Twitter Mulls Bitcoin as Dorsey Donates to Coin Center

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Twitter CEO Donates $1M to Coin Center

Dorsey's gift is the latest in a stream of donations to Coin Center.

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Jack Dorsey commits $1M to Coin Center on top of Grayscale's $2M donation

The D.C.-based advocacy group just raised millions for its ongoing research and lobbying efforts. Here’s how the numbers broke down.

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Kraken Donates to Crypto Advocacy Firm Coin Center

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Following Grayscale's contribution, Kraken donates $100K to Coin Center

The crypto exchange cited Coin Center’s work in challenging the proposed FinCEN self-hosted wallet rule as well as the STABLE Act from the U.S. government.

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Grayscale Gifts $1 Million To Coin Center, Will Match Up To $1 Million More In February

Grayscale Investments has donated $1 million to Coin Center, with a commitment to match all donations made in February up to $1 million more. The post Grayscale Gifts $1 Million To Coin Center, Will Match Up To $1 Million More In February appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Grayscale Investments пожертвовала на защиту интересов криптовалютной индустрии $1 млн

Управляющая активами компания Grayscale Investments пожертвовала $1 млн организации по продвижению и защите интересов криптовалютной индустрии Coin Center. #JoinTheMatch: We’re donating $1 million to @coincenter and pledging to match up to an additional $1 million in donations through the month of February.

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Организация по защите интересов криптоиндустрии Coin Center получила $1 млн от Grayscale

Инвестиционная компания Grayscale пожертвовала $1 млн некоммерческой организации по продвижению и защите интересов криптоиндустрии Coin Center. Согласно пресс-релизу от 25 января, Grayscale планирует собрать еще $1 млн для Coin Center до конца февраля.

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Grayscale Donates $1 Million to Coin Center, Pledges Another $1 Million Community Match

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Grayscale Donating up to $2M to Crypto Advocacy Group Coin Center

A web page has been set up for the donation matching campaign that runs through February.

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Защитники приватности призвали помешать «прощальному подарку» криптоиндустрии от администрации Трампа

Организация по продвижению и защите интересов биткоин- и блокчейн-индустрии Coin Center попросила о помощи в борьбе с предложенными Сетью по борьбе с финансовыми преступлениями (FinCEN) Минфина США правилами по верификации пользователей некастодиальных кошельков.

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Директор Coin Center прокомментировал новое регулирование криптовалютных кошельков

Исполнительный директор адвокатской группы Coin Center Джерри Брито призвал всех участников криптовалютного сообщества отправить комментарии в FinCEN по поводу регулирования криптовалютных кошельков.

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$175K Donation to Coin Center Tops Latest Fundraising Push for Crypto Policy Group

The donation from a group headlined by NEAR, Solana and Celo comes in addition to $300,000 raised via Gitcoin.

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Coin Center Donations Top $100K Worth of Dai Following Anti-Stablecoin Bill Proposal

Donations in dai, USDC, and ether were sent to Coin Center via Gitcoin.

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U.S. Congress appeals for a fair tax on crypto staking rewards

A group of Congress members in the US have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for a fairer tax on staking rewards, a Coin Center letter revealed Tuesday.   However, a tax must be levied when such rewards are sold, instead of acquired, said the Congressmen.

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U.S. Congress appeals for zero tax on crypto staking rewards

A group of Congress members in the US have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for zero tax on staking rewards, a Coin Center letter revealed Tuesday.   However, a tax must be levied when such rewards are sold, instead of acquired, said the Congressmen.

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В нише криптовалют набирает популярность новый мем о «пробиткоинерах»

3 января 2020 года —в одиннадцатую годовщину создания генезис-блока Биткоина — основатель Earn. com и бывший технический директор Coin Center Баладжи Шринивасан запустил свой новый проект. Он получил название Nakamoto.

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What’s Ahead for Litecoin After MimbleWimble-Fueled Privacy Is Added?

The Litecoin Summit is unfolding in Las Vegas, and MimbleWimble is center stage. Litecoin is on its way to becoming a privacy coin, which for Charlie Lee is about fungibility. The privacy push is a risky one that could cost the coin exchange listings in some countries.

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The IRS’ latest cryptocurrency tax guidance shows it still doesn’t get it

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued updated guidance for calculating taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings yesterday. It’s the organizations first update in five years and it asks more questions than it answers.

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Bitcoin mining farm in China allegedly burns down as coin records minor fall in hash rate

Adding to China’s list of crypto-disasters this year, a local mining farm has allegedly caught fire for reasons that are yet to revealed. The disaster that befell the Innosilicon-powered data center’s was first reported on Twitter by @OGBTC, who tweeted, “The big datacenter from Innosilicon just went nuclear $BTC“ The above image was posted as […] The post Bitcoin mining farm in China allegedly burns down as coin records minor fall in hash rate appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Preaches Caution After Problems With Libra Coin Approach

After several scandals and issues eroded the public's trust in Facebook, a company that is famous for its disruptive activities recently, its creator Mark Zuckerberg is starting to become more cautious, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.

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1irstcoin LLC: P2PB2B issues IEO [Initial Coin Offering] for the FST [1irst] token [news supplement]

The renowned and EU widely licensed trading center for cryptocurrencies p2pb2b. io issues a so-called IEO, Initial Exchange Offering, for the benefit of 1irstcoin LLC. The addition of p2pb2b. io is intended to strengthen confidence in the business model of 1irstcoin LLC, as well as to make the products and services available to a wider audience.

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Zcash Foundation, ECC resume trademark negotiation deal amid fears of fallout

Zcash Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, has been at the center of an ongoing controversy pertaining to the use of the “Zcash” trademark.

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Binance Benefits from KYC Mishap as BNB Jumps 10%

According to data from CoinMarketCap at the time of writing, Binance Coin (BNB) has jumped by more than 10% in less than 24 hours, following news of Know Your Customer (KYC) leak. Recently, Binance was at the center of a KYC leak scandal when a Telegram channel published thousands of photos allegedly containing private Know […] The post Binance Benefits from KYC Mishap as BNB Jumps 10% appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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People have got it all wrong, Libra IS NOT a centralized ‘FB Coin,’ says Facebook’s Blockchain Lead

Facebook has taken center stage yet again. A month after the announcement of Libra, Facebook’s “GlobalCoin” is trending yet again. With the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell raising concerns about Libra with respect to money laundering, privacy, and financial stability, and even the United States President himself calling for Facebook to “seek a new Banking […] The post People have got it all wrong, Libra IS NOT a centralized ‘FB Coin,’ says Facebook’s Blockchain Lead appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Facebook's Libra Crypto Is Basically Just World of Warcraft Gold: Expert

One of the world's leading non-profit cryptocurrency research outfits has joined the chorus of voices playing down the threat that Facebook's Libra represents to Bitcoin. Citing its lack of decentralization and contrasting it in detail with Bitcoin, Coin Center denounces Libra as little more than World of Warcraft gold.

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Tether (USDT) Remains King Of Stablecoins Still Despite The Mishaps In 2019

Tether, the controversial stable coin has somehow learned the art of survival, especially at times when most of the community is betting against it. The stable coin has been at the center of numerous controversies right from the time of its inception.

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The 'Coinbase Effect' And Where It Stands In Current Market Conditions

After Coinbase added support for Chainlink's LINK cryptocurrency last week, the coin saw a spike in price, putting the "Coinbase Effect" at center stage in this (maybe, not quite) post-winter boom.

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Libra’s Path Of Permissionless Is Flawed, Decentralized Token Is Unlikely: Coin Center Director

When Facebook finally released the Libra white paper this week, the world stopped and gasped. The largest social media company of the world is set on transitioning and starting a new cryptocurrency.

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Coin Center director: Libra’s path towards permissionless is flawed, unlikely to become decentralized

Facebook finally revealed details about its highly-anticipated cryptocurrency, Libra. And while the company said it plans on transitioning to a permissionless network over the next five years, questions have been raised about Facebook’s ability to create a truly decentralized system.

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Coin Center Advocacy Group Informs UK AML Regulations Could Violate Users’ Privacy And Rights

According to the nonprofit research and advocacy center called Coin Center, the proposed anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) regulations violate users’ privacy rights. Coin Center has urged Her Majesty’s Treasury not to implement these regulations.

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Crypto Advocacy Center Says Proposed UK AML Regulations Violate Privacy Rights

Nonprofit crypto policy center Coin Center has urged Her Majesty’s Treasury not to over-broaden the scope of U.K.’s anti-money laundering/counter terrorism financing regulations

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Ripple’s David Schwartz defends XRP against BTC’s ‘mediocre finality and censorship resistance’

The launch of cryptocurrencies from mainstream institutions has been the norm of the digital assets industry for some time now and the Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook’s Global Coin has been front and center with regards to that.

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Andrew Yang Big on Crypto, Suggests Yang Presidency Means Moon

On the last day of Consensus 2019, Democratic nominee for the US 2020 presidential election Andrew Yang sat down for a chat with Coin Center’s Neeraj Agrawal to talk politics and crypto. The two shared a candid conversation on the main stage in front of the crowd of industry players that made up the conference.

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Власти США могут освободить от налогов небольшие криптотранзакции

Конгресс США рассматривает законопроект о таксономии токенов (Token Taxonomy Act), который может освободить от налогов транзакции на сумму менее $600. Об этом заявил исполнительный директор организации Coin Center Джерри Брито.

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Закон США о таксономии токенов не будет облагать налогом транзакции на сумму менее $600

Закон о таксономии токенов (TTA) подразумевает освобождение от налогов для криптовалютных транзакций на сумму менее $600, сообщил Джерри Брито (Jerry Brito). Выступая на конференции Consensus, директор некоммерческого исследовательского и правового центра по криптовалютам Coin Center рассказал, что в рамках закона предусматриваются изменения в налоговой базе – речь идёт об исключении для некоторых операций в криптовалютах. […]

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В США хотят освободить от налогов криптовалютные транзакции на сумму менее $600

Законопроект о таксономии токенов (Token Taxonomy Act), который недавно был повторно представлен на рассмотрение Конгрессу США, потенциально освободит от налогов транзакции на сумму менее $600. Об этом в ходе конференции Consensus заявил исполнительный директор организации Coin Center Джерри Брито, сообщает Cointelegraph.

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Конгрессмен Брэд Шерман: криптовалюты развалят США

Сенатор высказал мнение, чем на самом деле опасны цифровые активы для американской власти. Конгрессмен Брэд Шерман, член верхней палаты американского парламента, Сената, представляющий Демократическую партию, заявил, что криптовалюты, в итоге окажут разрушающее воздействие на США.

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Сенатор Шерман и экономист Рубини выступили за запрет криптовалют. США ужесточит регулирование

9 мая сенатор Брэд Шерман, выступая в Конгрессе США, сказал, что американскому государству нужно принять закон, который запретит криптовалюты. Today in Congress Rep. Sherman called for a bill to ban all cryptocurrencies.

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Американский конгрессмен предложил издать закон о запрете криптовалют. Они якобы подрывают мощь США

Член Конгресса США Брэд Шерман призвал законодательно запретить покупку криптовалют. С таким заявлением он выступил в ходе заседания Комитета по финансовым услугам. Today in Congress Rep. Sherman called for a bill to ban all cryptocurrencies.

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Bitcoin [BTC]/Sri Lanka bombing: Our services have NOT been used by ISIS, claims CoinPayments

Bitcoin [BTC], the largest cryptocurrency in the space has often taken the center stage for being termed as a go-to coin for criminals and money launderers. The coin made headlines once again after a report by Whitestream claimed that Bitcoin donations to ISIS increased a day prior to the Sri Lanka bombing, which killed around […] The post Bitcoin [BTC]/Sri Lanka bombing: Our services have NOT been used by ISIS, claims CoinPayments appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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South Korea’s Gil Medical Center, Longenesis To Create Blockchain Health Management Database

South Korean Hospital And Longenesis To Create Blockchain-Powered Health Data Management Database According to news outlet, Coin Telegraph, two entities are coming together to create a blockchain-based health information management system.

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Coin Center’s Bitcoin Expert Peter Van Valkenburgh Delivers CFTC Excellent Blockchain Breakdown

Coin Center, an advocacy group that works to protect open blockchain networks, has gained attention recently due to one of its own testimony before the U. S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”).

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ICO Tokens Still Highly Correlated to Bitcoin

The aftermath of the 2018 bear bloodbath saw an increasing correlation between Initial Coin Offering (ICO) tokens and Bitcoin (BTC), despite the clear differences between them. According to an article published March 26, 2019, by VoxEU, some commentators at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) say this absence of an uncoupled price regime couldRead More

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Despite Mixed Reviews About Potential Facebook Coin, Ari Paul Says Its Bullish As It Gets

Large Crypto Funds Bullish On Facebook Coin Facebook has been one of the largest social media networks for well over a decade now. While the company did find itself in the center of several scandals over the years, as well as massive hacking attacks, it recently made a move that will undoubtedly have a huge […]

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Количество криптолоббистов в США утроилось за последний год

Количество компаний, лоббирующих интересы криптовалютной сферы в Вашингтоне увеличилось за 2018 год почти втрое — с 12 до 33. Об этом пишет Politico. Причиной бурного роста стало существующее регулирование в области ценных бумаг, считает директор некоммерческой организации Coin Center Джерри Бритто.

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Лоббирование блокчейна и криптовалют в США значительно увеличилось

Количество лоббирующих блокчейн политиков в Конгрессе США утроилось в прошлом году. Если в конце 2017 года их было всего 12, то уже через год число таких представителей увеличилось до 33. Исполнительный директор некоммерческой организации Coin Center Джерри Брито (Jerry Brito) предположил, что такое увеличение лоббирования блокчейна и криптовалют стало результатом действий регуляторов. Ранее, в январе […]

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Blockchain Lawyer Clarifies Recent SEC ETH is a Non-Security Statements as Community Awaits Ether’s Fate

Recently, Coin Center worked with Representative Ted Budd to send a letter to SEC Chairman Clayton. The letter asked for clarification regarding Clayton’s position on Director Hinman’s June 2018 speech on ethereum and other cryptos are securities.

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Medican Cannabis Coin ICO

Medical Cannabis for the Blockchain Era Medical revolution for Well-being of Humanity Be a part of Medical Revolution break-through with Innovation Driven Medical Technology using Cannabis for Treatment of Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and many more chronic diseases.

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