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Terra (LUNA) employees are reportedly unable to leave South Korea as the country's prosecutors imposed a departure ban on key developers of the project.Korean media outlet JTBC reported on Monday that an investigation team from Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office has imposed a travel ban on key team members of
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A bill that had been introduced a week ago to the State Duma, the lower chamber of Russian Parliament, made a swift passing through first reading. Should it become a law, it would prohibit using “digital financial actives” (DFA) to pay for goods or services. As reported by local media on
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New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams spoke out on Monday against a bill just one step away from effectively banning Bitcoin mining in the state for the next two years.The bill is designed to place a two-year moratorium on proof-of-work (PoW) crypto miners who do not use 100% renewable energy.
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In its efforts to fight money laundering risks and the possible schemes of Russian elites circumventing financial sanctions, the 2.8-million nation of Lithuania is planning to tighten its scrutiny over crypto. As the local Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday, June 8, various ministries of the Lithuanian government approved legal amendments
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In recent months, Russian legislators have been preparing measures to fully institutionalize crypto as a properly taxable investment asset and a possible tool for foreign trade in Russia. Now, they want to make clear that the upcoming regulatory turn won’t include any windows for adopting digital financial products as a
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“In 2018, no one could have foreseen the developments in a sector that only let us see on the surface simple promises on projects that were often shaky,” he said, calling for a “paradigm evolution” to give DAOs – the bodies which develop applications in decentralized finance (DeFi) – legal
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Moreover, earlier this year, chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and the author of New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Todd Kaminsky, which requires the state to get to net-zero electricity by 2040, spoke out against the bill. Likewise, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) also
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As the state of New York pushes forward a bill that will ban proof-of-work (PoW) mining once approved, members of the crypto community express their disagreement through social media. In a Twitter thread, Jake Chervinsky, the head of policy at Blockchain Association, explained that the move will not “reduce carbon emissions”
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Summary: Vitalik Buterin opposes the banning of Proof-of-Work mining operations by governments. According to Vitalik, governments picking and choosing which specific applications should use electricity or not is a bad idea. He proposes the implementation of carbon pricing as an alternative solution to banning PoW mining. Vitalik was commenting on the news that the
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As New York pursues efforts to ban proof-of-work (PoW) crypto mining, the attorney general reminded investors of the risks associated with investing in crypto. In an investor alert published Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James said that investors are “losing billions” in crypto. James highlighted that even digital assets that
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