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“Valve, Web3 games are a fast-moving and exciting category of games that have a place within the Steam ecosystem,” the companies said. “Please consider changing your stance on this issue and permit tokens and, more broadly, the use of blockchain tech on the Steam platform.” Source
Read MoreA law firm slammed BitClout with a Cease-and-Desist letter for using Brandon Curtis’s identity without consent.Controversial social network BitClout has received a cease-and-desist letter after the company conducted its financial round and added new investors. The legal warning addresses the alleged head of the social network Nadar Al-Naji for using
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Welcome to this week’s Money Reimagined, coming to you two days into a new U.S. presidency. Already, with various executive orders and a host of cabinet and agency nominee names emerging, President Joe Biden has fostered the palpable sense of a slate being cleaned. As for what it means for crypto, the
Read MoreDear data protection and freedom of information colleagues, As organisations continue to adapt to respond to the challenges of COVID-19, I wanted to write to you setting out what continued support you can expect from my Office in the coming months, as we continue to adjust our approach to reflect these
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Floods are dampening bitcoin mining hashrates, Ethereum Classic may be thrown off its most popular exchange and bitcoin is moving off exchanges. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CryptoX’s newsletters
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PayPal has confirmed that it is developing capabilities in the cryptocurrency space, according to a letter to the European Commission.Originally submitted on March 20, the document was intended as a response to the European Commission’s public consultation on building an EU framework for markets in crypto-assets, whose feedback period lasted
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Standard Chartered says it's issued the first blockchain-based international letter of credit (LC) transaction using China's national currency, the yuan. The London-based bank said earlier this week that the transaction, for a deal between Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and Chinese steelmaker Baosteel, was carried out over the blockchain trade
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Eight members of the United States (U.S.) Congress sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to provide additional clarity on cryptocurrency tax laws. A letter dated Dec. 20, signed by eight U.S. Congress members, stated:“We wrote in April of this year urging the issuance of
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The U.S. taxman's most recent crypto guidance is sowing confusion, according to a letter from eight congressmen published Friday.According to a letter penned by Representatives Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), David Schweikert (r-Ariz.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Lance Gooden (R-Texas), French Hill (R-Ark.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio),
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SIM swapping victim Michael Terpin wrote an open letter to the United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai.In his letter, posted by Coindesk on Oct. 21, Terpin requested that the regulator take decisive action against SIM swapping and end this type of fraud.Terpin proposes to force all
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