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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

The Bahamas central bank wants to make its digital 'Sand Dollar' global

15.10.2020
The Bahamas’ digital currency is currently used domestically

Unqualified investors can buy up to $8K of crypto, says Bank of Russia

14.10.2020
Russia’s central bank wants to limit the amount of cryptos and digital rights acquired by non-professional investors

Spain Approves Bill Requiring Cryptocurrency Owners to Disclose Crypto Holdings and Gains

14.10.2020
Spain’s government has reportedly approved a bill that requires cryptocurrency owners to disclose their crypto holdings and any gains on their assets. Spain’s Finance Minister and the government’s spokesperson, Maria Jesus Montero, said at a press conference following the weekly...