Malaysia’s finance regulator and central bank issued a joint press statement Dec. 6 in which they confirmed they were “putting in place” legislation on cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offering…
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Mastercard Patent Filing Outlines Way to Anonymize Crypto Transactions
Payments giant Mastercard claims to have developed a new way of keeping cryptocurrency transactions private. According to a patent application published Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the…
Venezuela to Sell Oil for Petro Cryptocurrency in 2019, Says Maduro
Venezuela’s President Maduro has said the nation will sidestep the U.S. dollar and phase in use of its controversial petro token for oil sales starting next year. According to…
Russia’s Sberbank Uses Smart Contract to Settle Three-Way Repo Deal
State-owned Russian bank Sberbank has completed a repurchase agreement, or repo, using blockchain technology. The bank announced Thursday that, with participation from Region Brokerage Company and the country’s National Settlement…
SEC Fines Crypto Fund $50K and Issues Cease-and-Desist
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered fund manager CoinAlpha Advisors LLC to pay a $50,000 fine following what it deemed to be an unregistered securities sale. According…
Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Blockchain Regulators
Kevin Werbach is a Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of “The Blockchain and the New Architecture…
The Era of Central Bank Digital Currencies Is Within Reach
“CBDC, not bitcoin” is the new “blockchain, not bitcoin.” Since 2014, discussions of a publicly accessible digital payment vehicle issued by a central bank have matured significantly. Central bank…
US Congressmen Introduce Two Bills to Prevent Crypto Price Manipulation
Two U.S. Congressmen have introduced bipartisan bills to prevent crypto price manipulation and boost acceptance of the tech. Representatives Darren Soto (Democrat) and Ted Budd (Republican) jointly announced Thursday…
Is Matt Whitaker, the New US Attorney General, a Bitcoiner?
After scoring two big wins following the mid-term election of crypto friendly Governors in California and Colorado, this space may now count a third. Matt Whitaker, the new acting attorney…
World’s First Two Bitcoin Addresses Sanctioned by US, But Does it Work?
The United States government has announced sanctions on two bitcoin addresses which they claim belong to two Iranians who, the government says, assisted in exchanging bitcoin ransom payments into Iranian…
