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SEC Karate-Chops Steven Seagal Over Promoting Cryptocurrency Touted as the Next Gen Bitcoin
28.2.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged actor Steven Seagal for unlawfully promoting a cryptocurrency investment scheme claiming to be “the next generation of bitcoin.” Seagal failed to disclose that he was being compensated in cash and crypto by Bitcoiin2gen,...
Steven Seagal Settles Token-Touting Charges With SEC Over 2018 ICO
27.2.2020
Martial artist and actor Steven Seagal was charged with not declaring payments related to his promotion of a token launched by Bitcoiin2Gen
Steven Segal Settles Token-Touting Charges With SEC Over 2018 ICO
27.2.2020
The martial artist and actor was charged for not declaring payments related to his promotion a token launched by Bitcoiin2Gen
Next Step Mobile Surveillance: How You Walk, Your Heartbeat – Why Bitcoin Matters to Combat Government Privacy Invasion
26.2.2020
It may sound like something from a dystopian cyberpunk movie, but payment providers could soon be validating transactions by the way users walk, their heartbeat, veins, and more. Mastercard has recently revealed they “have been testing heartbeat, vein technology, and the way people walk...
Regulatory Roundup: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Proposals, IRS Changes Rule, China Quarantines Cash
18.2.2020
In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U.S., including President Trump’s crypto proposals, testimonies by the Federal Reserve chairman and the Treasury secretary, a crypto-friendly SEC proposal, and the IRS changing a crypto tax rule. We also cover...
BTC Correction, Andrew Yang Out, William Shatner Attacks: Hodler’s Digest, Feb. 10–16
17.2.2020
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, Bitcoin’s sudden correction, Tom Lee predicts BTC will beat the Dow to 40,000, and the U.S. plans “significant new requirements” on crypto
Iran Concerns May Be Driving Trump Administration’s Talk of New Crypto Rules
13.2.2020
Tensions with Iran may be behind U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s cryptocurrency compliance comments on Wednesday
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Gives Testimony on Cryptocurrency, New Regulations Rolling Out Soon
13.2.2020
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave his testimony on cryptocurrency before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. Mnuchin said crypto is a “crucial area” that the Treasury has spent a lot of time on. He also talked about stablecoins and announced that new crypto regulations...
US Financial Crimes Watchdog Preparing ‘Significant’ Crypto Rules, Warns Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
12.2.2020
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said FinCEN is preparing "significant new requirements" around cryptocurrencies to tamp down illicit activity
Mnuchin Affirms $1.5 Trillion Unaccounted For, Still Demands Strict Bitcoin Regulation
23.12.2019
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remarked last week that a reported $1.5 trillion in missing cash — mostly one hundred dollar bills — was “sitting in bank vaults all over the world.” The famously anti-bitcoin U.S. official noted that “there’s a lot...
The Many Facts Pointing to Ian Grigg Being Satoshi
20.12.2019
Financial cryptographer. Cypherpunk. Inventor of Ricardian contracts and early utilizer of triple-entry accounting systems, which would later be exemplified in Bitcoin. Ian Grigg may have claimed that Satoshi was a team effort and is now dead, only living on in bitcoiners everywhere, but some seem...
Mnuchin ‘Fine’ With Libra Launch, But Crypto Project Must ‘Fully’ Comply With AML Rules
6.12.2019
Steven Mnuchin, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, has no issue with the launch of the Facebook-led Libra project – as long as financial rules are followed to the letter
Shots Fired as Nancy Pelosi Challenger Bacelar Funds Campaign With Crypto
2.10.2019
27-year-old Agatha Bacelar is a Brazilian-American immigrant from a STEM background, and she’s targeting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s seat in the California Congress (CA-12) in the next election cycle. Her campaign is seeking to raise $1 million in crypto (BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC...
Craig Wright to Challenge Judge’s Ruling in the Billion-Dollar Lawsuit
3.9.2019
Craig Wright is looking to challenge Judge Reinhart’s decision and has asked the court for an extension of time in order to dispute the August 27 ruling. Wright was recently instructed to distribute 50% of his BTC holdings allegedly mined before 2014 and intellectual property (IP) to...
FinCEN Director Reminds Casinos to Follow Guidelines Regarding Cryptocurrencies
18.8.2019
The Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth A. Blanco, has insisted casinos to observe the office’s guidelines concerning suspicious CVC (convertible virtual currency) activity. While addressing the twelfth Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference...
Currency War Erupts as US and China Bring Out the Big Guns
6.8.2019
What started out as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies is now a full-blown currency war as the U.S. and China bring their big guns to the battlefield. The impact on the global financial markets was immediate and severe, driving up safe-haven assets as ordinary people...
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Is ‘Not Comfortable’ With Facebook’s Libra
15.7.2019
In a press conference Monday, Mnuchin voiced the Trump administration's concerns with Facebook's Libra and cryptocurrencies like bitcoin
U.S. SEC Files Lawsuit Against Kik For Unregistered 2017 ICO
5.6.2019
The mobile messaging app from Canadian company Kick Interactive – ‘Kik’ is in troubled waters. On 4th June, the U.S. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has filed a lawsuit against the company for the unregistered ICO (Initial Coin Offering) it conducted back in 2017. The case...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Break Records With $1 Billion in Notional Volume
15.5.2019
The world’s largest options and futures exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade (CME Group) and its bitcoin futures contracts saw an all-time high on May 13. According to CME’s records, the exchange recorded 33,700 contracts on Monday which represented...