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According to Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, a report released last month by Trail of Bits, a security firm based in New York City, contains a number of flaws and false assumptions about Bitcoin. The report named “Are Blockchains Decentralised? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers” looks at topics such as
Ernest Urtasun, a member of the E.U. Parliament, took to Twitter on Wednesday to provide a glimpse of upcoming regulations looking to “put an end to the wild west of unregulated crypto.” The legislation introduces a large number of requirements for both registered entities as well as “unhosted wallets”
U.S. officials who are invested in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are now disqualified from working on Bitcoin or cryptocurrency policies and regulations in order to avoid affecting the value of the assets they hold. A new legal advisory notice was issued by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics
News • Bitcoin • Jul 07, 2022U.S. officials who are invested in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are now disqualified from working on Bitcoin or cryptocurrency policies and regulations in order to avoid affecting the value of the assets they hold. A new legal advisory notice was issued by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics
News • Bitcoin • Jul 07, 2022According to Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, a report released last month by Trail of Bits, a security firm based in New York City, contains a number of flaws and false assumptions about Bitcoin. The report named “Are Blockchains Decentralised? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers” looks at topics such as
News • Bitcoin • Jul 07, 2022Ernest Urtasun, a member of the E.U. Parliament, took to Twitter on Wednesday to provide a glimpse of upcoming regulations looking to “put an end to the wild west of unregulated crypto.” The legislation introduces a large number of requirements for both registered entities as well as “unhosted wallets”
News • Bitcoin • Jun 30, 2022The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are likely to delay a January date for the firms to begin tracking data such as customers’ capital gains and losses, according to people familiar with the matter and who asked not to be named at this time. The move would mean that
News • Bitcoin • Jun 29, 2022Grayscale Investments said Monday (June 27th, 2022) that it is gearing up to work with heavyweight market makers Jane Street and Virtu Financial if the SEC approves their Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) to be converted into a spot ETF. GBTC is currently trading at nearly a 30% discount to net
News • Bitcoin • Jun 28, 2022Five US Senators have penned a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), asking for greater restrictions on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining. The letter, addressed to the White House OSTP, was signed by Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith, Jeff Merkley, and Ed Markey. Within
News • Bitcoin • Jun 24, 2022The governor of Louisiana recently signed a bill allowing financial institutions in Louisiana to have custody of Bitcoin and digital assets on behalf of their customers. Dennis Porter tweeted the finalized bill on June 21st, 2022. Louisiana's new law now allows banks and financial institutions within the state
News • Bitcoin • Jun 22, 2022A group of U.S. Congress members sent a letter to the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explaining that Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work (PoW) mining mechanism benefits the environment despite opposing beliefs. Concerns over the environmental effects caused by PoW mining have been a main priority for critics of the
News • Bitcoin • Jun 17, 2022