# Digital euro offers better privacy protections than private stablecoins: ECB official

# Digital euro offers better privacy protections than private stablecoins: ECB official

“# Digital euro offers better privacy protections than private stablecoins: ECB official ” European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member, Fabio Panetta, has argued that a digital euro offers superior privacy protections than privately issued stablecoins. Panetta criticized the profit motive of private firms, emphasizing it is in their commercial interests to harvest masses of…

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# B in crypto has reportedly passed through ‘blockchain island’ Malta since 2017

# $71B in crypto has reportedly passed through ‘blockchain island’ Malta since 2017

“# $71B in crypto has reportedly passed through ‘blockchain island’ Malta since 2017 ” Malta’s strategy to become a global enclave for digital assets appears to be working, though lax regulatory oversight has raised concerns over money laundering and other financial crime.  Roughly $71 billion, or 60 billion euros, worth of cryptocurrencies have passed through…

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# How smart regulation can improve the future of blockchain

# How smart regulation can improve the future of blockchain

“# How smart regulation can improve the future of blockchain ” With extreme positions on both sides, some would have us believe that decentralized technology and regulation are mutually exclusive. As pervasive as that narrative has become, a more evolved view is that both decentralization and regulation are inevitable, so the best results will flow…

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#Feds have opened investigations into 10 Tesla crash deaths

#Feds have opened investigations into 10 Tesla crash deaths

“#Feds have opened investigations into 10 Tesla crash deaths” US safety regulators said they’ve opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes that included 10 deaths since 2016 in which Autopilot was suspected to have been in use. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a list to Reuters with details about accidents under review by the…

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# “Bitcoin maximalists? They can’t stop innovation”, says Mati Greenspan

# “Bitcoin maximalists? They can’t stop innovation”, says Mati Greenspan

“# “Bitcoin maximalists? They can’t stop innovation”, says Mati Greenspan ” In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph during Bitcoin 2021 in Miami, Greenspan criticized a segment of Bitcoin maximalists for being “small-minded and insecure”, pointing out that they don’t have control over the main cryptocurrency. “They cannot stop any kind of innovation from happening. So…

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