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A new bill in Germany could enable banks to support the sale and custody of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies by 2020.German news agency Handelsblatt reported on Nov. 27 that the bill now requires consensus from the country’s 16 states, having successfully passed through the Bundestag, the German federal
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American lawmakers have reportedly introduced a bill aiming to put Facebook’s Libra under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Two Texas representatives, Sylvia Garcia and Lance Gooden, have proposed legislation that would put even more regulatory scrutiny on Facebook’s not-yet-launched Libra stablecoin and related projects, CNBC
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Sim swapping recently resurfaced on the map as one of the easiest means to defraud crypto investors. And while the sim owners could be crucified for negligence, no one has taken the time to question network providers which are supposedly custodians of these sim cards.Thankfully, a legal firm committed to
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A panel of senior British judges and lawyers has moved to clarify the legal status of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts. Source
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The formerly anonymous administrator of the cryptocurrency exchange WEX, which shut down last summer, has made some shocking claims about the fate of “hundreds of millions” of dollars of clients’ cryptocurrency in talks with Russian police. Russian citizen Alexei
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There may be a way for cryptocurrency businesses to get around New York's notoriously hard-to-get BitLicense, and it runs through Wyoming. Source
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The Ukrainian government has passed a new law that ensures that the citizens of the country reveal the amount of cryptocurrency they hold. The new law is part of Ukraine’s efforts to tackle the issue of corruption. One part of the new law forces citizens to disclose if them or
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According to Russian media publication RBC, Russia has started working on changing the law that currently grants permission to the law enforcement agencies in confiscating and seizing digital currencies such as Bitcoin(BTC)trade.The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia have set the agenda to create a structure of legal mechanism for
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A draft document issued by the European Union suggests that the union should consider issuing its own digital currency.Will the EU wage war on crypto?Reuters reported on Nov. 5 that the draft in question — which is still subject to amendments — urges member states to develop a common
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The Information Commissioner has sent the following letter to the political parties in relation to the use of data in political campaigning.
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