January 25, 2020 SEC Goes Head-to-Head With Telegram, Makes a Guinea Pig of TON A new debate emerges over the nature of digital assets and if they should be treated separately from the circumstances of their offering and sale. Earlier this week, the Chamber of Digital Commerce went ahead and filed an amicus brief for the ongoing court hearing taking place between Telegram — one of the world’s most widely used encrypted messenger services — and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.In…
January 24, 2020 Effect of CME Futures Options on BTC Price Depends on Halving CME’s recent launch of BTC options on futures is already generating significant volume, but will it have any effect on Bitcoin’s price? CME Group launched new Bitcoin options on Jan.…
January 24, 2020 US Deficit Will Be at Least 6 Times Bitcoin Market Cap — Every Year Bitcoin figures continue to highlight the dangers of U.S. economic policy as debt hits record highs of $23 trillion and dollars keep getting printed. The average budget deficit of the United States will “never” be less than $1 trillion per year in the future — or 4.5%…
January 23, 2020 Kik Representative Will Give Deposition in SEC Case on Jan. 28 The U.S. SEC has requested that Kik Interactive Inc. provided detailed information about its operations since it released its native token, Kin. The United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested a deposition from a representative of Kik Interactive Inc.…
January 23, 2020 Facebook’s Libra Pushed World to Reconsider USD as Global Reserve Currency: WEF Major global economists credit Facebook’s Libra with pushing the world to reconsider the U.S. dollar as the world’s anchor currency at WEF panel in Davos. Major global economists credit Facebook’s Libra with pushing the world to start reconsidering the United States dollar as anchor currency.At…
January 23, 2020 Greece Extradites Alleged Launderer of $4B BTC Alexander Vinnik to France Greece’s Council of State ruled to extradite former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e Alexander Vinnik to France, against the wishes of Russia. Greece’s Council of State ruled for the extradition to France of former operator of now-shuttered crypto exchange BTC-e and Russian national Alexander Vinnik.English-language…
January 22, 2020 Telegram CEO: Apple’s iCloud Is “Now Officially a Surveillance Tool” Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of cloud-based messenger Telegram, says that Apple’s cloud service iCloud is “now officially a surveillance tool.” Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of major encrypted messenger Telegram, argues that Apple’s cloud service iCloud is “now officially a surveillance tool.”Citing…
January 22, 2020 Davos: Giancarlo’s Digital Dollar Project Will Focus on Benefits of a US CBDC Former CFTC chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has some new remarks regarding his Digital Dollar initiative, speaking in Davos. The former chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has some new remarks regarding his Digital Dollar initiative, speaking in Davos.On…
January 22, 2020 Blockchain Association Supports Telegram in Legal Battle With SEC The Blockchain Association has filed an amicus curiae brief in response to the litigation against Telegram initiated by the SEC. The Blockchain Association has filed an amicus curiae brief in response to litigation against Telegram initiated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The…
January 22, 2020 SEC Charges $600,000 ICO Project Opporty for Fraudulent Security Offering A comparatively small initial coin offering project is charged by the SEC for an unregistered security offering, in addition to allegations of fraudulent claims. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sergii Grybniak, the founder of the initial coin offering (ICO) project Opporty, according to a Jan.…
January 22, 2020 Japanese Ex-Central Banker: Libra Spurred Us to Take CBDCs Seriously The former head of payments and settlements at the Bank of Japan says Facebook’s Libra galvanized central banks globally to look seriously into digital currency issuance. The former head of payments and settlements at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) says Facebook’s Libra galvanized central banks globally to look seriously into digital currency issuance.A…
January 22, 2020 Is Bitcoin a Safe Haven for Your Money? With international conflict and recession looming on the horizon, is Bitcoin a safe haven for your money? In the summer of 2019, the 10-year minus 3-month yield curve inverted for the first time in 13 years.…
