ICO launches consultation on draft direct marketing code of practice
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a public consultation on a draft direct marketing code of practice. Processing personal data for direct
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Bitcoin Probes Major Resistance After 15% Price Rally
A long-term bitcoin price resistance has come into play for the first time in two months. The widely-tracked 100-day moving average (MA), currently located at $7,945, was breached in the early Asian trading hours, according to Bitstamp data. The move, however, ran out of steam at $8,000 and prices soon
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Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? US-Iran Tensions Rekindle Debate
Bitcoin’s recent price jump after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general has rekindled a long-running debate among investors: whether it will work as a safe-haven asset like gold in times of heightened geopolitical and economic turmoil. The cryptocurrency changed hands around $7,500 on Monday, up about 10 percent since
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Blog: The benefits of sharing personal data – what can we learn from Open Banking?
6 January 2020 The ICO’s Regulators’ Business Innovation Privacy Hub has recently been looking at the key data protection considerations for innovators who are working in the
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AuthenTrend’s At.Wallet Offers Fingerprint Security in Ultrathin Package
LAS VEGAS — A Taiwanese security company called AuthenTrend is trying something new in the ultraslim wallet world. Its first product? A cold wallet the size of two credit cards back to back that features an e-ink screen and fingerprint-based security.The thin plastic wallet uses biometrics to temporarily unlock the
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South Korean Presidential Commission Wants to Bring Crypto Into Mainstream Finance
Financial institutions should be allowed to offer cryptocurrency products, such as derivatives, according to a government advisory body in South Korea.In a new report, the Presidential Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (PCFIR) proposed that the government could move to bring cryptocurrencies into the mainstream of finance through a number
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Professor Ben Noys: What Crypto Sees in Accelerationism
This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Benjamin Noys, a professor at the University of Chichester, in the UK, invented the term "accelerationism" for a philosophy that says technological progress should
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Pantera Partner Paul Veradittakit’s Crypto Predictions for 2020
This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Paul Veradittakit is a partner at Pantera Capital, focusing on venture capital and hedge fund investments. Pantera Capital is one of the earliest and
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In Race for 2030 Currency Supremacy, the Dollar Is Its Own Worst Enemy
The U.S. dollar’s century-long reign of the world economy faces a threat over the coming decade – as China’s renminbi strives to become its successor, as some prominent central bankers call for a more sustainable global monetary regime and as cryptocurrencies pose a radically alternative model. But as the 2020s begin,
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Treadway Commission to Issue Blockchain Security Guidance in 2020
An organization that combats corporate fraud will issue guidance for firms using blockchain technology.The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), commonly referred to as the Treadway Commission, will issue guidance to strengthen controls over uses of blockchain in supply chain management and financial services.The Wall Street Journal
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