All posts tagged "Government"
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26BLOCKCHAINPresidential Hopeful Andrew Yang Plans to Regulate Crypto Industry
Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang has outlined how he plans to regulate the cryptocurrency industry. Promise to promote legislation on cryptocurrencies...
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21LATEST NEWSDespite bans, Giphy still hosts self-harm, hate speech and child sex abuse content
Image search engine Giphy bills itself as providing a “fun and safe way” to search and create animated GIFs. But despite its...
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31BLOCKCHAINCrypto News From the German-Speaking World: Nov. 3-10
The past week has marked a number of crypto- and blockchain-related developments in the German-speaking world. Malta Enterprise partnered with Deutsche Telekom’s...
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28BLOCKCHAINPresident Erdogan: Turkey to Finish Testing Digital Lira in 2020
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directed that the government should finish testing the national central bank digital currency (CBDC) in 2020. The...
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30AltcoinJoe Lubin: China Will Avoid Blockchain’s ‘Decentralizing Aspects’
China’s forthcoming digital renminbi is unlikely to use blockchain, considers Ethereum (ETH) co-founder and ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin. In an interview for...
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25BLOCKCHAINBahrain to Provide Fast-Track Setup Program for Fintech Startups
The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) has introduced a new program to attract more startups to the country. According to a press...
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73BLOCKCHAINBinance Rumored to Be Planning New Office in Beijing in First Presence in China Since 2017
Major crypto exchange Binance may be returning to China, with a planned office to open in Beijing, sources say. Binance in exile...
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144BLOCKCHAINAssociation of Private German Banks Argues for Digital Euro
German banks have presented a position paper in which they make several arguments for the digital euro. On Oct. 30, in a...
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171BLOCKCHAINJulius Baer Top Exec: Crypto Still in ‘Darwinian’ Process of Selection
A top executive at private Swiss private banking Julius Baer says cryptocurrencies are still at the stage of a “Darwinian” process of...
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162BITCOINWhy Central Banks Are Not Designed for Democracies
Through their policies, central banks exert tremendous influence over the socio-economic conditions in a country and its business environment. Their decisions are...
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161BITCOINIndian Crypto Trading Volumes Accelerate on Positive Sentiments
Cryptocurrency trading volumes in India have accelerated despite regulatory uncertainty and banking restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Global...
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226AMLCrypto and Blockchain News From German-Speaking World: Oct. 20-26
The German-speaking world has seen an array of crypto and blockchain-related developments over the past week, with the Federal Ministry of Finance...
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Cash Runs Dry at ATMs as Protests Escalate in Chile
There’s a lot of unrest in Chile right now as the country has seen massive protests against government manipulation and an escalation...
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178BITCOINMcAfee Envisions DEX in a World Where Crypto Won’t Be Traded for Fiat
In a recent video posted to Twitter. John McAfee states: “Imagine a world…where fiat currency is diminishing in importance.” Instead of pointing...
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232BLOCKCHAINCrypto News From the Spanish-Speaking World: Oct. 14–20 in Review
The Spanish-speaking world has seen another week of major cryptocurrency and blockchain developments with the Mexican government announcing a new alliance to...
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189BLOCKCHAINCentral Banks Have Three Options for Crypto Regulations, Says Official
Denis Beau, the deputy governor of France’s central bank, Banque De France, recently delivered comments regarding central banks’ approaches to cryptocurrencies. Establish...
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237BLOCKCHAINWhy each Libra member’s mutiny hurts Facebook
There’s a strategic cost to the defection of Visa, Stripe, eBay, and more from the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra Association. They’re not just...
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172BLOCKCHAINMalaysian Finance Ministry: Cryptocurrency Adoption Remains Low
Malaysia’s finance ministry says both domestic and global adoption rates of cryptocurrencies are low, notwithstanding the significant attention the disruptive sector has...
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182AltcoinUS CFTC Chairman Says Ether Is a Commodity, ETH Futures Coming Next
The chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believes Ether (ETH) is a commodity — and that ETH futures trading is becoming...
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198LATEST NEWSNew Vector scores $8.5M to plug more users into its open, decentralized messaging Matrix
New Vector, a European startup founded in 2017 by the creators of an open, decentralized communications standard called Matrix to drive adoption...