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On Wednesday’s episode of “On the Margin,” Blockworks co-founder Michael Ippolito sat down with Greg Foss, Jeff Booth, and Alex Gladstein to discuss Bitcoin’s role in the ongoing Canadian Freedom Convoy protests. Throughout the episode, they discuss financial censorship, concentration of government power, and Bitcoin as a nonpartisan
Eun Young Choi is a seasoned prosecutor serving nearly a decade in multiple departments, primarily as a Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. During the announcement Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said that the NCET will focus on crime involving
Fidelity International has recently announced the launch of a Bitcoin exchange traded product (ETP) to be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Germany’s Xetra digital stock exchange. ETPs are similar to stocks but carry a much smaller financial price point than other options such as mutual funds. The
News • Bitcoin • Feb 18, 2022
Fidelity International has recently announced the launch of a Bitcoin exchange traded product (ETP) to be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Germany’s Xetra digital stock exchange. ETPs are similar to stocks but carry a much smaller financial price point than other options such as mutual funds. The
News • Bitcoin • Feb 18, 2022
On Wednesday’s episode of “On the Margin,” Blockworks co-founder Michael Ippolito sat down with Greg Foss, Jeff Booth, and Alex Gladstein to discuss Bitcoin’s role in the ongoing Canadian Freedom Convoy protests. Throughout the episode, they discuss financial censorship, concentration of government power, and Bitcoin as a nonpartisan
News • Bitcoin • Feb 18, 2022
Eun Young Choi is a seasoned prosecutor serving nearly a decade in multiple departments, primarily as a Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. During the announcement Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said that the NCET will focus on crime involving
News • Politics • Feb 18, 2022
De Beukelaer was the first European politician to convert his entire salary in 2022 while he puts his entire 5,500 monthly salary into Bitcoin on the first of every month. This move was in hope to raise awareness about Bitcoin and alternative monetary models, financial education and to get
News • Bitcoin • Feb 18, 2022
The Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council of Ukraine) passed a virtual assets law on February 17th, 2022 that allows the country’s citizens to trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Out of the 450 deputies, 272 voted to pass the law. In a prior bill from October of 2021, President Volodymyr Zelensky
News • Bitcoin • Feb 17, 2022
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced a bill on February 16th that will require the Secretary of State to gather all Bitcoin related activity from El Salvador’s government and citizens. The description of the bill reads “To require reports
News • Bitcoin • Feb 17, 2022On February 15th, Tom Emmer received a response from SEC Chair Gary Gensler, hinting that proposals for Bitcoin spot ETFs have thus far come up short of meeting standards set in the Exchange Act. Gensler notes that the regulatory body must be capable of preventing “fraudulent and manipulative acts and
News • Bitcoin • Feb 17, 2022
In 2016, a law was passed by the Portuguese tax authorities which ruled that cryptocurrencies are not to be considered as currencies as they aren’t legal tender in Portugal. Therefore, the virtual assets cannot be subject to capital gains taxes. Since the law has been ruled, many Bitcoiners have
News • Bitcoin • Feb 17, 2022