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US OCC Wants END Banks Discrimination of disfavored Businesses; Cryptos included

23 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

US OCC Wants END Banks Discrimination of disfavored Businesses; Cryptos included   The OCC is proposing a rule change that compels large U.S. banks to offer and provide fair access to financial services to anyone that wants them. The proposition seek...

US Crypto firm launched 401(k) program

23 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

US Crypto firm launched 401(k) program   In the US one of the three legs of a retirement stool is the 401(k) and it is typically only open to traditional investing channels. I.E Stocks and Bonds which can appear to be myopic.  So, Digital Asset Inves...

Achilles' Heel of Crypto

18 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Achilles' Heel of Crypto   While learning Crypto's I have been trying to understand risks of all types.  Early on I knew that electricity and cheap electricity at that was crucial to not just mining but the entire Crypto network.  Sure, the FinTech w...

SEC Flashed Green light to all US Banks

15 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk

SEC Flashed Green light to all US Banks   The US Crypto thaw continues as the Securities Exchange Committee (AKA SEC) qualifying US Banks as BitCoin Custodians. This took place on Nov. 9th '20 it recognized all US Banks as qualified custodians.  So,...

Dr. Doom Admits BTC may be Store of Value

9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk

Dr. Doom Admits BTC may be Store of Value   Dr Nouriel Roubini (AKA Dr. Doom) admitted that BTC may actually be a store of value.  As a result of the value he sees a new revolution on the horizon (next three years) as Global Central Banks start to re...

NJ Senate Bill 3132 - Crypto Regulation Bill Submitted

9 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

NJ Senate Bill 3132 - Crypto Regulation Bill Submitted   Last Thursday NJ Sen. Nellie Pou (D.-35), introduced a bill known as the "Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act" which is similar to the BitLicense legislation put forth by NY in 2015.  T...

US Crypto ATM Market Growth

8 Nov 2020 1 minute read 8 comments Keith Thuerk

US Crypto ATM Market Growth   It is no revelation that the US lacks a Crypto Policy (Promoting, Accepting, etc) however, the bright spot is a new report that shows Crypto ATM deployments and it shows the US is leading in Crypto ATM deployments; WOW! ...

Wyoming adds another Crypto Foundation stone - US Senator

5 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Wyoming adds another Crypto Foundation stone - US Senator   From my post last week (rb.gy/rquugn) you read the State of Wyoming passed legislation to allow Crypto providers to be licensed as Banks. On Tuesday 11/3/20 Cynthia Lummis was elected to the...

US DOJ seizes $1B worth of Silk Road

5 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

US DOJ seizes $1B worth of Silk Road   Tuesday 11/03/20 was a critical day in the US for many reasons, this focuses on the seizure of 69,370 bitcoin and nearly equivalent amounts of forked cryptos bitcoin cash (BCH), bitcoin gold (BTG) and bitcoin sa...

Ocean Protocol working w/ German Central Bank

4 Nov 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Keith Thuerk

Ocean Protocol working w/ German Central Bank   Last week the German Central Bank awarded Ocean the contract to finalize "the design of a decentralized data network"  The contract was based upon Oceans ability to deliver distributed ledger technology...