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Liechtenstein Regulators Approve Ethereum-Based Real Estate Fund
23.1.2020
The fund enables investors to gain exposure to a global real estate portfolio through a ERC-20 security token
Meet the Crypto Angel Investor Running for Congress in Nevada
23.1.2020
Lisa Song Sutton, an entrepreneur and bitcoin ATM investor, is running for Congress in the Fourth Congressional District of Nevada. If elected, she'd like to sit down with President Trump and talk about bitcoin and cryptocurrency
SEC Depositions Shed Light on Telegram’s $1.7B Token Sale
22.1.2020
Newly released transcripts of the SEC’s depositions of Telegram executives offer a rare window into the logic and the mechanics behind its $1.7 billion token sale
Notes From the WEF: The Coming Battle Between Surveilled and Private Money
22.1.2020
Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance
Blockchain Association Sides With Telegram Against SEC, Says Grams Are Not Securities
22.1.2020
The U.S. advocacy group has come out strongly on the side of Telegram in its ongoing SEC court case
SEC Charges Blockchain Marketplace Opporty Over ‘Fraudulent’ $600,000 ICO
22.1.2020
The firm is alleged to have conducted a fraudulent and unregistered sale of digital assets called OPP Tokens, raising around $600,000
Digital Chamber Asks Court to Draw Line Between Investment Contracts and Assets in Telegram Case
22.1.2020
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain advocacy group, wants a U.S. court to distinguish between an investment contract and the underlying asset used by Telegram during a 2018 initial coin offering
Deribit Releases Specifics of New KYC Policy Following Move to Panama
21.1.2020
Deribit clarifies new requirements for customer information to take effect following move to Panama, itself an effort to avoid new E.U. AML regulation
Switzerland Softens Tone on Libra After Ex-President Says Project ‘Failed’
21.1.2020
Switzerland's now-departed president said the project had "failed" in its current form
India’s Central Bank Explains Why It Blocked Banks From Using Cryptos in Court Filing
21.1.2020
The Reserve Bank of India has said in a court filing that it had "ringfenced" financial institutions from dealing with digital assets over perceived risks, but hadn't banned cryptos
South Korea Considers 20% Crypto Tax
20.1.2020
Officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance's income tax office have reportedly been reviewing the proposal
CoinDesk at WEF 2020: Crypto Themes to Watch as Davos Gets Underway
20.1.2020
Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on. CoinDesk is at Davos to guide you through all things blockchain and crypto at the yearly confab of global leaders and their hangers-on
Australian Regulator Gives Green Light to App-Based Retail Bitcoin Fund
20.1.2020
The bitcoin fund is being launched by micro-investment app provider Raiz Invest Australia
Why the World Economic Forum Is Creating a Blockchain ‘Bill of Rights’
20.1.2020
Sheila Warren, the head of blockchain for the WEF, argues the technology needs a set of principles for staving off potential misuse
Crypto Experts Join OECD ‘High Level’ Advisory Board
19.1.2020
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, an intergovernmental body with 36 member countries, has formed “a high-level expert group” which includes executives from the crypto industry. They will provide advice in helping develop international blockchain policy...
The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real
17.1.2020
When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?
Canadian Regulatory Group Targets Crypto Exchanges Holding Users’ Digital Assets
17.1.2020
Canada's top financial watchdog has told crypto exchanges they will be subject to securities law if they act as custodians to users' digital assets
Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization
17.1.2020
The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing
SEC: Cash-Strapped Telegram Launched 2018 Token Sale to Pay for Servers
17.1.2020
Telegram launched its token sale because it was "short on cash" to pay for servers, the SEC said
Currency ‘Cold War’ Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab
16.1.2020
Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz