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Law Decoded: Public companies, private markets, crypto offerings and you, Aug. 28–Sept. 4
4.9.2020
In light of newly expanded qualifications for accredited investors, Law Decoded looks at recent interactions between crypto and public companies
New DeFi alliance to connect Eastern and Western DeFi markets
4.9.2020
The Chinese government is supporting a new global DeFi association
All fintech companies will use blockchain within 10 years: Aussie government report
4.9.2020
Australian government report on the future of fintech and regtech suggests blockchain technology is critical to Australia’s future
Blockchain regulation: Speedbumps, roadblocks and superhighways
3.9.2020
The U.S. will likely continue enacting laws to support the use of blockchain technology for purposes beyond securities and digital currency
Denmark proposes use of blockchain in fight against corruption
3.9.2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark has released a report analyzing the use of blockchain in the fight against corruption
Russian ministry proposes to amend law banning crypto transactions
3.9.2020
Crypto mining is allowed, but payout in crypto is prohibited
Your crypto is not outside government reach, VC firm partner says
3.9.2020
An anti-thesis to some of industry's core concepts
This Government Agency to Issue Staff with Blockchain IDs, Reward Tokens
3.9.2020
Blockchain-powered employee authentication is taking off in South Korea – with a government agency doing away with smart cards in favor of smartphone-based solutions. The agency will also issue its employees with blockchain-powered “reward” tokens.
Per news agency Yonhap, the Korea Internet &...
US federal court calls NSA’s mass phone data collection illegal
2.9.2020
A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA's phone tapping was illegal but that it was a minor part of the evidence
Blockchain technology, financial and self-sovereign digital identities
2.9.2020
Discussing a use case that the Brazilian government started developing last year: a digital identity solution called FinID
Sichuan’s Blockchain Park: Chengdu Government Officials Welcome Bitcoin Miners
2.9.2020
In mid-August officials from the Chinese province of Sichuan approved a number of enterprises that mine bitcoin for legal hydropower consumption in the region. Following the local government of Ya’an city deciding to foster mining, officials from Chengdu recently spoke about welcoming crypto...
The IRS wants to tax every penny of your crypto, US government memorandum says
1.9.2020
That will be confusing for some, and unsurprising for others
A legal asset after all? Governments are cashing in on seized crypto
1.9.2020
The way law enforcement agencies deal with seized crypto could indicate their de-facto acceptance of the asset class
Jerome Powell throws US dollar under a bus in Jackson Hole
1.9.2020
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell threw the U.S. dollar under a bus last week at the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming, meeting
Government of Bermuda Pilots Stimulus Token in Response to COVID Crisis
1.9.2020
Bermuda is looking to speed up the distribution of financial aid to its citizens and has begun trialing a digital stimulus token
Here’s why the Head of the Chechen Republic has such a strong disdain for cryptocurrencies
31.8.2020
Kadyrov does not seem to understand cryptocurrencies very well
Russia’s Crypto Mining Farms Would Have to Report to Government Under Proposed Bill
31.8.2020
Russian wants all data centers, including mining farms, to report what they do and how they operate. Local experts say that brings risk
Craig Wright files another libel suit against Roger Ver after 2019 fail
31.8.2020
Craig Wright and Roger Ver are finally in the same jurisdiction
Ripple's Garlinghouse forecasts further loss of U.S. dollar value
29.8.2020
The wild ride of 2020 continues
Bitcoin Slips in Latest Crypto Ranking by Chinese Government-Backed Center
28.8.2020
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has revised its rankings of 37 crypto projects. Bitcoin has fallen from the previous ranking. As the Chinese government focuses on launching its central bank digital currency, the Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID)...