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“# Ripple ran crypto’s most expensive lobbying program in 2020 ” Ripple Labs spent $690,000 on lobbying in the United States in 2020, which still didn’t save the firm from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Per legally mandated disclosures for 2020, Ripple’s lobbying program dwarfed those of other firms in the crypto industry. Coinbase, which…
“# ConsenSys partners with China’s Blockchain-based Service Network ” ConsenSys, one of the world’s largest blockchain software companies, has partnered with the Blockchain-based Service Network, a Chinese government-backed nationwide blockchain project, As part of the partnership, ConsenSys’ Ethereum-based distributed ledger protocol ConsenSys Quorum will be featured on the BSN ecosystem, the firm announced on Jan….
“# The United States updates its crypto AML/CFT laws ” Against great push back from the crypto industry and as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) reached new all-time highs several times during the last couple of months, the United States has updated its cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism laws. Related: COVID-19 pandemic spurs…
“# Harvard crypto skeptic calls Bitcoin a ‘hedge against dystopia’ ” Often touted as a store of value or hedge asset, Bitcoin (BTC) has gained significant mainstream adoption over the past several months. Kenneth Rogoff, a public policy and economics professor at Harvard University, doubts the asset’s success, however. “I can see Bitcoin being used…
“# Bitcoin as a last resort? Murmurs of crypto as reserve currency abound ” Reserve currency is money held by central banks or treasuries usually for international transactions. Argentina is not going to be able to purchase a Boeing 737 MAX passenger jet, for example, with its highly inflationary peso; it will have to pay…
“# Some Russian officials are being forced to sell their crypto by April 2021 ” Russia adopted its cryptocurrency law in January, but this legislation does not provide a direct answer to some questions, including how local officials should deal with their crypto holdings. There are at least two other legal initiatives requiring Russian public…
“# Tarbert makes way for Biden’s CFTC chair, but will remain a commissioner ” Heath Tarbert is no longer the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, but he will remain one of its five commissioner In a CFTC announcement on Thursday afternoon, Tarbert followed through with his resignation, which he announced at the beginning…
“# NYDFS hosts crypto industry competition to get real-time data on Bitlicensees ” New York’s financial regulator is asking for new tools to gather real-time financial data. On Thursday, the New York Department of Financial Services announced new details of its coming “techsprint” competition: “The objective of the techsprint is to achieve creative and collaborative…
“# Russian court order removes Binance website from regulator’s blacklist ” The website of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is no longer formally blacklisted in Russia, according to a new court ruling. According to a Jan. 21 report by Russian news agency Kommersant, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court has annulled a previous decision to blacklist…
“# Decentralization in the centers of power: Learn crypto from Biden’s SEC chair pick, part 3/3 ” This is the third article in a three-part series based on Gary Gensler’s extensive prior public statements on crypto. Here are parts 1 and 2. Cointelegraph has been busily digging through a treasure trove of likely future Chairman…