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India’s Proposed Ban of ‘Private’ Cryptos Has Many of the Nation’s Investors Nervous
30.1.2021
The move is bound to make potential and current crypto investors outside the country uneasy as well
The GameStop Stop Is Not a Technology Problem
29.1.2021
Robinhood didn't halt GameStop trading to punish retail players; it reacted to market risk. And, no, blockchain alone wouldn't have fixed this
India Would Ban Private Cryptocurrencies Under Proposed Legislation
29.1.2021
A ban on cryptocurrency had been in effect for almost two years before it was overturned by the Supreme Court in March 2020
Money Reimagined: Narratives Wall Street Can’t Control
29.1.2021
It used to be that Wall Street dictated the big stories around finance. It’s unclear whether that’s still the case
Dutch Bitcoin Exchange Files Preliminary Injunction to Suspend Wallet Verification Rule Enacted by the Netherlands
29.1.2021
A Dutch bitcoin (BTC) exchange has filed a preliminary injunction at a court in Rotterdam to suspend the central bank’s additional wallet-verification requirements. Bitonic seeks to challenge the new rules enacted by the De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) on Sept. 21, 2020. Dutch Exchange Argues...
US Congress Plans Hearings on GameStop Market Pumps
28.1.2021
While Congress is planning multiple hearings, it's less clear what financial regulators might do
Bitcoin and Inflation: Everything You Need to Know
28.1.2021
The cryptocurrency was designed to counter the harms of inflation, but is this really such a big issue?
OCC Halts Fair Access Banking Rule
28.1.2021
The rule would have prohibited US banks from denying services based on ideological factors
Inside Iran’s Onslaught on Bitcoin Mining
28.1.2021
Iran has been clamping down on mining farms, but it also wants to use crypto mining to boost the sanctioned nation's revenue stream
Europol, Spanish Police Bust Alleged Scam Posing as Crypto Investment Training Firm
28.1.2021
Europol worked with Spain’s Civil Guard and Catalan police to arrest six suspects aged in connection with the scheme
‘The Squeezening’: How the Gamestop Backlash will Curtail Freedom
28.1.2021
Gamestop's "squeezening" is likely to increase calls for curbs on "memetic disturbances." That could be dangerous for free speech
Fed Chair Powell: ‘We’d Welcome Higher Inflation’
27.1.2021
The central bank doesn’t want to pull back asset purchases just yet, Powell said Wednesday
Report: Activision Blizzard Calls Policy To Make Hiring More Diverse ‘Unworkable’
27.1.2021
Earlier this month, Activision Blizzard was asked to institute some version of the Rooney Rule, a policy requiring employers to interview diverse candidates when hiring, according to a new report by Motherboard. Lawyers for the massive publisher behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft responded...
South African Regulator Seeks More Crypto Powers After Alleged Ponzi’s Collapse
27.1.2021
“At the point something becomes a Ponzi scheme, we have lost our jurisdiction,” a regulator told Bloomberg
Lawsuit Against Israeli Crypto Entrepreneur Moshe Hegog Fails in US Court
27.1.2021
A Washington judge threw out the lawsuit after the plaintiff failed to make a case
US Man Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling $20M of ICO Investors’ Funds
27.1.2021
San Francisco-based Jerry Guo represented himself to clients as an ICO consultant, then embezzled funds now worth over $20 million
‘Coin Signals’ Trader Arrested on $5M Crypto Fund Fraud Charges
26.1.2021
24-year-old Jeremy Spence bilked his investors of $5 million, according to a criminal complaint
What Tether Means When It Says It’s ‘Regulated’
26.1.2021
Representatives say the $25B stablecoin is "regulated" but the issuer doesn't look like a financial institution bound by norms and laws
State of Crypto: Unpacking the Trump Presidency’s Crypto Legacy
26.1.2021
Donald Trump may have been anti-crypto but his appointed regulators ushered in a largely industry-friendly regime
FinCEN Further Extends Comment Period for Controversial Crypto Rules
26.1.2021
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is further extending a comment period for a controversial proposed rule that would require crypto exchanges to gather and store counterparty information for transactions to unhosted wallets. FinCEN announced the move Tuesday, saying all comments...