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Israel: Court Dismisses Suit Against Facebook and Netanyahu Alleging Fake News(Jan. 30, 2019) On January 16, 2018, the Tel Aviv District Court dismissed a suit submitted by a Facebook account user against Facebook and Prime...
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Taiwan: New Cybersecurity Law Takes Effect(Jan. 30, 2019) On December 5, 2018, Taiwan’s executive branch of government (Executive Yuan) decided that the Information and Communication...
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Israel: Ministry of Transport Issues Regulations on Autonomous Vehicle Testing(Jan. 29, 2019) On May 31, 2018, Israel’s Ministry of Transport issued the Transportation (Amendment No. 12) Regulations, which authorize...
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Egypt: Parliament to Finalize NGO Law Amendments in March(Jan. 29, 2019) On January 16, 2019, Talaat Abdel Qawi, the Director of Egypt’s General Federation of NGOs, confirmed that a draft law...
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Mexico: Lower House of Congress Approves Reform to Create a National Guard(Jan. 28, 2019) In a plenary session held on January 16, 2019, Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approved a constitutional amendment for the...
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Guinea: President Refuses to Approve New Civil Code Legalizing Polygamy(Jan. 28, 2019) On December 29, 2018, the Guinean Parliament adopted a new Civil Code to replace the one that Guinea has had since 1983. (...
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Sweden: Changes to Law on National Minorities and Minority Languages Take Effect(Jan. 28, 2019) On January 1, 2019, provisions expanding rights and protection for Swedish national minorities and minority languages took effect....
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Washington State Introduces Bill Encouraging Development of Blockchain and DLTThe Washington State Senate introduced a bill that would—through amending existing legislation—encourage the development of distributed ledger...
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Davos World Economic Forum: Insights from the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency DebateCryptocurrency, despite the massive drop in value from a year prior, was still a hot topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos,...
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Uzbekistan: Government Looks to Create Favorable Conditions for Attracting Qualified Foreign Employees(Jan. 25, 2019) On November 7, 2018, the president of Uzbekistan signed a resolution aimed at providing impetus for the inflow of qualified...
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Understanding the IRS and Cryptocurrency: Penalties, Tax Evasion, and ComplianceDelinquent federal and state tax filings or unreported 2017 or prior tax years’ transactions may force taxpayers dealing in crypto to liquidate...
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UK Takes Steps Towards Legal Clarity for Cryptos—Does Not See Utility Token As SecuritiesThe United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a ‘ consultation paper ’ on Jan. 23rd as part of its next step on working with...
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Japan: Law to Regulate Olympic Ticket Resales Enacted(Jan. 24, 2019) With the 2020 Summer Olympics due to begin in Japan in July 2020, the Diet (Japan’s Parliament) has enacted a law aimed at...
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Mexico: Central Bank Challenges Pay Limits for Public Servants Law Before Supreme Court(Jan. 23, 2019) In a press release issued on January 3, 2019, the Bank of Mexico (Mexico’s central bank) announced it was filing a...
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South African Reserve Bank: Crypto Asset Friendly, but Bitcoin Is Not MoneySouth Africa’s reserve bank released a consultation paper that includes favorable recommendations and guidelines for the crypto asset industry in...
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Taiwan: Money Laundering Control Act Amended, Regulating Virtual Currency Platforms(Jan. 22, 2019) On November 7, 2018, Taiwan’s Money Laundering Control Act was amended to strengthen the legal compliance requirements for...
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Are Regulators Dividing in Order to Conquer?As regulators are now seemingly dividing the markets geographically, are they perhaps even disturbing a possible level playing field of the...
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Russia: Government Begins Testing Driverless Cars(Jan. 18, 2019) On November 26, 2018, the government of the Russian Federation issued a regulation that permits the testing of driverless cars on...
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IBM and Santander announce five-year global agreement focusing on blockchain and big dataIBM and Spanish commercial bank Banco Santander have announced a five-year global technology agreement which focuses on blockchain and big data...
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‘Bank Coins Still Aren’t the Answer,’ Ripple’s CEO on JP Morgan’s CryptocurrencyOnly yesterday, the largest bank in the United States shocked the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry by announcing it was working on...
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Bloomberg Editor Says JPMorgan’s Cryptocurrency Will ‘Obliterate’ Ripple; is XRP in Trouble?On February 14, JPMorgan, the $340 billion banking giant, launched a stablecoin called JPM Coin. Industry experts foresee the stablecoin thrashing...
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XEM Rises From Crypto Ashes as NEM Foundation Soldiers OnNews that a crypto project has to downsize and restructure is never good. The bear market has battered all but the extremely resilient and most...
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Can Bitcoin Delta Capitalization Help Predict The Market Bottom?There has been no shortage of price predictions over the past few months as the crypto winter lengthens. Investors and traders all want to get it...
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Ontology (ONT) and Tezos (XTZ) Marking Highest Gains: About the CoinsIn just a couple of hours, the pair ONT/USD made it above the major $0.6000 level jumping from $0.5666 to $0.6218 counting 10.60% gain in the last...
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Now Coinbase Users Can Transfer Bitcoin SV to External WalletsAccording to an official announcement published on February 14, 2019, the San Fransisco-headquartered digital currency exchange Coinbase is now...
