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Justin Wales: Why Bitcoin Is Protected by the First Amendment

Justin Wales is a lawyer and the co-chair of Carlton Fields’ national blockchain and virtual currency practice. He is an author of “State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies.” This article is adapted from the paper here. Regulators tend to view virtual currencies monolithically, treating cryptocurrencies like bitcoin no differently

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Zero Chance Wikipedia Will Ever Use Bitcoin SV, Says Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has expressed skepticism regarding top-10 digital currency Bitcoin SV (BSV), claiming that the coin “offers nothing for Wikipedia.”Wales made his statement right after the team behind the CoinGeek London conference — which promotes Bitcoin SV to stakeholders — announced his participation as a keynote speaker.Wales’s

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Wales to Develop Local Cryptocurrency to Underpin Mutual Credit System

Wales plans to test and subsequently launch its own cryptocurrency to boost the local Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) economy. Local news outlet Business Cloud reported on Oct. 15 that the Welsh Government awarded £100,000 from the £4 million Foundational Economy Challenge Fund to develop the system. The funding will

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