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17 Sep 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan
San Francisco based exchange Kraken has received approval from the Wyoming Banking Board to serve as a special purpose depository institution (SPDI), according to an announcement made on September 16. The approval makes Kraken the first crypto exch...
17 Sep 2020 1 minute read 2 comments KHubbard
The SEC has recently issued a number of enforcement actions, many of which were lodged against ICOs that took place in 2017. It was remarkable to see Security and Exchange Commissioner Hester M. Peirce make a public dissent againt Mark Cuban and As...
16 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Five major European nations have called for stablecoin regulations, as fears mount over state sovereignty and consumer protection, according to a Reuters report published on September 11. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain have all as...
20 Aug 2020 3 minute read 3 comments MintDice.com
It is a difficult decision to make whether gambling should be legalized or not. The pros and cons of legalizing gambling may prove to be equal. Some will support gambling, while others may come opposing it. According to some individuals, gambling can...
17 Aug 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan
Cryptocurrency exchange and derivatives trading platform BitMEX announced on August 14 that it will mandate user identity verification as part of its User Verification Programme. User Verification Programme will launch 2 weeks from now, on August 28...
13 Aug 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Hipdibby
Recent guidance from the UK Joint Money Laundering Steering Group clarifies the scope of the UK anti-money laundering ('AML') regime for crypto firms and raises concerns that national regulators may be set to collide with the growing DeFi sector. How...
7 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Russia’s largest consumer bank, Sberbank, will launch a blockchain built using Hyperledger Fabric, with the possibility of a stablecoin launch also being discussed, according to Russian media outlet Vedomosti. Nodes will be hosted on Sberbank’s clou...
2 Aug 2020 4 minute read 1 comment tipplenurkey
I'm going to do a lot of assuming in this argument. I'm going to do a lot of reaching. I'm not going to provide any evidence for or against my argument because I want you to go find it for yourself instead of taking my word. Ready? You may ha...
30 May 2020 2 minute read 1 comment Cryptos.com
American President Donald Trump issued Thursday an “executive order” to regulate social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, in particular, their practices and perhaps their algorithms for curating, “shadowbanning” or otherwi...
25 May 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
On May 21, the Russian State Duma proposed a bill to punish illegal cryptocurrency activity with up to seven years of prison or 5 years of hard labour, according to reports from Russian media outlet, RBC. In what would be the strictest approach to cr...
