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US Treasury - You Are Not Breaking Sanctions by Sharing Tornado Cash Code
14.9.2022
The U.S. Treasury Department has released further clarifications on the sanction placed on the popular cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash. The department stated that the sanction does not affect the rights of individuals in the U.S. to view and disseminate the open-source Tornado Cash...
Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Regulator Unveils Virtual Asset Regulation ‘Guiding Principles’
14.9.2022
Abu Dhabi Global Market’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), recently unveiled six principles that will guide its “approach to virtual asset regulation and supervision.” Though not legally binding, the principles, according to the FSRA...
Justin Trudeau Slams Pierre Poilievre for Telling People They Can ‘Opt out’ of Inflation by Investing in Cryptocurrency
14.9.2022
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has slammed Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, for telling people that they can “opt out of inflation” by investing in cryptocurrencies. Trudeau claims that his Conservative rival’s crypto advice is...
US Treasury clarifies publishing Tornado Cash’s code does not violate sanctions
13.9.2022
Residents would not be violating sanctions by visiting Tornado Cash's website, copying the mixer’s open-source code, nor making the code available online or in print
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says investing in crypto is not an escape from inflation
13.9.2022
Canada's inflation rose to 40-year highs this year while Bitcoin's price plummeted in the same period
Why the Bitcoin Price is Crashing Today After Bearish CPI Data – And Why it's Not All Bad
13.9.2022
The bitcoin price is crashing at the start of the US session after US Consumer Price Index inflation came in at the top of economists' forecasts.
Bitcoin is trading down 4.1% at $21,404 after a good run in which still leaves the price up 13% over the past seven days.
As we reported earlier today...
Ethiopian Central Bank Restricts Amount of Cash Travelers Can Hold, Sets Foreign Currency Conditions
13.9.2022
According to the National Bank of Ethiopia’s directive, which became effective on September 5, persons entering and departing the country in possession of local currency are now subject to new restrictions. Individuals may not hold local currency whose value exceeds $57.00 or 3,000 birr....
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Has Not Bottomed Out, Data Suggests; Ether and Other Altcoins Fall in Monday Trading
13.9.2022
A recent report from South Korea-based CryptoQuant outlines a number of different price valuation metrics that show bitcoin bottoming out between $10,000 and $14,500
Financial Giant State Street Sees Unwaning Crypto Demand From Institutional Investors
13.9.2022
Investment management firm State Street says that institutional clients are not deterred from investing in crypto assets despite price declines. “There is a belief that the asset class is here to stay,” a State Street executive said. State Street on Institutional Demand for Crypto...
SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal Says Actions to Continue, Not Giving Crypto a Pass
12.9.2022
The Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues efforts to bring the crypto industry under securities overreach. Gurbir Grewal, the director of the enforcement division, has reiterated that the crypto industry should not expect to get a pass from...
Who Can Say Who Is Not Satoshi? Hodlonaut and Wright Go to Trial to Find Out
12.9.2022
Craig Wright is suing Twitter influencer Hodlonaut over a series of tweets in 2019 in which Hodlonaut called Wright a fraud and a scammer. Hodlonaut sued Wright in Norway to secure a court confirmation that those tweets weren't defamatory. The trial kicks off this week in Oslo
Brazilian Securities Watchdog Demands Changes in Cryptocurrency Bill
11.9.2022
The new directive of the Brazilian securities watchdog, the CVM, is now demanding specific changes to the cryptocurrency bill pending discussion in Congress. The organization wants to correct a loophole in the current document in which some tokens would not be considered securities, including...
Bitcoin short squeeze ‘not over’ as BTC price eyes 17% weekly gains
11.9.2022
Analysts are still confident that BTC price action can break $23,000 going into the Ethereum Merge and U.S. CPI data
China to Crack Down on Copyright Infringement Through NFTs
10.9.2022
Authorities in China are going after creators of digital collectibles based on other people’s works of art, the use of which was not authorized. The government offensive is part of a campaign to combat online copyright infringement and piracy with the participation of several departments....
After Big Rally Past $21K, Bitcoin’s Price Momentum May Not Last
9.9.2022
Bitcoin’s price gain was the biggest in six months, leading a broad-market rally in cryptocurrencies that pushed the industry’s market capitalization back over $1 trillion
Crypto Investor Paradigm Argues Infrastructure Providers Should Not Be Subject to US Treasury Sanctions
9.9.2022
The firm laid out a legal argument against Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions targeting base layer participants such as miners and validators
'We’re not giving crypto a pass' on enforcement action, says SEC's Gurbir Grewal
9.9.2022
The SEC enforcement director said the commission "will continue to bring actions regardless of what label is used or technology is involved," including cryptocurrencies
Delphi Labs shifts research focus to a new crypto ecosystem... and it’s not Ethereum
9.9.2022
As part of Delphi Digital’s research into major ecosystems to find a new focus for its R&D arm, the firm has selected Cosmos over Ethereum as it thinks the latter is too slow and expensive
Hideo Kojima’s New Podcast Is Messy, But Damn If We’re Not Going To Listen Anyway
8.9.2022
Hideo Kojima games are always like a cerebral rubik’s cube. The plot, pacing, dialogue, and gameplay all tend to present this fun, if not elusive puzzle that you’ll likely keep thinking about even after you’re done playing. One would expect his new Spotify-exclusive podcast, Brain Structure,...
Coinbase's Battle Over Tornado Cash, White House Not Happy With Bitcoin Mining + More News
8.9.2022
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