IT'S FINANCIAL (CRYPTO) EDUCATION MONTH! |
butterscotch is the only media outlet exclusively covering news about inclusion in Web3, DeFi, crypto. CHEWS is our inaugural, weekly newsfeed, providing timely policy updates, industry trends, market research.
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Excerpt: "In 2025, NCUA took several actions to support credit union adoption of technology, including AI, when implemented in a safe, sound, and compliant manner... The agency also made significant progress in 2025 to develop regulations required under the GENIUS Act, which will provide a framework for the use of payment stablecoins in the credit union industry."
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Treasury Seeks Public Comment on GENIUS Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning State-Level Regulatory Regimes |
This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking public comment related to Treasury’s implementation of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. The NPRM is the first regulation Treasury has proposed to implement the GENIUS Act. [Read Press Release] [View Framework]
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CFTC Sues Trio of States to Reaffirm its Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Prediction Markets |
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission this week filed lawsuits challenging the actions of Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois against CFTC-registered designated contract markets. [Read Press Release]
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What We're Reading & Writing |
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Labor rule opens door to private-market, digital assets in retirement plans. - Semafor
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Crypto firms, banks set to review revised proposal to end yield standoff. - POLITICO
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White House scales back plan to dismantle the CFPB but still wants to slash staff by two-thirds. - Associated Press
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- Square Automatically Enables Bitcoin Payments for Millions of Sellers. Block-owned payment processor Square has shifted Bitcoin acceptance from opt-in to opt-out for eligible sellers. - Decrypt
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Google Research: Quantum computers a “serious threat” to 6.7 million bitcoin, including Satoshi’s coins. - Sherwood [Report Here]
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Cleve Mesidor’s latest Forbes article focuses on tokenization for micro enterprises and institutions. She highlights two prominent startups in the tokenization sector and explores prospects for small businesses, Minority Depository Institutions, Community Development Financial Institutions, and other entities.
Also featured is testimony of B. Salman Banaei, General Counsel of Plume during the recent House Financial Services Committee tokenization hearing, as well as remarks by Kaiko executive Anne-Sophie CISSEY during a recent International Law Institute (ILI) tokenization panel. [Read]
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🎙 CommsCollectiv Podcast: Cleve Mesidor joins Host Monica Talan for an episode on "If I Only Had 10 Minutes."
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Cleve is headed to Arizona on April 20-22 to speak at the 2nd Annual Eve Wealth Summit.
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RSVP FOR VIRTUAL BRIEFING |
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Against the backdrop of the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend and National Financial Education Month, butterscotch Media is convening a virtual session: “TRUST MEDIA.”
FintechTV News Anchor & Managing Editor Remy Blaire will moderate. With a focus on digital finance, the forum will explore issues around audience-trust and the impact and importance of niche media. The event will feature founders who are bridging the trust gap via newsletters, podcasts and live journalism.
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SEASON 2 IS LIVE THE GET DOWN: BEYOND BITCOIN PODCAST |
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Stream all episodes from seasons one and two with host Ritzy P on your favorite platform.
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butterscotch is a digital news studio broadcasting stories about Black, Latino, Indigenous DeFi retail investors, Web3 consumers, founders, executives, officials. The virtual newsroom - featuring eNews, Podcast, Live Events – seeks to deepen mainstream understanding of diverse segments of the emerging $4 trillion crypto industry.
Cleve Mesidor, CEO & Managing Editor
Ashlynn Mesidor, CTO & Co-Founder
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