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The Olympics Gets A Virtual Sports Tie-In Event

22.4.2021
It’s not quite esports in the Olympics, but the International Olympics Committee (IOC) will host a virtual sports event May 13 to June 23, tied to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.Read more

Brian Brooks defends fintech charter to House Financial Services Committee

16.4.2021
Brian Brooks has defended the fintech charter he oversaw while heading the OCC, warning heavy-handed crypto regulations could undermine U.S. competitiveness globally

Russian Anti-Money Laundering Body Will Monitor Crypto to Fiat Transactions, Says Official

28.3.2021
Herman Neglyad, the deputy of the Russian anti-money laundering body, Rosfinmonitoring, has said his organization will monitor cryptocurrency transactions that involve the conversion from crypto to fiat. Neglyad made this revelation during a recent meeting of the State Duma Committee on financial...

Time for Next-Gen Codecs to Dethrone JPEG

19.3.2021
AVIF has been getting a lot of tech press, but Jon Sneyers is hot on JPEG XL (which makes sense as he’s the “chair of the JPEG XL ad hoc group in the JPEG Committee”). According to Jon’s comparison, JPEG … The post Time for Next-Gen Codecs to Dethrone JPEG appeared...

Basketball billionaires form NBA blockchain use case committee

6.3.2021
Mark Cuban and Vivek Ranadive headline the list of owners exploring blockchain use cases for the NBA

A Crypto-Infused Professional Sports League: Billionaires Form a Blockchain Advisory Committee for the NBA

6.3.2021
A number of National Basketball Association (NBA) team owners have formed an NBA blockchain advisory committee for the American professional basketball league. The advisory committee is composed of well known billionaires and blockchain advocates who own the teams the Nets, Mavs, Wizards, Celtics...

Kentucky Pushes Mining Tax-Breaks in Bid to Attract Crypto Community

5.3.2021
The Kentucky House Budget Committee approved a bill in a 19-2 vote to eliminate the sales tax on electricity for use in cryptocurrency mining operations. The bill, designed to attract more miners to the state, is now in the Kentucky Senate for review. Lawmakers Urge Greater Crypto Appeal Despite...

Activision Blizzard Hires Bush-Era Torture Apologist As Chief Compliance Officer

3.3.2021
Activision Blizzard announced yesterday that Frances F. Townsend, a former George W. Bush-era counterterrorism appointee and torture apologist, would become its new head of compliance, in charge of making sure the company doesn’t run afoul of the varying laws and regulations throughout all of...

Duma Committee Chief Throws up Roadblock to Russia’s Crypto Tax Plans

25.2.2021
A parliamentary legislation committee leader has stated that there is a need to provide with legal status and legally binding definitions for crypto-related terms in Russia before proceeding with further tax-related lawmaking and regulation. The move potentially throws a spanner into the works...

Russian Parliamentary Committee OKs Crypto Tax Bill, but Flaws Remain

16.2.2021
Russia has moved a step closer to imposing a system of crypto tax, after the country’s parliament, the State Duma, approved a much-maligned crypto tax bill in the first reading at the committee stage – although the story is unlikely to end there. As previously reported, the country’s first...

Australia’s Blockchain Ecosystem Needs More Support From Regulators, Says Industry Body

15.2.2021
Blockchain Australia CEO Steve Vallas believes the country is "well placed" when it comes to blockchain, but a bigger conversation is needed with financial regulators

Pro-Bitcoin US Lawmaker Cynthia Lummis Joins Senate Banking Committee, Plans to Convince Janet Yellen BTC Is Great Store of Value

8.2.2021
Pro-bitcoin U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has been appointed to the Senate banking committee. She has been talking to Janet Yellen and has outlined her plans to help the new Treasury Secretary and other U.S. lawmakers understand that bitcoin is a great store of value. Lummis says that Yellen has...

A Bitcoiner Is Now on the Senate Banking Committee

6.2.2021
Wyoming’s Cynthia Lummis – the first U.S. senator to publicly hold bitcoin – has been appointed to the key financial regulatory committee

US Senate Banking Committee Now Has A Bitcoiner + More News

4.2.2021
Cynthia Lummis. Source: Twitter/@CynthiaMLummis Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Regulation news A Bitcoin (BTC) supporter US Senator Cynthia Lummis is now serving on the US Senate...