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Pakistan Forms Committees to Decide Whether Crypto Should Be Legalized or Banned
4.5.2022
The Pakistani government has formed three committees to decide whether to establish a legal framework for cryptocurrency or ban it. The committees will review all aspects of the cryptocurrency business and come up with recommendations on the country’s crypto policy. Committees Constituted...
SEC Nearly Doubles Its Crypto & Cyber Unit, The Other Side Of Goldman's Bitcoin-Backed Loan + More News
3.5.2022
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Crypto.com's Rewards, "Secret" Bitcoin Legal Tender, Ethereum Fees, Hack & Bounty + More News
2.5.2022
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Bill Regulating Crypto Mining Submitted to Russian Parliament
30.4.2022
A draft law tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining has been filed with the lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma. The legislation provides a legal definition for the extraction of digital currencies and envisages the establishment of a register for miners. Russian Lawmakers...
Bitcoin Legal Tendering, Twitter Takeovering, Funds Forever Locking and 20 Crypto Jokes
30.4.2022
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US needs 'electronic tokens' with functionality of cash — Software Freedom Law Center legal director
28.4.2022
Software Freedom Law Center legal director Mishi Choudhary supported tokens that were not quite CBDCs nor cryptocurrencies, but with cash-like privacy features many users may want
Panama's Crypto Law: No Legal Tender, but Digital Assets Exempt From Capital Gain Tax
28.4.2022
The sponsor of the freshly-passed legislation spoke on Twitter spaces on Thursday afternoon
Central African Republic Has Adopted Bitcoin as Reference Currency — Office of the Presidency
28.4.2022
Following the confusion that surrounded initial reports, a senior staffer in the Central African Republic (CAR)’s presidency has now confirmed that bitcoin will become the country’s reference currency. First Country in Africa to Officially Adopt Bitcoin A press statement supposedly...
Are Crypto ‘Legal Tender’ Laws Even Necessary?
27.4.2022
Central African Republic will adopt Bitcoin as legal tender: Report
27.4.2022
The African nation will reportedly join a short list of countries to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender
Central African Republic Has Adopted Bitcoin as Legal Tender - Reports
27.4.2022
The Central African Republic (CAR) has seemingly confirmed reports that it has adopted bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender – becoming only the second country in the world and the first African nation to do so.
Per reports from the French media outlets AFP and RFI, as well as Le Figaro, the CAR’s...
Working Study Says Despite Legal Tender Status, Bitcoin Is Not a Widely Accepted Medium of Exchange in El Salvador
27.4.2022
According to a working study published by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), most Salvadorans stopped using the Chivo wallet after getting their $30 bitcoin bonus. The report shows that the median Chivo wallet user made no deposits or withdrawals in a given month. NBER Study:...
Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as Legal Tender
27.4.2022
Central African Republic has adopted Bitcoin as legal currency, according to president's office
Gamers vs. NFTs, Delayed Bitcoin & Ethereum ETFs, Ukrainian Refugee Crypto Card + More News
26.4.2022
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Why Banks and Payment Processors Shun Perfectly Legal Businesses
25.4.2022
Porn, gambling and even furniture sales are deemed “high-risk” merchant categories. Sometimes the risk is financial; other times it’s just bad publicity
Unearthing the Truth About Central African Republic ‘Bitcoin Legal Tender’ Reports
25.4.2022
Confusion reigns as reports in the international press have variously claimed that the Central African Republic (CAR) has “adopted bitcoin (BTC)” as “legal tender” – while other media outlets appear to suggest that the country has actually done nothing of the sort, and instead approved a legal...
Can You Truly Own Anything in the Metaverse? Blockchains and NFTs Don’t Protect Virtual Property
24.4.2022
João Marinotti, Associate Professor of Law, the Indiana University.______
In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about USD 4m. Normally this would not make headlines, but in this case the land was virtual. It existed only in a metaverse platform called The Sandbox....
Crypto Businesses Ask 27 EU Finance Ministers to Loosen Disclosure Requirements
23.4.2022
Forty-six European crypto businesses and organizations have asked finance ministers in 27 European countries to loosen some regulatory requirements for the crypto industry. For example, they asked for decentralized finance (defi) projects to be excluded from the requirements to register as legal...
Polygon's Supernet, Stripe's Crypto Move, Ulbricht's Bitcoin Deal, Macron on Crypto Regulation + More News
22.4.2022
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PlayStation's Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed By Court
22.4.2022
A lawsuit brought against Sony last year accusing PlayStation of “pay disparity, wrongful termination, and other instances of gender-based discrimination” has been dismissed by the United States District Court of North California.Read more