The US Securities and Exchange Commission would be the latest financial regulator aside from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who had recently probed into the potential manipulation of exchange-traded funds and options pricing via benchmark currencies manipulation, according to two unidentified sources.
Senate President Therese Murray, who said in a statement before the day Massachusetts has banned the act of "upskirting," or taking photos underneath someone's clothes, said that individuals who conduct the said morally reprehensible act should be penalized.
In the recent proceedings of Oscar Pistorius' murder trial, his ex-girlfriend Samantha Taylor and security guard Pieter Baba were called to testify to shed light on the events leading to the death of Reeva Steenkamp.
An aide of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said that a report on Bitcoin's potential regulation will be released in late spring. Supporters and regulators of the virtual currency had said that the identity revelation of the Bitcoin founder has no contribution to the regulation efforts of authorities on the Bitcoin industry, Politico has said.
