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Can Github Remove the Bitcoin Codebase? Recent Repository Takedown Has Proponents Worried
26.10.2020
On October 23, the Microsoft-owned Github leveraged an ostensible DMCA takedown in order to remove 18 projects from the code-hosting portal. According to sources, the takedown stemmed from a request filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Github’s recent move has made...
US Government Agencies Propose Changes to Funds Transfer Rules-Seek to Broaden Definition of Money to Include Cryptocurrencies
25.10.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board and Fincen are seeking feedback on their proposal to lower the threshold at which financial institutions must collect and retain information on funds transfers. In their joint notice on the rule change proposal, the two U.S. agencies want a new threshold...
South Korean gov't doesn't know who will protect crypto exchanges from Kim Jong-Un’s hackers
23.10.2020
Can anyone hold North Korea responsible for its attacks on the crypto industry?
Law Decoded: Government sandboxes, test beds and crypto compromises
23.10.2020
These week's news highlighted how governments test new regimes for cryptocurrency, which can be slow but is certainly some kind of progress
Russia doesn’t need to be first with a digital currency, says state expert
23.10.2020
Russia is purportedly taking a fast-second strategy for the digital ruble
We need to talk about Steam & China
22.10.2020
The facts of (Chinese government approval) life
No Anti-Blockchain Voices in Russian Government, Says Policy Chief
22.10.2020
The head of the Russian parliament’s financial markets committee Anatoly Aksakov said there are “no anti-blockchain voices in the government,” major industry players remain crypto-keen – and believes that a “cryptoruble” pilot will begin next year.
Per media outlet RBC, Aksakov – the chief...
Goldman Sachs to Settle Massive Corruption Case for $2.8 Billion With US Government
22.10.2020
Goldman Sachs has reportedly agreed to settle with the U.S. government over its role in a corrupt Malaysian government investment fund, which is one of the firm’s worst scandals since the financial crisis. In addition, Goldman Sachs previously agreed to pay the Malaysian government billions...
Brock Pierce: True decentralization is a way off
22.10.2020
True decentralization will take time, U.S. presidential candidate Brock Pierce suggests, citing DeFi as a crucial stepping stone towards this end
South Korean telecom launches blockchain wallet for official documents
22.10.2020
South Korea's SK Telecom is issuing a blockchain solution for the storage and management of government certificates
Brazil is prepping an IPO for its state-run digital bank
20.10.2020
Brazilian Minister defends IPO of federal digital bank created to aid population during pandemic
Pomp says US digital dollar needs to happen now
20.10.2020
The U.S. doesn't mind coming a bit late to the CBDC party, but is that the wrong approach?
Private Vs. State-run digital currencies: which could replace the dollar?
19.10.2020
Author David Birch says a number of digital assets will arise to challenge the dollar as the dominant world currency
Swiss gov’t starts consultation process for blockchain laws
19.10.2020
The Swiss government will enforce new blockchain laws in less than a year
95% of winners in China’s CBDC lottery spent digital yuan prizes
19.10.2020
Some winners purchased additional digital yuan during the pilot
Cryptocurrency Is Just a Minor Threat to the State
17.10.2020
States still have the armies, the police and – on a good day anyway – democratic legitimacy. All of that still matters, and will for a long time
Bitcoin genesis block is the ‘New Testament’ of finance
17.10.2020
No need to suffer from centralized systems since the world has been offered its greatest weapon against it: cryptocurrency
Law Decoded: The rivalry between central banks and global stablecoins, Oct. 9–16
16.10.2020
Talk of CBDCs and Facebook's Libra headlined this week's policy news, as international organizations weigh in on both
Germany’s blockchain solution hopes to remedy energy sector limitations
16.10.2020
Germany’s blockchain solution for distributed energy resources puts interoperability to the test
Attempting to stifle encryption is a waste of time, suggests Status security chief
15.10.2020
It's not a scarce resource like nuclear power, whose proliferation is more easily suppressed