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Russia Proposes Up to 5 Years of Hard Labor For Illegal Crypto Use

25 May 2020 1 minute read 5 comments author_nan $1.43

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...

Iran Gets Serious About Bitcoin Mining

22 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments author_nan $0.14

According to local media outlets, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has commanded government officials to come up with a new national strategy for blockchain mining and regulation. Rouhani was leading the 137th session of the government's Economic Coo...

Chinese Communist Party Publishes a Guide On Blockchain Technology

20 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments author_nan $0.15

Chinese media outlets reported on May 10 that the Chinese Community Party has published a book about emerging technologies, including blockchain technology. Authored by The Central Party School, the book is intended to educate the public and official...

After 9 Months of Near Silence, Facebook Offers a Huge Update on Libra Project

17 Apr 2020 1 minute read 26 comments author_nan $2.42

On April 16, the co-creator and board member of Facebook’s Libra project, David Marcus, has published a series of tweets that gives an update on the project, which has endured months of silence and doubt since its original announcement.  Saying that...

Central Banks Talk Stablecoin BAN!

16 Apr 2020 3 minute read 1 comment Market Militia $0.24

  FSB Wants To Save You From Stablecoins!   The Financial Stability Board (FSB) on April 14 released a proposal to regulate stablecoins. In this proposal they specify that their concerns are focused on "global stablecoins" which they refer to as GSCs...

Bitcoin Mining Around The World

10 Feb 2020 5 minute read 0 comments Roshaan $0.02

The Bitcoin mining hash rate has been on a steady increase since December of 2018 (seen below). These are encouraging signs for the mining ecosystem despite pressures on a number of fronts. Price volatility and regulatory efforts have been notable o...

States are Leading the Fight for Privacy

11 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist $0.16

A handful of states, including California, Delaware, Illinois, Utah, and Arkansas, are leading the country in establishing regulations to protect citizens' digital privacy.  California is often blazing the trail (Article 1, Section 1 of the Declarat...

SFC Publishes New Regulations Affecting Virtual Asset Owners in Hong Kong

9 Oct 2019 1 minute read 1 comment Cryptos.com $0.16

HONG KONG – The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a new regulatory framework subjecting what they call “Virtual Asset” portfolio managers, fund distributors and trading platform operators, earlier this month, on October 4th.  The regu...

Why crypto space needs regulation so urgently

29 Aug 2019 3 minute read 0 comments hsotaka $0.39

The following article discusses the different reasons why regulation in crypto space is so important and urgently needed.   1. Fake Volume Most readers are probably bored with this topic by now, because it was discussed so many times already. Neverth...

If Loot Boxes are Attacked Legislatively, I'm Leaving TCGs

19 Aug 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Daniel Goldman $0.60

Loot boxes are a popular game mechanic which generates revenue for companies that produce games. Recent legislation threatens them. But it also threatens trading card games. I’ve been playing TCGs for a number of years. My first MTG purchase was a...