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Centre Obliges Government Request, Freezes Address With $100,000 USDC

9.7.2020
Centre Consortium has blacklisted an ethereum address holding $100,000 in USDC, a move that the entity says was “in response to a request from law enforcement.” A joint venture between Circle and Coinbase, Centre is the issuer of the dollar-pegged USDC stablecoin, which runs on...

China’s Giant Ride-Hailing Service Didi to Pilot the Central Bank’s Digital Yuan

9.7.2020
The Chinese government and the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), are currently in the midst of testing a digital yuan or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Now the Chinese ride-hailing corporation Didi Chuxing will be trialing the newly developed digital yuan...

China’s CBDC Project to Collaborate With More Domestic Enterprises

9.7.2020
A major Chinese e-commerce platform and a video sharing site have reportedly joined China’s CBDC project

Russian Government Set to Enable Blockchain Voting for 2021 Elections

8.7.2020
Russian officials have indicated that they are happy with the use of blockchain-powered smartphone and PC voting – and intend to expand blockchain-based voting in next year’s parliamentary elections. As previously reported, some 1.14 million Russians voted on a blockchain platform in the country’s...

Coinbase Exec Says Capital Will Flee US Due to Crypto Tax Laws

8.7.2020
Coinbase’s chief tax officer Lawrence Zlatkin says global customers are the future as non-U.S. jurisdictions are more open-minded

COVID-19 Could Accelerate Crypto Adoption

7.7.2020
Coinbase’s former CTO believes over powered governments could lead to accelerated crypto adoption post COVID-19

South Korea Considers Blockchain-Run Free Trade Zone

7.7.2020
The South Korean government considers a free trade zone for industrial hemp run on a blockchain-based platform

Escalating Bank Runs Spur Chinese Government to Require Approval for Large Cash Transactions

7.7.2020
A series of bank runs has prompted the Chinese government to begin requiring approval for large cash deposits and withdrawals at commercial banks, starting with banks in a northern province. Recently, two bank runs happened within a week as people lost faith in financial institutions amid...

Tiktok Ban: US May Join India in Banning Chinese Social Media Apps

7.7.2020
The Trump administration is looking at banning Tiktok and other Chinese social media apps, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The US has been concerned about Tiktok being used by the Chinese government to mine American users’ data. India has already banned Tiktok in its country...

Crypto Tracer Chainalysis Raises $13M as It ‘Doubles Down’ on Government Ties

7.7.2020
Chainalysis is also adding former Treasury Department official Sigal Mandelker on as an advisor

Trump’s Former Sanctions Chief Joins Major Crypto Firm Chainalysis

7.7.2020
U.S. Treasury’s former key undersecretary, Sigal Mandelker, has joined the board of advisors of major crypto analytics firm, Chainalysis

Monaco Passes New Security Token Laws, but Acting on Them Is Not Easy

7.7.2020
The government of Monaco has passed a new bill introducing the establishment of a security token framework

Chinese Courts Use Blockchain for Property E-Sealing

6.7.2020
Courts in China are rolling out blockchain-based electronic seals to protect property from being disturbed or damaged

Afghan Government to Use Blockchain to Combat Counterfeit Drugs

6.7.2020
Afghanistan’s healthcare ministry and several local pharmaceutical companies will use Fantom’s blockchain to combat counterfeit drugs

John Perry Barlow: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace

4.7.2020
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We have no elected government,...