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Millions of Venezuelans Voted via Blockchain in an Unofficial Anti-Maduro Referendum
17.12.2020
An unofficial referendum pursued by the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took place over the weekend in Venezuela powered by a blockchain platform, while at the same time, parliamentary elections called by the president Nicolás Maduro also had its scenario in a widely criticized...
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming’s Incoming Senator, Wants to Explain Bitcoin to Congress
17.11.2020
Cynthia Lummis, who won an open U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming, wants to explain bitcoin's value to her new colleagues
New MIT Paper Roundly Rejects Blockchain Voting as Solution to Election Woes
16.11.2020
Encryption inventor and head of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative are among authors of a new paper that points out why blockchain and voting are a bad pairing
MIT cybersecurity experts do not trust blockchain-based voting systems
16.11.2020
“I haven't yet seen a blockchain system that I would trust with a county-fair jellybean count, much less a presidential election.”
Blockchain voting is the alternative for trusted democratic elections
14.11.2020
There is a way to give the voting system greater legitimacy and veracity: backing it with blockchain technology
‘Russian Dictators Will Use Blockchain to Rig Elections,’ Says Critic
10.11.2020
Russia’s new blockchain-powered voting systems could be exploited by unscrupulous politicians, becoming “tools” for the architects of rigged elections and voter fraud, a journalist has alleged.
The claims were made in a new column entitled “Blockchain for Dictators” by Sergei Golubitsky, an...
Monero podcaster loses NY congressional race
9.11.2020
“Monero aligns with the ideals America was founded upon. It is America 2.0 — a protocol to preserve liberty in the digital age,” said Tuman
Elections, Votes, Polls, Choices and 20 Crypto Jokes
7.11.2020
A new crypto month started, and we learned that bitcoin and litecoin won October, while bitcoin mining difficulty saw its second-largest drop as soon as November begun. As nearly USD 1bn in bitcoin got moved, it turned out the US government was behind it. ETH 2.0 Phase 0 got scheduled for launch...
New administration and the DoJ’s continued flex in crypto
6.11.2020
With the election taking all the air out of the room, we look at what new appointments at the DoJ could mean
CEO of crypto derivatives exchange FTX donated $5M to Biden campaign
5.11.2020
The "relative newcomer" to politics joined other major CEO donors to the Democratic candidate
Pro-Bitcoin candidate wins Wyoming senate seat
5.11.2020
Cynthia Lummis first bought Bitcoin back in 2013
$14.1K: Bitcoin Breaks New 2020 High With US Election Still Undecided
4.11.2020
Bitcoin has broken fresh 2020 highs as uncertainty remains in the U.S. presidential election
AP News publishes US presidential election results on the blockchain
4.11.2020
Using blockchain-based technologies provides a secure and unhackable record of the state-by-state results as they come in
Bitcoin, stocks drop as markets uncertain about US election result
4.11.2020
The price of Bitcoin suddenly fell by 3% in several hours alongside the U.S. dollar, gold and stocks as the outcome of the United States' election is still up in the air
Bitcoin breaches $14,000 on election day, up 1,900% compared to 2016
4.11.2020
The price of Bitcoin rose more than 2% in two hours as poll workers in US states began to count ballots
Vitalik Buterin ventures three reasons why prediction markets are pro-Trump
3.11.2020
Buterin asks whether crypto prediction markets reflect the wisdom of the crowd or are they skewed by illiquidity and/or the political bias of their social base
The 2020 Elections Are Boosting Crypto Prediction Markets
3.11.2020
Decentralized betting platforms like Polymarket and YieldWars are seeing accelerated trading volume growth leading up to the 2020 presidential election
Ripple, PayPal, and Twitter join coalition calling for fair elections
3.11.2020
“We believe voting should be safe and accessible to everyone, everywhere,” said Ripple
Get ready for US elections: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
2.11.2020
Crunch time in the U.S. comes as coronavirus sparks more lockdowns and money printing plans in Europe
Law Decoded: How I learned to stop worrying and love the election, Oct. 23-30
30.10.2020
The age-old question quis custodiet ipsos custodes crops up in force in today's Law Decoded