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New antitrust legislation aims to put an end to tech monopolies in the US

4.2.2021
The era of tech giants buying up their up-and-coming competitors will be over if these senators get their way

Swiss Companies Issue First Tokenized Asset for Trading Under New National Blockchain Rules

3.2.2021
New legal provisions on distributed ledger technology (DLT) went into effect on Feb. 1 in Switzerland. After the implementation, two local companies announced that they had issued the first tokenized asset under the brand-new law. ‘Fine Wine’ Token Is Available for Sygnum Bank’s...

What Facebook's Privacy Policies Don't Tell You

2.2.2021
Folks, I’m gonna be honest with you. Over my (short) tenure covering digital privacy, I’ve seen my fair share of deeply shitty tech companies pulling deeply shitty stunts in attempts to profit off our personal data. Facebook is one of the names that comes up most frequently here, and that’s...

US Resident Operated Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Business – Faces 25 Years in Jail

2.2.2021
An Ontario man based in San Bernardino County of the U.S. has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of illegally operating a bitcoin to cash exchange business. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the man, Hugo Sergio Mejia, 49, operated the unregistered exchange business between...

Switzerland’s Tokenized Securities Law Ushers In New Chapter for Digital Assets

1.2.2021
Regulated crypto banks SEBA and Sygnum each issued tokenized securities to mark the occasion

Fine Wines Become First Tokenized Securities Under New Swiss Blockchain Law

1.2.2021
In effect from today, Switzerland's new blockchain law allows Sygnum to freely issue tokenized assets, starting with investable wines

Phase one of Switzerland's blockchain law goes into effect

1.2.2021
The first phase of Switzerland’s two-part crypto and blockchain regulatory framework is effective as of today

Law Decoded: All vs. One and One vs. All, Jan. 22-29

29.1.2021
In a week that saw meme-driven investors rail against Robinhood in what coverage painted as a David and Goliath story, considerations of who exactly policy should defend flared up

Ripple demands to know why Ether isn't a security as XRP defense gets desperate

29.1.2021
Ripple has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the SEC which targets documents pertaining to Ethereum co-founders

International Operation Disrupts Ransomware Group Netwalker by Tracing Cryptos With the Help of Blockchain Analysis

29.1.2021
In collaboration with Bulgarian authorities, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) disrupted a well-known ransomware gang’s infrastructure. Law enforcement seized their servers and traced the illicit funds with the help of blockchain forensic analytics via Chainalysis. US Authorities Seized...

US Court Sentences ICO Fraudster to 6 Months in Jail: Orders the Accused to Pay Over $4 Million in Restitution

29.1.2021
A U.S. court has sentenced Jerry Ji Guo, a resident of San Francisco, to an effective six months in prison for his role in a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO). In addition to the prison term, the court ordered Guo to pay over $4 million in restitution. Further, Guo will also cooperate with...

Crypto industry jumps into lobbying in response to FinCEN

28.1.2021
The Blockchain Association's ranks swell as firms look to aid their work in keeping crypto transactions peer-to-peer

Report: Bitcoin Bull Run and Rising Awareness of Digital Currencies Led to a 20% Increase in Crypto Related Lawsuits in China

28.1.2021
A report from China says as many as 872 lawsuits relating to cryptocurrencies were filed in the past year, a figure which is approximately 20% more than that of 2019. Using data obtained from the China Judgment Document Network (CJDN), the report shows that the province of Guangdong had the highest...

DoJ, Chainalysis work to break up ransomware network that targets hospitals

27.1.2021
The Department of Justice has seized half a million dollars in crypto from NetWalker, in an operation that also involved Bulgarian authorities

Former UK Cyber Intelligence Official Pushes for Law Change to Stop Bitcoin Ransomware Payments

27.1.2021
A former U.K. cybersecurity chief has raised concerns that ransomware incidents are close to “getting out of control.” Ciaran Martin has also called for laws to prevent people from paying bitcoin to cybercriminals. Former Official Claims Most of the Cybercriminals Are Based in Russia...