# BNY Mellon partners with Chainalysis to track users’ crypto transactions

# BNY Mellon partners with Chainalysis to track users’ crypto transactions

“# BNY Mellon partners with Chainalysis to track users’ crypto transactions ” The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon has announced a partnership with blockchain-data platform Chainalysis to help track and analyze cryptocurrency products. BNY Mellon is the world’s largest custodian bank, currently overseeing $46.7 trillion in assets. Chainalysis is a blockchain-data analysis platform that…

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# Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21

# Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21

“# Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21 ” Amid the barrage of last week’s regulatory news, from rumors of Joe Biden’s upcoming executive order on digital assets to another round of the Russian government’s crypto tug of war, the storyline that was arguably the most consequential for the mainstream narrative…

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#’Friends’ plotlines, other suggestive material censored on Chinese streaming services

#’Friends’ plotlines, other suggestive material censored on Chinese streaming services

“#’Friends’ plotlines, other suggestive material censored on Chinese streaming services” Chinese streaming services have censored an LGBTQ plotline and other sexually suggestive segments from “Friends” — prompting outrage from rabid fans of the popular sitcom. Axed was dialogue in the series’ first episode about Ross’s ex-wife, Carol Willick, who divorced him after realizing she was…

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#Olympic skier Eileen Gu defends China’s internet restrictions

#Olympic skier Eileen Gu defends China’s internet restrictions

“#Olympic skier Eileen Gu defends China’s internet restrictions” US-born skier Eileen Gu, who recently won her first gold medal while competing for China, defended China’s draconian internet restrictions by arguing that it’s easy for citizens to dodge the so-called “Great Firewall”. Her comments came after an Instagram user took the 18-year-old skier to task on…

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# Progressive group adopts Bitcoin as ING and PayPal block donations

# Progressive group adopts Bitcoin as ING and PayPal block donations

“# Progressive group adopts Bitcoin as ING and PayPal block donations ” Progressive International, a global organization supporting progressive left-wing activists and organizers, is moving into cryptocurrencies in response to getting de-banked by major payment and banking firms. The organization took to Twitter on Monday to announce that it now accepts donations in cryptocurrencies like…

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#Grindr disappears from Apple, Android stores in China

#Grindr disappears from Apple, Android stores in China

“#Grindr disappears from Apple, Android stores in China” Popular gay dating app Grindr has vanished from app stores in China amid a government crackdown on “bad Internet culture.”  Grindr was removed from Apple’s app store in China on Thursday, according to data from app analytics site Qima. Grindr has also been banned from Android app…

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#China warns foreign Olympic athletes that political statements during games ‘subject to’ punishment

#China warns foreign Olympic athletes that political statements during games ‘subject to’ punishment

“#China warns foreign Olympic athletes that political statements during games ‘subject to’ punishment” China has warned foreign athletes they may face punishment for speech that is “against the Olympic spirit” following a similar warning from human rights activists who worry about public freedoms during the games.  Yang Shu, deputy director general of international relations for the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOC), issued a…

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