Crypto and Laws

• Elon Musk dunks on Twitter’s integration with NFTs

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 131

  Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not a fan of Twitter’s new non-fungible token (NFT) integration. In a tweet posted on Friday morning, Musk slammed...

• Israel: Pilot for Live Broadcast of Lower Courts' Decisions Launched by Judiciary

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 111

  A new directive issued by Supreme Court President Esther Hayut on January 1, 2022, establishes a pilot program for live broadcasts of...

• Bitcoin network difficulty jumps more than 9% to new all-time high

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 187

  Bitcoin's network mining difficulty has risen by more than 9%, marking the biggest difficulty adjustment since last summer.  According to...

• Bank of Russia proposes a total crypto ban

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 228

  TL;DR Breakdown: The Bank of Russia has suggested a complete ban on crypto.  The proposal wants to ban crypto mining, trading, and usage...

• New Fed paper hints that a US CBDC could compete with ‘private digital money’

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 212

  Thursday proved Fed chair Jerome Powell right in that the US central bank’s long-awaited central bank digital currency (CBDC) paper was right...

• adidas Originals and Prada Announce a user-generated NFT Project

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 323

  Adidas Originals is working with Prada on an NFT collaboration that will feature user-generated content and creator-owned art. The project...

• Federal Reserve publishes long-awaited central bank digital currency report

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 238

  The US Fed's long-awaited report on central bank digital currencies dropped Thursday afternoon. Framed as a discussion paper, the Fed notes...

• Decentraland: DAO-Governed Virtual Real Estate

  5 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 172

  Quick Take Decentraland’s value proposition is centered on social experience, as evidenced by the current progress of its metaverse,...

• Can Wall Street algo traders win at the NFT game?

  6 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 175

  Quick Take Crypto heavyweight GSR is set to join a tiny cabal of algorithmic traders operating on NFT marketplaces like OpenSea....

• Institutional crypto custodian Fireblocks adds support for Solana

  6 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 155

  Fireblocks, an institutional crypto custody platform, has added support for Solana's native token SOL. The move means more than 800...

• The SEC has fined crypto companies $2.4 billion since 2013

  6 days ago Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 168

  TL; DR Breakdown The SEC has slammed $2.4 billion in penalties on crypto companies A total of 97 companies have been affected The agency...

• Russia’s central bank calls for blanket crypto ban

  6 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 216

  The Bank of Russia has advocated for a complete crypto ban as part of a report issued by the country’s central bank on Thursday. The report titled...

• Canada: Bill C-4 Banning Conversion Therapy Comes into Force

  6 days ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 162

  On January 7, 2022, Bill C-4 , a federal bill that amends Canada’s Criminal Code by creating new criminal offenses related to conversion...

• SEC to push crypto exchanges into the regulated space in 2022

  6 days ago Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 181

  TL;DR Breakdown: Crypto exchanges will face more regulatory scrutiny from the SEC this year. The SEC chairman believes it’s important to...

• Exploding Kittens creator releases 3D-printable NFT collection for new tabletop game

  6 days ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 244

  The company behind the popular ‘Exploding Kittens’ tabletop game announced Tuesday that it has partnered with 3D printing company Glowforge to...