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5 Jan 2021 1 minute read 7 comments author_nan
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), part of the US Treasury, announced on Jan. 4 that banks could use stablecoins for payment activities. The letter states that banks and thrift institutions can participate in independent node veri...
4 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments author_nan
Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino on Dec. 30, 2020 reassured investors via Twitter, saying that Tether and the company would not be targeted by the SEC. The response comes after concerns that the US SEC could next focus on the popular stablecoin. The SEC’s...
21 Dec 2020 5 minute read 1 comment LeftAntiPC
As universities face budget cuts, this is the perfect time to defund inaccurate, unscientific, and biased courses and departments in these universities. Unfortunately, due to the current global pandemic and recession, universities have seen much of t...
16 Dec 2020 1 minute read 9 comments author_nan
According to a report from The Daily Beast published on Dec. 15, President Trump is considering issuing a pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. Sources familiar with the matter told the outlet that the White House counsel’s office was reviewing...
16 Dec 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Greenchic
The United States has now begun inoculating its residents with Pfize’s Covid-19 vaccine After, becoming the first ever Covid-19 vaccine to kickstart inoculating UK’s population last week, the Pfize vaccine this week enters US where healthcare wo...
11 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Fireside DeFi
Captain's Log 003 December 11, 2020: It's been a rough past few days, haven't remembered to sit down and write much, but there's something that's been bothering me for a while. What is the United States really? You look at a map or satellite imag...
6 Dec 2020 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95
As some of you know I graduated from Texas A&M this past May in the middle of the pandemic. I was supposed to go to work for the Houston Astros. At first, I had planned to go to grad school to get my Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience however the idea o...
25 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments author_nan
Coinbase Pro will disable margin trading from Nov. 25, according to an announcement made on Nov. 25. Coinbase cited guidance from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission as the reason why it has disabled the product The exchange also...
24 Nov 2020 1 minute read 7 comments author_nan
On Nov. 23, Binance began telling some of its users in the US via email that they would have 14 days to withdraw their holdings, failing which their accounts would be locked. The exchange began blocking US users in early Nov. 2020. Binance expects i...
19 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment author_nan
Binance is suing Forbes and two of its writers for defamation, according to court documents filed on Nov. 18, following a report that alleged the exchange had used a “Tai Chi” company to skirt US regulation. Binance is suing Forbes, and reporters M...
