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BlockFi Hires Former Deutsche Bank, Barclays Alum as General Counsel
17.7.2020
The crypto lending platform has hired banking veteran Jonathan Mayers as general counsel in a bid to stay ahead of the regulatory curve
Bitcoin Investors Unfazed By Great Twitter Hack, as Volatility Remains Stable
17.7.2020
Bitcoin traders seem unfazed by the massive Twitter hack on Wednesday, as the price of the top cryptocurrency has largely remained steady. Prominent U.S. figures including billionaires Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos were targeted by hackers in an apparent Twitter bitcoin (BTC) scam....
Forced Creativity: Why Bitcoin Thrives in Former Socialist States
15.7.2020
“People who work on Bitcoin understand the social impact of decentralization. Even though we now live in a free society, we can already see signs of ‘unfreedom’ or freedom being slowly taken away in many facets of life.”
Former Chinese Official Says CBDC Will Pave Way for Digital Stocks
15.7.2020
A former Chinese official says the development of a digital currency will lay the foundation for the birth of digital stocks
Leaked Documents Suggest Former Wirecard Exec Was Linked to Secret Russian Gov Operations
10.7.2020
Jan Marsalek reportedly bragged of ties with Russian intelligence services and touted secret documents about chemical weapons used in the UK
Former Swiss President Sees the Country Leading in DLT and Technology of the Future
9.7.2020
Former Swiss President and new board member of CV VC talks the unique attitudes towards law that make Switzerland a hub for crypto
Former Facebook Counsel Joins Coinbase as Chief Legal Officer
9.7.2020
Former Facebook Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Paul Grewal will lead crypto exchange Coinbase’s legal team
Coinbase Taps Former Facebook Lawyer to Head Legal Team
8.7.2020
Coinbase has hired Paul Grewal, former U.S. magistrate judge and Facebook legal alum, to lead the cryptocurrency exchange giant’s legal team
Former Official Says China Needs to Reform Crypto Laws
8.7.2020
A Chinese official indicated that crypto will inevitably be part of the digital capital market
Trump’s Former Sanctions Chief Joins Major Crypto Firm Chainalysis
7.7.2020
U.S. Treasury’s former key undersecretary, Sigal Mandelker, has joined the board of advisors of major crypto analytics firm, Chainalysis
Bitcoin Entrepreneur Brock Pierce Joins the 2020 US Presidential Election
6.7.2020
Blockchain entrepreneur and former Disney child actor, Brock Pierce, is running for President of the United States this election. Pierce announced he was running during America’s Independence Day celebration on July 4, the same day Kanye West revealed his candidacy. Pierce is an advocate...
Bitcoin-Friendly Kanye West Running for US President 2020, Taking on Donald Trump and Joe Biden
5.7.2020
Kanye West announced on Independence Day that he is running for president of the United States in 2020, taking on Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Responding to the bitcoin-friendly singer with 21 Grammy Awards, Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk said West has his full support. Kanye...
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Expects ‘A Ton of Innovation’ Around Stablecoins
3.7.2020
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers praised stablecoins last week, saying he sees use cases in cross-border transactions as one example
Bamboozled: Gavin Andresen Says He Could Have Been Fooled by Craig Wright, BSV Supporters Speak Out
30.6.2020
This week a number of Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit depositions have recently published and are now available for public viewing. One specific deposition with the former Bitcoin Core lead maintainer, Gavin Andresen, casts doubt on the claim that Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto. Moreover, the Bitcoinsv...
BitMEX Owner HDR Appoints Former Bank of China Exec to Board
30.6.2020
HDR Global Trading said David Wong – a former deputy CEO at Bank of China – will join its board as a non-executive chairman
Wirecard $2 Billion Scandal: Firm Files for Insolvency, Ex-CEO Arrested, User Funds Safe
25.6.2020
Scandal-hit crypto card issuer Wirecard AG, a firm that has filed for insolvency because of its missing $2.1 billion – but customer funds appear to be safe, for now. The news comes just two days after former chief executive officer Markus Braun was arrested by German police on allegations...
Former US Treasury Head Calls Payment ‘Friction’ the Best Argument for Crypto
25.6.2020
Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Summers doesn’t buy some of the crypto community’s anarchic sentiments but agrees that they are solving a major problem
Cred Taps Former NSA, Western Union Bosses for Leadership Team
23.6.2020
Crypto lender Cred is bolstering its technical knowledge by bringing on an experienced CISO and CTO
Bitcoin SV President Hits Out at Binance as Former Critic Becomes Top Miner
19.6.2020
An industry spat has kicked off after Binance's new pool became the biggest miner for BSV, despite the exchange delisting the token a year ago
Dollar Crash Imminent, Former Morgan Stanley Chief Economist Stephen Roach Predicts
18.6.2020
Stephen Roach, former chief economist at Morgan Stanley, has predicted that a dollar crash is coming, forecasting a 35% drop in the dollar’s value against other major currencies. He expects the U.S. national savings rate to sink deeper into negative territory than it has ever done before....