[2025-01-17] The latest IT, economic, blockchain and coin news

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has issued a scathing rebuke of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), alleging misconduct in the agency’s handling of digital asset oversight and threatening whistleblowers. On Thursday, Lummis sent a letter to FDIC Chair Marty Gruenberg after whistleblowers alleged that the agency destroyed materials related to its crypto-related operations and threatened employees to silence them. “The FDIC’s alleged actions are unacceptable and illegal,” Lummis w...