The Government Can’t Stand Decentralized Innovations Like Bitcoin, so It Tries to Ruin Them
Feeding the homeless, affordable medicine, an easy-to-use gas can design, starting a small business to meet the needs of one’s community —
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US Government Sanctions Two Chinese Nationals in Connection With Lazarus Group Hack
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two Chinese nationals accused of laundering cryptocurrency that was stolen in a 2018 crypto exchange hack. At the same time, the Department of Justice announced an indictment for money laundering against the same two individuals.Their activity
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New Malta Government Says It Still Wants to Run a ‘Blockchain Island’
Last week, the financial watchdog of Malta came forward with an unexpected statement. Apparently, Binance, a leading cryptocurrency exchange that had been enjoying a close relationship with local authorities, is not authorized “to operate in the crypto currency sphere,” as the regulator’s press release stressed. While the Malta Financial Services
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Next Step Mobile Surveillance: How You Walk, Your Heartbeat – Why Bitcoin Matters to Combat Government Privacy Invasion
It may sound like something from a dystopian cyberpunk movie, but payment providers could soon be validating transactions by the way users
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Inside Chainalysis’ Multimillion-Dollar Relationship With the US Government
It started with a $9,000 data software contract for the FBI in 2015.But just five years later, Chainalysis is now the cryptocurrency-tracing equivalent of Palantir, the data analytics company flush with lucrative government software contracts. Chainalysis is, right now, doing millions of dollars worth of business each year with the
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Ukraine Won’t Regulate Crypto Mining, Government Ministry Says
Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation has indicated it won't be creating regulations for the crypto mining sector.In a document published on Friday, the government branch responsible for the digitization of Ukraine's economy listed the main principles of the country's approach to the crypto assets.The main goals for the government in
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Australian Government Eyes Business Benefits in New National Blockchain Roadmap
The Australian government recently unveiled plans to ramp up innovation through blockchain technology with an updated national roadmap, released Feb. 7.The Ministry for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources has formulated a new national strategy aimed to capture the potential value generated via business-related blockchain activity, with a particular focus
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Coronavirus Cover Up Threatens to Topple the Chinese Government
Calls for free speech have ramped up online among Chinese citizens. The death of the doctor who was silenced for sounding the alarm on coronavirus has outraged the nation. A missing citizen journalist is the latest to add fuel to the growing resistance against government censorship. The coronavirus epidemic has shown no signs
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Swiss Resort Town Zermatt Accepts Bitcoin for Government Services
Zermatt, a municipality in Switzerland at the foot of the Matterhorn known for its ski resort, has started accepting bitcoin for government
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Meltem Demirors on Government Digital Currencies and Why ‘The Halvening’ Gets Weird
One of CoinDesk’s ten most influential people of 2019, Meltem Demirors is a crypto renaissance woman, known best for investing, operating as CSO of CoinShares, and for explaining ‘shitcoins’ to Congress. In this end of year Breakdown, Meltem argues explains why the entrance of governments to the digital asset game
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