Unemployment and productivity data arrived stronger than expected but investors seemed focused narrowly on the ongoing negotiations that will determine if the U.S. government has to default on its debts. Author: James Rubin

The bank says lawmakers should take advantage of existing regulations that cater to systemic risk and enforcement action for example, as well as stresses the need for crypto specific ones. Author: Camomile Shumba

Open source software isn’t property, and current sanctions laws are ill-equipped to handle this, lawyers argue. Author: Sam Reynolds

ALSO: Market maker Flowdesk is looking to expand in the U.S., even as a number of major crypto firms, including Coinbase, have lost enthusiasm there because of ongoing regulatory uncertainties. Author: James Rubin, Sam Reynolds

Last year, a group of CoinDesk reporters traveled to Seneca Lake to examine the effect Greenidge Generation – a resurrected power plant that now mines bitcoin – had on the surrounding communities. Though we expected to hear locals say they disliked the plant and its continued operation, we found the opposite. Author: Nikhilesh De