September 23, 2020 Visa, Goldman Sachs and Mick Mulvaney join leading blockchain trade association Several leaders in banking, payments and politics are joining the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a major voice for the blockchain industry in Washington, D.C.…
September 21, 2020 US banking regulator authorizes federal banks to hold reserves for stablecoins Federal banks in the U.S. see new capacity to provide services to crypto firms, specifically stablecoin operators.…
September 17, 2020 Interview: Caitlin Long and David Kinitsky on crypto’s big win with Kraken Financial bank charter Avanti CEO and Kraken Financial Managing Director discuss Wyoming's progressive steps in blockchain regulation San Francisco-based crypto exchange Kraken has become the first cryptocurrency business to receive a charter to operate as a bank in the United States.…
September 10, 2020 US Treasury blacklisted a non-existent ETH address in connection with alleged Russian election interference Either the treasury made a typo, or Russian hackers are so good, their wallets don't even have to exist.…
September 10, 2020 US charges operators of Russian troll farm with fraud over crypto accounts New wire fraud charges against St. Petersburg trolls allege that they stole the identities of U.S.…
September 10, 2020 New US sanctions target crypto addresses of Russian hackers accused of election interference As new U.S. election nears, the Treasury adds new names and crypto addresses to its specially designated nationals list Sept.…
September 2, 2020 US federal court calls NSA’s mass phone data collection illegal A U.S. circuit court has concluded its review of a terrorism financing case that begin in 2010, saying that the NSA's phone tapping was illegal but that it was a minor part of the evidence.…
August 29, 2020 Ripple’s Garlinghouse forecasts further loss of U.S. dollar value The wild ride of 2020 continues. After what has been a crazy year in almost every sense of the word, businesses are left wondering how to proceed, Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse said. …
August 7, 2020 An Official North Dakota Cryptocurrency Could Be on the Horizon Following the early 2019 initiation of North Dakota's deep dive into blockchain use cases, a state representative who was a leader in the study, mentioned a future digital asset concept for the region.…
July 30, 2020 FinCEN Releases Cybercrime Statement In Lieu of COVID-19 FinCEN issued a statement on cybercrime in light of COVID-19. U.S. government agency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, recently put out a notice mentioning the risks and symptoms of internet-related nefarious activities occurring since COVID-19 arose."Many…
July 22, 2020 Tyler Winklevoss: It’s Good For BTC When The Fed Prints Money Bitcoin may ultimately benefit from the U.S. Federal Reserve's actions, says Tyler Winklevoss. U.S. government spending may lead to upward Bitcoin (BTC) prices, according to Gemini crypto exchange co-founder and CEO, Tyler Winklevoss. …
July 18, 2020 Getting Out of Cash Is Key to Wealth and Inflation Protection, Pompliano Says Describing the current economic state, including pending inflation, Anthony Pompliano noted exiting cash into other assets as the key to wealth.…
