ETHNews: Russian Elections Chief To Pitch National Blockchain Voting To Putin
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 21:03
The head of Russia’s Central Election Commission will try to sell Vladimir Putin on the idea of a blockchain-based voting system for future presidential elections.
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ETHNews: FINMA To ‘Judge’ Past ICOs According To February Guidelines
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:11
Switzerland’s financial regulator will use recently published ICO guidelines to assess whether entities that have previously conducted ICOs in the country did so in accordance with the new directions.
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ETHNews: ESMA Institutes 2:1 Leverage Limit For Cryptocurrency CFDs
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 20:16
On Tuesday, the European Securities and Markets Authority published leveraging standards for CFDs and barred the sale of binary options to retail investors.
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ETHNews: Tennessee Establishes Legal Authority Of Blockchain Technology, Smart Contracts
Monday, 26 March 2018 16:03
On Thursday, Tennessee became the latest state to create a legal foundation for the usage of blockchain technology and “smart contracts.”
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ETHNews: GAO Assesses FinTech, DLT Landscape
Monday, 26 March 2018 17:06
On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office offered an in-depth examination of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and accompanying financial regulation. The GAO found that 1) DLT remains in its infancy and 2) inconsistent and complicated regulation may threaten to suffocate development.
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ETHNews: Upbit Launches Cryptocurrency Index While Parent Company Dunamu Invests $92 M In Blockchain
Monday, 26 March 2018 21:06
Local media is reporting that South Korean FinTech company Dunamu is investing big into blockchain development and startups. Meanwhile, the exchange owned by Dunamu, Upbit, announced it has developed a cryptocurrency index.
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ETHNews: Gov’t-Owned Entity Launches Blockchain-As-A-Service Platform In China
Monday, 26 March 2018 21:56
A Chinese government research institute has begun offering a blockchain-as-a-service platform that aims to enable a wide range of use cases, from identity management to digital coupon issuance.
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ETHNews: $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill Contains Last-Minute Data Privacy Legislation, CLOUD Act
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 00:00
The CLOUD Act was, for all intents and purposes, smuggled into the 2232-page US omnibus spending bill that was passed on Friday. Stipulations will drastically change internet privacy laws.
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ETHNews: Does Cryptocurrency Need Decentralized Exchanges?
Friday, 23 March 2018 21:34
Although decentralization is one of the foundational pillars of the cryptocurrency revolution, many of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges still maintain centralized power structures. How did this paradigm come to be, what does it mean, and where is it leading the ecosystem?
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Sweetbridge: Sandbox in the Desert: AZ Opens its doors for Fintech
Sunday, 25 March 2018 20:58
Comments on Forbes article: What better place to set up a sandbox than in the middle of a desert?That may or may not have been the guiding light behind a new Arizona law that establishes a regulatory sandbox for fintech projects in the Grand Canyon State.Signed by Gov. Doug…
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