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Corporate Crypto Makes Government Bans Less Likely
13.2.2021
A recap of a swath of news about corporate players coming into the crypto space, and why it could change the landscape of regulation
Sichuan’s Blockchain Park: Chengdu Government Officials Welcome Bitcoin Miners
2.9.2020
In mid-August officials from the Chinese province of Sichuan approved a number of enterprises that mine bitcoin for legal hydropower consumption in the region. Following the local government of Ya’an city deciding to foster mining, officials from Chengdu recently spoke about welcoming crypto...
Coinbase Offers US Feds New Crypto Surveillance Tools
6.6.2020
Coinbase Analytics vaults the massive crypto exchange into a crowded field of blockchain tracing companies all vying for millions of federal dollars
Why the Counter Economy Is Necessary to Bitcoin’s Survival as a Disruptive Currency
9.1.2020
As Bitcoin is adopted by more and more traditional financial institutions, and becomes regulated by governments worldwide, the question of its survival as a truly disruptive alternative to legacy financial systems is raised. After all, if governments like Qatar’s can ban it, and international...
Government and Crypto Regulation: The Unwanted Dilemma
10.10.2019
The history of cryptocurrencies is just over a decade old; however, the journey from the first Bitcoin transaction to becoming a multi-billion-dollar industry has been nothing short of dramatic. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then...
John McAfee Shifts to New Safe Location
29.8.2019
The hostilities between John McAfee and agencies of the United States of America are not a new thing to report. The founder of the McAfee antivirus figures prominently in the fugitive list of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the US. Change of Location:...
Reddit Roasts the IRS: Have America’s Tax Collectors ‘Gone Crypto Fishing’?
30.7.2019
In a juicy little chunk of news from the Redditsphere, a user claiming to be a former IRS employee has called the agency’s new crypto compliance letters “broad and very error-prone fishing expeditions.” The throwaway account details the “really bad data” used by...