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Giving the opening remarks during a U.S. House meeting on illegal digital activities, Representative and subcommittee chair Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) noted a major jump for online crime in 2020."We are seeing a 75% spike in daily cybercrimes, reported by the FBI since the start of the pandemic,” Cleavor said in
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On May 22, Wyoming’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation technology convened in full for the first time, albeit virtually.Initially announced on May 17, the new select committee evolved from the previous Blockchain Task Force.Task force to select committee: What has changed?In today’s meeting, Chairman Chris Rothfuss
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The supreme audit institution of the United States, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), posted two job positions with its Innovation Lab concerning the development of prototype applications for blockchain technology during March.Cointelegraph spoke to Chuck Young, the managing director of public affairs at GAO, to find out more about
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The United States Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Innovation Lab posted ads for job positions to develop “use case prototypes” for blockchain technologies in late-March.GAO is the supreme audit institution of the U.S. government and provides evaluation and investigative services for Congress.GAO to explore prototype applications for DLTThe two positions
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For once, U.S. lawmakers had an informative conversation about blockchain technology without posturing. It was a sharp contrast from past Capitol Hill proceedings, when lawmakers took their entire allotted time to compare Libra to terrorist attacks or ask pointed questions about how Silicon Valley is biased toward one partisan slant or
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Congress clearly has crypto on the brain, with the question of regulation being a matter of when.At a Jan. 30 hearing before the Fintech Task Force, a body within the United States House of Representatives, lawmakers were focused on bringing crypto into the conversation. The basicsThe hearing — entitled “Is
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The anti-crypto United States Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) has been elected to serve as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets.On Dec. 5, Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced that Sherman was elected to take up the position of Chair
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“It’s clear that the political establishment wants to hold back a future where economic freedom is afforded to all.” This excerpt from Congressional hopeful Agatha Bacelar’s campaign donation page echoes
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“I’m not sure that we learned too much more new, except now that they’re calling the association an independent association,” Rep. Sylvia Garcia laments.Could this be the end of the road for Facebook’s digital coin, Libra, or perhaps is it just the beginning? Similarly to congress members yesterday, we are
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2019 award for ‘straightest face while being told your coin is not even real’ award goes to Mr Robot from the platform that brought you Brexit and CA. After being told in front a packed Congress his knowledge of civil rights could be written on a tic tac and that his
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