2020-6-19 19:10 |
Cryptocurrencies should be regulated more stringently, a VMWare security executive told U.S. lawmakers, citing a rise in cybercrime during the pandemic. origin »
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Ohio lawmakers have proposed the launch of a blockchain voting pilot in spite of security experts' repeated warnings against any internet-based elections system.
2020-5-7 19:53 | |
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Hawaiian lawmakers have submitted a bill SB2594 on Jan. 18 that would make it legal for the banks to provide custody for digital assets. As per this bill, Hawaiin banks will be allowed to hold “Digital asset,” “Digital consumer assets,” “Digital security,” “Virtual currency,” and any other “open blockchain token” for their customers. Banks can […]
2020-1-24 19:33 | |
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Stablecoins may became a security, if lawmakers’ efforts are successful. Garcia and Gooden presented their bill to the House Financial Services Committee at the end of November, and spoke at a committee hearing on the topic of big data in the financial industry.
2019-12-2 02:14 | |
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Will Libra be able to operate in the U.S. if Congress classifies stablecoins as securities?
2019-12-1 16:33 | |
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Blockstream chief strategy officer Samson Mow pulled no punches with Facebook’s much-hyped crypto, Libra. He is not the first industry insider to criticize the planned crypto launch, both industry experts and lawmakers are voicing concerns over the security of the open-source currency, and the potential censorship issues that come from the way it is being […] The post ‘Libra Is Screwed’: Industry Insiders Ring Death-Knell for Facebook’s Crypto appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-7-18 13:27 | |
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Facebook’s tryst with privacy and security issues is no myth. Its new cryptocurrency Libra failed to reap a positive response from the US lawmakers. Adding to its woes, Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters called for a “moratorium” in the development of the corporate giant’s cryptocurrency project Libra.
2019-6-21 10:08 | |
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The political spectrum is usually divided into four main categories: libertarian left, authoritarian left, libertarian right and authoritarian right. Those on the left prefer a more controlled economy, while those on the right have a preference for free markets.
2019-4-16 22:26 | |
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As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.
2019-1-3 20:53 | |
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Two U. S. congressmen have introduced a bill aimed at amending the country’s securities laws to exclude cryptocurrencies from the definition of a security. The bipartisan bill also seeks to adjust taxation and create tax exemptions for certain cryptocurrency transactions.
2018-12-21 17:45 | |
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A bill that seeks to create a task force to combat the use of cryptocurrency in financing terrorism has just passed the House of Representatives. House Resolution 5036 (H.
2018-9-28 01:12 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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Reports from Bloomberg today have revealed that Korea’s financial regulators are urging lawmakers to quickly pass cryptocurrency legislation to protect investors from under-securitized exchanges. The Bloomberg article states that local exchanges are “rife with security flaws and money-laundering risks”.
2018-7-27 12:25 | |
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Reports from Bloomberg today have revealed that Korea’s financial regulators are urging lawmakers to quickly pass cryptocurrency legislation to protect investors from under-securitized exchanges.
2018-7-27 23:28 | |
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In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and congressional hearings, there’s a palpable sense that the pressure slowly building around online data security is about to finally catapult us into uncharted territory.
2018-7-22 15:30 | |
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The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote in favor of a crypto market structure bill as a standalone piece of legislation for the first time.
Several Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have a bill coming this week to target money laundering through cryptocurrency mixing services, said Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), one of its backers.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are sprinting toward the worst case scenario in their scramble for a new speaker of the House, and their infighting could worsen the prospects for crypto legislation this year.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should listen to the courts and give up its efforts to block exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding bitcoins, a bipartisan group of lawmakers argued in a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
The House Agriculture Committee advanced the Financial Innovation Technology for the 21st Century Act, a day after the House Financial Services Committee did.
The move comes a day after the finance-focused lawmakers agreed bills on crypto market structure
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell argued for the need for strong central-bank oversight in stablecoin regulations being crafted by lawmakers in the House Financial Services Committee.