Crypto and Laws

• Square Cash App Q3 bitcoin sales topped a record $148 million, up over 245% since last year

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  Another quarter, another bitcoin sales record for Square Cash App. Square posted a record $148 million in quarterly bitcoin sales for the third...

• China bans cryptocurrency mining 2020, only to take back decision

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  In the late moves, China bans cryptocurrency mining, making headlines all across the world. In April 2019, Beijing decided that crypto...

• Dai stablecoin outstanding supply hits 100M ‘debt ceiling’

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  The number of outstanding Dai has reached the protocol's built-in "debt ceiling" of 100 million— an all-time-high for the nearly two-year-old...

• eToro acquires crypto portfolio tracker Delta

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  Trading platform eToro has acquired Delta, a popular crypto portfolio management app. TechCrunch's sources tell the publication that the deal...

• What it means to own your data in USV co-founder Brad Burnham’s brave new world

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  Martine  Paris is a freelance tech reporter who covers AI, consumer tech, crypto and blockchain for Fast Company, VentureBeat, CoinDesk, The...

• SEC collected more than $4.3 billion in disgorgement and penalties in 2019

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  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) collected more than $4.3 billion in disgorgement and penalties in 2019. Moreover, the SEC...

• Austria: Digital Tax for Large Internet Companies Introduced

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  (Nov. 6, 2019) On October 22, 2019, the Digital Tax Act 2020 , which levies a 5% digital tax on domestic online advertising services provided by...

• North Korea suspected of using blockchain firm to launder money, says UN

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  North Korea has been suspected of using a Hong Kong-based blockchain firm to launder money, according to a quarterly report from the UN Security...

• ECB might issue regulated digital currency to face against Libra

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  European regulators have now urged the European Central Bank (ECB) to create a regulated digital currency in the face of stablecoins threat....

• Evaluating exchanges based on the liquidity of its Bitcoin pairs

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  Quick Take Evaluating exchanges by order book depth is far superior to looking at the trading volume At 1% depth, Binance has the most...

• China reverses decision to ban crypto mining in 2020

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  The plan to include cryptocurrency mining in China into a list of industries that would be banned in the country has reportedly been scrapped....

• Hong Kong’s securities watchdog issuing regulatory framework to license crypto exchanges

  1 week ago Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 151

  Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the country's securities watchdog, is today set to issue rules for licensing cryptocurrency...

• Chinese Bitcoin mining: Bitcoin mining would not be eliminated from China in 2020

  1 week ago Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 121

  Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) had categorized Bitcoin mining as an industry that needs to be phased out of the...

• Analyst: Hong Kong SEC to release criteria on crypto exchanges

  1 week ago Crypto and Laws CryptoSlate 122

  According to Dovey Wan , founder at Primitive Ventures, the Hong Kong Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to release a crypto...

• China decides to not eliminate crypto mining industry in a new final plan

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  The Chinese government has decided not to eliminate the cryptocurrency mining industry from the country in a new final plan. The National...

• Inside Jump Trading: The little-known crypto kingmaker working with the world’s most prominent cryptocurrency firms, and trading millions

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  Quick Take Jump Trading is a Chicago-based high-frequency trading firm considered by many to be a power player in the digital asset market...

• Over $35,000 in personal expenses: A lawsuit against a tech CEO reveals a bigger problem in startups

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  Quick Take Token, a company that pivoted from cryptocurrency wallets to wearable tech, just disclosed 2,000 transactions made on its corporate...

• [SPONSORED] Ledger Vault is transforming cryptocurrency custody for institutions

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  Proper custody of digital assets isn’t as easy as locking up gold or paper currency in a bank vault. Since cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ETH...