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The government of the United Kingdom believes that current rules do not go far enough to protect consumers from misleading crypto ads and is advocating change.New proposals published on July 20 would, if approved, bring the promotion of certain types of crypto assets under direct regulation from the Financial Conduct
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Coinbase defended the licensing of its analytics software saying if people really wanted privacy, privacy coins were around.Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong took to Twitter to talk about Coinbase Analytics and the company’s practice of licensing out the platform, explaining why crypto exchanges must have some sort of analytics software to
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The Austrian government has backed a new blockchain-based research project, aiming to provide secure communication channels between authorities, institutions and citizens in times of crisis.As announced June 18, the QualiSig project, launched by Austrian comms specialist A-Trust, will utilize the Ignis child chain, part of the Ardor blockchain from Swiss
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On May 5, Bitcoin (BTC) price recovered a significant portion of its losses from Sunday’s weekly close correction and data from Cryptox Markets and CoinMarketCap shows that within the last hour the digital asset crossed above the $9K mark again. Despite correcting to $8,500 on Sunday, Bitcoin price quickly rebounded and
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Several United States agencies issued what they call comprehensive guidance on North Korea’s cyber attacks, which have hacked cryptocurrency exchanges and used cryptojacking and ransomware to finance the regime.An international alertIn the April 15 advisory, the U.S. Treasury, Department of State, Department of Defense, and the FBI continue a
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The Chinese government and its federal authorities are getting increasingly involved in the blockchain space to push forward innovation throughout the country. In the latest, the government released an official notice stating that they have put together a technical committee of 15 organizations to devise national standards for blockchain and
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Main Street businesses hit by the COVID-19 crisis now have access to a lifeline from fintech lenders.On April 9, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) released its application form for nonbanks to sign on as lenders under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).Speaking to Cointelegraph on April 10,
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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for feedback on draft guidance for standardizing data security in blockchain and other emerging technologies.In a document published on April 10, the ministry argued that data has become a “national basic strategic resource” and innovative element in social production. While the
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Prosecutors have paused a United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against the alleged operators of a $30 million fraudulent ICO amid concerns that proceedings may impact the integrity of a parallel investigation into the defendants.The United States attorney’s office for New Jersey intervened in the case on
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A consortium of Dutch companies has launched the “Tech against Corona” initiative. Participating firms will freely provide the Dutch government with access to innovative technologies that can be used in the fight against COVID-19.Netherlands-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm, Tymlez, is one of more than 10 companies who are
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