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A new bill introduced by United States House Democrat Don Beyer of Virginia has proposed a far-reaching regulatory and legal framework for digital assets across the board.Entitled "The Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act of 2021," the bill touches on virtually all the important grey areas that continue
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Cross-chain decentralized exchange THORChain has suffered its second multi-million-dollar hack in as many weeks, with $8 million worth of Ether impacted.However, the attack appears to have been carried out by a white-hat hacker, with THORChain announcing the perpetrator had requested a 10% bounty. ETH will be halted until the code
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Crypto miners in New York may be subject to a forced three-year hiatus if the latest environmentally-focused bill passes in the state senate. The New York Senate Bill 6486 was proposed by Democrat senator Kevin S. Parker, the Chairman of Committee on Energy and Telecommunications, and co-sponsored by fellow Democrat
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In an ongoing effort to battle escalating transaction fees while creating a unified ecosystem, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a solution for a particular type of cross-rollup scaling.The proposal outlines how two protocols using rollups can communicate with each other while maintaining interconnectivity and composability.Rollups are layer-two solutions that
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Major decentralized exchange SushiSwap is the latest to consider action to mitigate Ethereum’s extreme transaction fees, and it involves a potential port to the Solana blockchain.A proposal, which was posted to the SushiSwap forum on Feb. 22 under the codename ‘Bonsai,’ suggests building out the platform on the Solana ecosystem. The
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In the new proposed law, Uber envisions an ecosystem that offers an “industry-wide level playing field” and sets a “consistent earnings baseline” for workers across different platforms.Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) has shared a regulatory draft with the European Union urging it to introduce a new framework for the gig
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As 2020 draws to a close, one of the prior proponents for an exchange traded fund (ETF) based on Bitcoin is trying again: VanEck has submitted an application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the “VanEck Bitcoin Trust.” An ETF is seen as advantageous because it trades on
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The Treasury has released its long-awaited proposal to restrict money services businesses, including U.S.-registered crypto exchanges, from dealing with self-hosted wallets.In a Friday evening announcement, the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, announced proposed rules requiring registered crypto exchanges to verify the "identity of their customers, if a counterparty
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Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin has appeared to express support for the further development of the local cryptocurrency market.At a recent governmental meeting held on Nov. 26, Mishustin proposed the introduction of legal protections for crypto holders in the country in order to contribute to the growth of the new
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