for regulatory violations. The fine was the first issued under the state’s 2023 Digital Financial Assets Law. (STATE AFFAIRS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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