Category: Government
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A ‘token’ gift: The US SEC giveth and taketh away
While we would be remiss not to laud the SEC’s statement as a step in the right direction, the shortcomings are inescapable.
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New Hawaii bill seeks to create state-led blockchain working group
Introduced in Hawaii’s House of Representatives on Monday, Jan. 25, the bill calls for the formation of a blockchain working group led by the state’s economic development agency.
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Ripple ran crypto’s most expensive lobbying program in 2020
Per the latest in lobbying disclosures, Ripple Labs shelled out on its lobbying on legislation looking to change treatment of crypto under securities laws.
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ConsenSys partners with China’s Blockchain-based Service Network
ConsenSys has partnered with China’s Blockchain-based Service Network to accelerate the enterprise adoption of Ethereum apps in China.
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The United States updates its crypto AML/CFT laws
The U.S. Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism laws: Where will these updates lead the crypto space?
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Harvard crypto skeptic calls Bitcoin a ‘hedge against dystopia’
Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff says that he doesn’t see Bitcoin succeeding, barring extenuating circumstances.
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Bitcoin as a last resort? Murmurs of crypto as reserve currency abound
“What happens when the world and the U.S. dollar is in a continual state of quantitative easing?” Can BTC find a new and unexpected role for itself?
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Some Russian officials are being forced to sell their crypto by April 2021
Some Russian public officials have to disclose their crypto holdings, while other officials are obliged to hold zero crypto by April 1, according to a new law.
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NYDFS hosts crypto industry competition to get real-time data on Bitlicensees
Emerging analytics technology is the name of the game for the next stage in crypto regulation.
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Russian court order removes Binance website from regulator’s blacklist
The Binance website has been formally blacklisted in Russia since at least September 2020, but the restriction has not impacted Binance Russia trading.