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Information Commissioner’s Office issues three fines totalling £170,000 for illegal direct marketing

Three companies offering financial services have been fined £170,000 collectively by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for illegal direct marketing under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). Debt management company, Digivo Media Ltd, which traded as Rid My

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Biden administration issues executive order for new AI safety standards

United States President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Oct. 30 establishing new standards for artificial intelligence (AI) safety and security. Biden’s order stated it is building off previous actions taken, including AI safety commitments from 15 leading companies in the industry. The new standards have six primary points, along

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World Bank Issues First Digitally Native Note on Luxembourg Stock Exchange

The basis for this issuance was Corda, R3’s digital ledger technology (DLT) platform that offers a sustainable infrastructure for digitally native notes. In a first, the World Bank has listed the “first digital native security” or “digital native note (DNN)” on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSe). The €100 million DNN,

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US Court issues mandate for Grayscale ruling, paving way for SEC to review spot Bitcoin ETF

The United States Court of Appeal has issued a mandate following a decision requiring Grayscale Investments application for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund to be reviewed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In an Oct. 23 filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the “formal

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FinCEN issues alert regarding crypto transactions connected to Hamas

The United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, issued an alert for financial institutions as part of efforts to identify “suspicious activity” related to funding terrorist groups.In an Oct. 20 notice, FinCEN said that the militant group Hamas — behind the Oct. 7 attack on Israel —

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