Crypto and Laws

• Mapping out M&A acquisitions within the digital asset industry

  18 hours ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 158

  Quick Take Since 2013, a total of 134 M&A transactions have been conducted within the blockchain sector, with a reported total value of...

• Former OKEx exec’s crypto derivatives exchange ACDX is launching next month

  20 hours ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 138

  A new crypto derivatives exchange, ACDX, is launching next month in beta mode. Founded by former OKEx COO Andy Cheung, ACDX has been under...

• CoinShuffle(++): distributed Bitcoin mixing

  1 day ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 310

  Quick Take Coordinating CoinJoins without a centralized server is difficult CoinShuffle allows users to mix coins in a fully distributed,...

• The Wirecard saga, what comes next and what it means for the crypto space

  1 day ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 204

  Quick Take Scandal-hit Wirecard’s future is in doubt, say several fintech and payment experts who spoke with The Block. The...

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• Total USDC supply crosses 1 billion after token supply surge in June

  1 day ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 137

  The total supply of stablecoin USDC surpassed 1 billion on July 1, network data shows.  The stablecoin, issued by the CENTRE consortium backed...

• Crypto lending platform CEO held by Chinese police for presumably illegal activities

  1 day ago Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 153

  Crypto lending platform and over-the-counter (OTC) Renrenbit head Zhao Dong , a well-known Bitfinex investor, has been taken into police custody...

• France: Bill Intended to Create New Status for Platform Economy Workers Defeated in Senate

  1 day ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 131

  (July 2, 2020) On June 4, 2020, a bill intended to create a separate employment status for workers in the gig economy was defeated in the...

• IRS seeks info on tracing privacy coins, Lightning network transactions for pilot program

  1 day ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 147

  The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has put out a call for information about potential tools it can use to track different types of...

• Italy: Constitutional Court Declares Revocation of Certain Criminal Offenders’ Driver’s Licenses Unconstitutional

  1 day ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 135

  (July 2, 2020) On May 29, 2020, the Italian Constitutional Court issued a decision declaring unconstitutional a provision of the New Highway Code...

• Binance confirms partnership with Swipe for debit card launch

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 194

  Crypto exchange behemoth Binance has confirmed a partnership with Swipe for its debit card launch in a now-deleted webpage. The cached version...

• A newly-disclosed flaw found in several popular Bitcoin wallets could let attackers trick users into thinking they got paid

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 643

  A newly-disclosed flaw in the user interfaces of popular wallet services Ledger Live, BRD, and Edge made it possible for attackers to trick users...

• Switzerland to relax crypto regulations further to promote growth

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 306

  The Swiss government is looking to relax crypto regulations further as an attempt to foster industry growth and encourage more startups to set up...

• Zane Tackett has seen some of the crypto space’s biggest events — here’s what he’s learned

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 174

  Zane Tackett has witnessed some of the crypto industry's biggest moments. And he recently took a post as a sales and business development...

• Bitcoin spot market volume fell by over 30% in June while DEXs picked up market share

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 193

  Monthly volumes for both bitcoin spot and futures fell sharply in June, by 31.98% and 40.39%, respectively, according to data collected by The...

• How one conversation turned a former AmEx exec from crypto skeptic to enthusiast

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 184

  Quick Take Wittney Rachlin did not know what she was getting into when she applied on a whim to work for BlockFi All it took was one...

• U.S. senators explore what a digital dollar would look like in practice

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 182

  U.S. senators posed questions to a panel of witnesses on the topics of stablecoins and a digitized dollar during a virtual hearing on Tuesday....

• Paradigm lines up exchanges, hedge funds as it aims to build the TradeWeb of crypto

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 143

  A New York startup vying to be at the center of the crypto derivatives market has lined up a group of crypto exchange and hedge fund backers as it...

• International: World Intellectual Property Organization Announces Service Providing Evidence of Intellectual Assets’ Authorship

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 130

  (July 1, 2020) On May 27, 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced a new service called WIPO PROOF, which reportedly...

• Washington D.C. lawyers can accept crypto as payment for services

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 138

  Lawyers in Washington D.C. can now accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment for their services, the D.C. Bar has said. In its ethics...

• Crypto asset manager NYDIG raises $190 million for bitcoin fund

  2 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 246

  The New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) has raised $190 million for one of its bitcoin funds, according to a Form D document submitted to...