Crypto and Laws

• Nasdaq-listed Chinese jeweler allegedly used fake gold to obtain $2.8 billion in loans

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 195

  Kingold Jewelry, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese jeweler, allegedly used fake gold as collateral to obtain 20 billion yuan (~$2.8 billion) worth of loans...

• Japanese investing giant SBI takes $30 million stake in crypto trader B2C2

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 198

  Count this as the latest sign that the market for crypto prime brokers is overheating.  On the heels of a new partnership with Japanese...

• A short analysis of staking on Cosmos

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 464

  Quick Take To date, Cosmos has been able to avoid the concentration of exchanges within its validators Binance is the only significant...

• 0x’s first consumer product is an aggregator of decentralized exchanges

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 238

  Decentralized exchange infrastructure provider 0x has launched its first consumer product: an exchange that aggregates liquidity from other...

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• Germany: Berlin Adopts Antidiscrimination Act

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 188

  (June 30, 2020) On June 21, 2020, a new antidiscrimination act entered into force in the city-state of Berlin, Germany. The act, entitled the...

• Curve: the asset-specific automated market maker

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 248

  Quick Take Curve is an automated market maker that has been optimized for trading between assets that are relatively price stable with one...

• Italy: Constitutional Court Declares Criminal Code Provision on Child Abduction Unconstitutional

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 175

  (June 30, 2020) On May 29, 2020, the Italian Constitutional Court issued a decision declaring the unconstitutionality of a Criminal Code provision...

• Dfinity opens its long-anticipated ‘internet computer’ to third-party developers

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 145

  Dfinity, the much-hyped and long-anticipated blockchain project whose creators say will be the basis of a decentralized “internet computer,” is...

• An estimated 1.9 million U.K. residents hold digital assets, according to FCA study

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 126

  A market research note published Tuesday by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) estimates that 3.86% of the U.K. population owns...

• Nepal: Parliamentary Panel Approves Amendment of Citizenship Act Regarding Naturalization of Foreign Women

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 128

  (June 30, 2020) On June 21, 2020, the Committee on State Affairs and Good Governance in Nepal’s House of Representatives approved a...

• Elliptic adds support for privacy coins Zcash and Horizen to its blockchain monitoring platform

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 159

  Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has added support for privacy coins Zcash (ZEC) and Horizen (ZEN). The move will allow Elliptic’s clients...

• ASX further delays launch of its blockchain settlement system — this time by one more year

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 143

  The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has further delayed the rollout of its blockchain settlement system — this time by one more year. ASX...

• UK regulator lifts suspension on Wirecard subsidiary; Crypto.com and TenX Visa cards get reactivated

  3 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 183

  The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has lifted restrictions imposed on Wirecard Card Solutions (WCS), restoring its services. The...

• Balancer to compensate victims of $450,000 exploits and reward white hat hacker

  4 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 257

  Ethereum-based market-making protocol Balancer has announced that it will compensate users who lost their tokens in a protocol attack associated...

• Money 2.0 Stuff: Old habits die hard

  4 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 150

  Quick Take Ebang goes public FTX lists BAL perpetual swap market  Dread Pirate Roberts returns with advice for MakerDAO  Wirecard...

• Augur sets launch date for v2 of its decentralized prediction market

  4 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 163

  Augur, the Ethereum-based prediction market, has officially announced the launch date of Augur V2, the platform's first major upgrade. In a...

• Mexico: Ban on Importing Electronic Cigarettes Receives World Health Organization Award

  4 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 169

  (June 29, 2020) On May 22, 2020, the Pan American Health Organization (the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization...

• CoinFLEX overhauls strategy to focus on building a ‘repo’ market for the crypto industry

  4 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 149

  In a bid to breathe new life into its market for crypto derivatives, Hong Kong-based CoinFLEX is relaunching its platform and focusing on what it...

• DEX aggregators: user experience solutions for the decentralized exchange space

  4 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 160

  Quick Take Decentralized exchange aggregators (DEX aggregators) or liquidity aggregators provide access to multiple sources of liquidity in a...

• France: Constitutional Court Strikes Down Key Provisions of Bill on Hate Speech

  4 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 147

  (June 29, 2020) On June 18, 2020, the Conseil constitutionnel, France’s constitutional court, struck down key provisions of a bill on...