Crypto and Laws
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Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait: Authorities Impose New Preventive Measures to Combat Spread of COVID-19 Virus during Ramadan
(Apr. 15, 2021) Between March 30 and April 7, 2021, authorities in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Kuwait announced new preventive measures to combat the...
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Crypto brokerage Bitit is shutting down amid bitcoin bull run
French crypto brokerage Bitit is shutting down after six years in operation. The closure comes at a time when the crypto market is in a bull...
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Insurance giant AXA Switzerland now allows customers to pay premiums in bitcoin
Insurance giant AXA Switzerland now allows customers to pay premiums in bitcoin. Announcing the news on Thursday, AXA Switzerland said the...
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Why the Danish Red Cross put a volcano catastrophe bond on a blockchain
Quick Take The Danish Red Cross has teamed up with blockchain startup Replexus to issue the first-ever blockchain-based catastrophe bond....
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Organized crime has gone online, and investigators need to digitize their operations: EU report
On Wednesday, the European Commission published its new strategy to fight an organized crime ecosystem that has become increasingly digitized....
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‘Coinbase is Coinbase for crypto’: Crypto exchange’s CFO weighs in on its market debut
Coinbase is officially trading on Nasdaq under the ticker COIN and its chief financial officer has a message for Wall Street: its business can't...
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How Coinbase’s corporate development team will help define the exchange’s next chapter
Quick Take Coinbase’s direct listing signifies a new chapter for the firm in which it will need to rely on its corporate development...
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Goldman Sachs CEO talks bitcoin and cryptocurrency during earnings call
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon touched on the importance of bitcoin and cryptocurrency during the bank's earnings call Wednesday morning,...
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VanEck launches new ETF on Nasdaq to offer exposure to digital asset-focused companies
Asset manager VanEck has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Nasdaq that aims to track companies working in the digital asset space or...
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New Zealand: Government Indicates that “Drug Checking” Law Will Be Made Permanent
(Apr. 14, 2021) On April 9, 2021, New Zealand’s health minister, Andrew Little, stated in a press release that interim legislation set to...
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Coinbase CEO expects 50% of company’s future revenues to come from non-trading businesses
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects the company's non-trading businesses to grow substantially in the long term. In an interview with CNBC...
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On the Modularization of Decentralized Governance
Quick Take Decision-making in crypto protocols has primarily been done via democratic token voting (with the added ability to delegate to...
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Binance to list Coinbase stock token today
Crypto exchange Binance is set to list rival Coinbase's stock token today. The listing will take place at a UTC time after Coinbase...
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Filmmaker Kevin Smith to release new horror film anthology as NFT
Filmmaker Kevin Smith is releasing his latest horror anthology "Killroy Was Here" as a non-fungible token (NFT). As first reported by...
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SEC commissioner Hester Peirce unveils updated version of ‘safe harbor’ proposal for crypto tokens
Hester Peirce, the crypto-friendly commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has formally unveiled an updated version of her...