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EU Securities Regulator Flags Risks of Big Tech's Entry Into Financial Services
19.2.2020
The ESMA, the EU’s financial governing body, noted several risks of big tech companies entering the financial space as part of a 2020 report
Musicians Want to Break Free of Big Tech
16.12.2019
Decentralized platforms are the best means to solve equity problems in creative industries
Andrew Yang Campaign Releases Technology Plan Focused on Rebuilding Public Relationship With Big Tech
18.11.2019
The crypto-friendly presidential candidate outlined his tech visions in a blog post to his campaign site
Bermuda Premier: Cryptocurrency a Great Equalizer Against Big Tech
18.10.2019
The Premier of Bermuda has characterized fintech innovation as a national strategic imperative
Paypal Exits Libra – Mastercard and Visa May Follow
6.10.2019
Facebook’s ambitious financial inclusion project, Libra, continues marching forward in spite of mountainous regulatory obstacles, but key members of the Libra Association are having doubts and dropping out. Paypal has now reportedly left the group due to regulatory concerns. Libra...
Total Surveillance Coin Will Be a Dystopia if Controlled by Facebook or Government
10.9.2019
Digital currency provides unprecedented abilities to spy on and control what people do, and having that power in the hands of a few people is very dangerous. The Big Tech monopolies of Silicon Valley are building a future where your every action is monitored, and giving Facebook control over what...
Head of FTC says He is Willing to go After Big Tech and Break the Companies Up
14.8.2019
If there is one thing that has been established beyond doubt, then that is the fact that much of the world is now heavily influenced by some of the biggest tech companies. Hence, over the past few years, there has been the talk among regulators and critics of the tech industry that many of...
Privacy Is a Human Right Worth Fighting For
23.7.2019
Privacy is a basic human right. It’s there in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence.” Attaining that right in an era of dragnet surveillance, mass data breaches, state-sponsored hacks...
Top Republican Touts Blockchain Privacy as Alternative to Regulating Big Tech
16.7.2019
U.S. House minority leader Kevin McCarthy has argued for the use of blockchain networks in protecting users' data from "exploitation."
US Lawmakers Draft "Keep Big Tech out of Crypto" Bill
15.7.2019
American parliamentarians are moving fast in an attempt to stop major IT companies from offering financial services and issuing cryptocurrencies.
The draft discussion bill (which you can read in its entirety here), is entitled the Keep Big Tech out of Finance Act. The proposal has been circulated...
How US ‘Keep Big Tech Out of Finance’ Draft Bill Targets Facebook’s Libra
14.7.2019
Facebook’s digital currency plans have caused concern among bureaucrats worldwide and members of the U.S. government seem fearful of a giant tech establishing itself as a financial institution. Prior to the U.S. congressional hearings and the upcoming G7 finance meeting, a U.S. discussion...
Storecoin brings tokenized data to the masses, announces latest milestone-based token offering
20.6.2019
With every policy shift, every deplatforming, and every data breach, our faith in Big Tech decreases. In Washington, the drums of anti-trust beat ever louder. But what consumers truly want isn’t necessarily a break up of today’s tech companies: they […]
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Zuckbucks or Bust: How SEC Rulemaking Hurts Startup Cryptos and Favors Big Tech
23.5.2019
SEC guidance has created a more attractive environment for regulated tech firms like Facebook to offer proprietary cryptoassets integrated into their existing products that can be legally traded on existing crypto-exchanges as non-securities. Meanwhile, the SEC has targeted startup cryptos...