2018-9-22 21:49 |
The Fair Political Practices Commission considered several possibilities that would have allowed cryptocurrency donations to political candidates, but ultimately rejected them all.
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Cryptocurrency remains a political issue in the United States
2020-2-13 09:39 | |
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Using cryptocurrency for political donations has been a hot topic in many societies. Two recent developments demonstrate different views on the matter. A Taiwanese politician who has accepted bitcoin from his supporters believes crypto donations can help keep his country’s political system clean and transparent.
2018-9-22 06:05 | |
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The Fair Political Practices Commission, California’s campaign watchdog arm, has voted 3-1 to ban political donations with any cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, because of transparency issues. The vote follows similar decisions made by other states in the country such as South Carolina.
2018-9-22 00:00 | |
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Комиссия по справедливой политической практике Калифорнии (FPPC) намерена запретить пожертвования в криптовалюте на политические кампании. Заявленной причиной стал неприемлемо низкий уровень прозрачности подобных финансовых операций.
2018-9-21 15:22 | |
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Political candidates in California will no longer be allowed to accept donations from supporters that have been made in cryptocurrencies as a result of new rules set out by the states political watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC).
2018-9-21 13:30 | |
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Candidates for public office in California may not receive donations in cryptocurrency, the state's political watchdog has ruled.
2018-9-21 11:00 | |
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ConsenSys Social Impact — a program designed to build blockchain-based solutions for global humanitarian issues — is partnering with MakerDAO and optiMize to launch a new Blockchain for Social Impact Incubator at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
2018-9-20 01:55 | |
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A group of cryptocurrency luminaries and businesses have announced the formation of a US lobbying entity based in Washington known as the Blockchain Association. The creation of the political solicitation group was initiated by firms such as Circle, Coinbase, Polychain Capital, and the Digital Currency Group.
2018-9-13 00:40 | |
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Cryptocurrency bigwigs are banding together to form a political lobbying consortium that will take on the industry’s hardest policy making issues directly from Washington DC. The NGO, known as the Blockchain Association, is trying to become the go to lobbying organization on political and legal issues that challenge cryptocurrency and blockchain companies.
2018-9-12 12:06 | |
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Amidst the ongoing atmosphere of regulatory ambiguity regarding cryptocurrencies and digital assets in the world’s largest trading area, E. U. finance ministers are set to meet yet again to hold some discussions on the topic of regulating the issuance and trade of virtual currencies.
2018-9-1 20:00 | |
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Crypto is making its entrance into the world’s academic scene, and students are lining up to learn. A recent Coinbase study reveals that University students want to learn more about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
2018-8-28 22:40 | |
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A new report from Kaspersky Labs reveals that North Korean hackers are now using their ‘Lazarus’ trojan to hack cryptocurrency traders and exchanges. Typically used for conducting political interference, “Lazarus has been a major threat actor in the APT arena for several years,” Securelist reports.
2018-8-25 23:11 | |
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After the US government made federal workers declare cryptocurrency holdings in June this year, filings have begun to emerge about which politicians own which coins. Filing Reveals Up To $30K Holdings In a federal disclosure report August 14, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard became the latest national political figure to do so, revealing she bought Ether (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) in December 2017.
2018-8-24 22:00 | |
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The political aspects of the pioneer cryptocurrency bitcoin also came with a bag of aesthetic values. Anarchist literature, Occupy Wall Street sentiments, and the tearing down of the big banks propelled Satoshi Nakamoto’s innovation back in 2009.
2018-8-23 18:00 | |
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Socio-politics find their way into every substantial development, and cryptocurrencies have not been spared. Political scholars have weighed in about digital assets being predominantly rightist in nature, while others argue that the technology is wholly apolitical.
2018-8-21 08:00 | |
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Although Bitcoin is inherently neutral, its influence is becoming increasingly pervasive in U. S. political spheres. This phenomenon is triggering researchers to try to identify the dominant political ideology of the cryptocurrency community.
2018-8-20 01:00 | |
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There is no stopping Bitcoin enthusiasts. Regardless of what happens in the world and how the market reacts to major economic and political events, some people still hold on the core principles of the currency.
2018-8-16 22:32 | |
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John McAfee is a man who likes to make bold statements. There are few people who haven’t heard his price prediction for Bitcoin by 2020 (and what he’ll do if he’s wrong), his controversial outbursts over the SEC, or his political ambitions.
2018-8-8 16:00 | |
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A massive vulnerability has been discovered in the decentralized betting platform Augur. Hackers have been able to feed users incorrect data and game the system. Everything shown by the app was susceptible to faking, from transactions to wallet addresses – even the markets could have been forgeries.
2018-8-7 19:09 | |
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The recent selling pressure experienced by BTC has driven a surge in the peer-to-peer trade volume for numerous emerging cryptocurrency markets. The Localbitcoins markets for the Philippines, Iran, and Kazakhstan have all seen a significant upswing in the number of bitcoins traded in recent weeks.
2018-8-6 04:45 | |
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Sales for an exclusively African cryptocurrency opened up in August to those with a South African bank account — seemingly capitalizing on virtual currency’s popularity in the nation. Despite growing interest, however, scams and fraud are still rife in the country.
2018-8-5 11:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency has gone beyond being a mere virtual coin. In recent years, it has seen several real-world use cases, from buying a cup of coffee to funding political campaigns. The United States is arguably one of the friendliest crypto countries in the world.
2018-8-3 15:29 | |
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Cryptocurrency has gone beyond being a mere virtual coin. In recent years, it has seen several real-world use cases, from buying a cup of coffee to funding political campaigns. The United States is arguably one of the friendliest crypto countries in the world.
2018-8-3 19:23 | |
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It is not new for US political figures to accept payments in cryptocurrencies. However, a new name in the list is Andrew Yang, a second-generation Chinese American and a Democrat bidding his place in the US presidential elections of 2020.
2018-8-1 15:29 | |
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More and more investors in Africa are hopping on the Bitcoin bandwagon. However, they need to ensure that they are aware of what decentralization actually means when it comes to investing. Africa is a continent rich in diversity, natural resources, beautiful landscapes, and common occurrences of political turmoil.
2018-7-28 14:00 | |
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CoinDesk released its quarterly State of Blockchain Report, widely considered the leading authority on blockchain trends research and analysis. Among the sentiment survey, 1,200+ cryptocurrency investors and experts were polled on their political affiliations resulting in a new statistic that shows that Bitcoin holders are predominantly conservative.
2018-7-28 00:18 | |
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The darknet site founded by Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road, has been offline for years now. But the legal questions behind his conviction and subsequent sentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015, remain fresh, raw and real to Ulbricht’s advocates.
2018-7-28 23:38 | |
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Canada’s Central Bank (BOC) released a working paper this month, Incentive Compatibility on the Blockchain. In it, BOC seems to argue the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is safe from a 51% attack, double spend scenario through the right incentive structure and proof of work (POW).
2018-7-27 22:45 | |
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Featured Widespread reporting revealed the United States’ largest cryptocurrency bank, Coinbase, has formed a political action committee (PAC). Coinbase Forms PAC Colin Wilhelm effectively broke the story, and he did where it would get traction, Twitter.
2018-7-24 11:47 | |
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Featured Widespread reporting revealed the United States’ largest cryptocurrency bank, Coinbase, has formed a political action committee (PAC). Coinbase Forms PAC Colin Wilhelm effectively broke the story, and he did where it would get traction, Twitter.
2018-7-24 10:04 | |
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Widespread reporting revealed the United States’ largest cryptocurrency bank, Coinbase, has formed a political action committee (PAC). PACs are a particular way most politicians in the United States are funded.
2018-7-24 08:25 | |
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Cryptocurrency services behemoth, Coinbase, has formed a political action committee (PAC) as of July 20, 2018, per public documents. The company additionally secured a hedge fund for its Custody service on the same date.
2018-7-24 01:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency services behemoth, Coinbase, has formed a political action committee (PAC) as of July 20, 2018, per public documents. The company additionally secured a hedge fund for its Custody service on the same date.
2018-7-24 01:00 | |
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Coinbase, the San Francisco based cryptocurrency exchange announced on July 20th the launch of its Political Action Committee that will focus exclusively on handling the political. As a substantial step to secure its future, Coinbase made some documents public that registered its PAC with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). With it, Coinbase becomes the first […]
2018-7-24 21:15 | |
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Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange platforms around the globe has formed a Political Action Committee [PAC]. According to Federal Election Commission, Coinbase filed for the formation of PAC on 10th July 2018.
2018-7-23 17:13 | |
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In the run-up to the United States midterm elections that will be held in November, Coinbase has launched a political action committee. As it was revealed in a filing by the United States Federal Election Commission (FEC), one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the world Coinbase has formed a political action committee
2018-7-23 14:58 | |
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Coinbase, one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the world, has launched a political action committee (PAC). The formation of a PAC advocacy group by the San Francisco-based exchange platform is the latest in a series of steps by cryptocurrency companies to engage policymakers in the United States. Details of the PAC The […]
2018-7-22 08:53 | |
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Coinbase, one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the world, has launched a political action committee (PAC). The formation of a PAC advocacy group by the San Francisco-based exchange platform is the latest in a series of steps by cryptocurrency companies to engage policymakers in the United States.
2018-7-22 00:36 | |
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Coinbase, the popular US-baed cryptocurrency exchange platform, has formed a political action committee (PAC) ahead of the United States midterm elections in November 2018. Coinbase Forms PAC Politico correspondent Colin Wilhelm tweeted the news yesterday that the largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange platform had formed a PAC.
2018-7-22 23:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency platform and exchange Coinbase has decided to build up a Political Action Committee known as PAC. The information has been revealed on Friday by the U. S. Federal Election Commission.
2018-7-21 22:07 | |
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The U. S cryptocurrency exchange known as Coinbase has created its own Political Action Committee (PAC). This is according to details made public on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) website only today, July 21st.
2018-7-21 13:07 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has formed a Political Action Committee (PAC), according to government documents published Friday night. A disclosure published by the U. S. Federal Election Commission revealed that the exchange formed the “Coinbase, Inc.
2018-7-21 10:10 | |
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San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has created its own political action committee (PAC), according to documents made public today, July 20. In the U.S., PACs are organizations that pool campaign contributions from members with similar policy and political goals and subsequently donate them to political campaigns for or against candidates, legislation, or
2018-7-21 09:20 | |
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Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange has formed its own political action committee
2018-7-21 07:04 | |
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The US Intelligence long-hand reached the faraway shores of cryptocurrency-based political interference by Russia, exposing the dark underbelly of virtual currencies. Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel’s indicted 12 Russian intelligence officials for using bitcoin to launder money and fund obtrusive, political activities for strategic advantage over the USA.
2018-7-17 00:23 | |
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For most people, cryptocurrency is a little-understood subject, which is understandable since digital coins were only thrust into the global limelight after 2017’s bull run. Thankfully, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) aims to address this lack of proper information on cryptos and blockchain by offering an online program that’s even CPD […] Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain to Be Covered in London School of Economics’ New Crypto Course was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-7-13 16:39 | |
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A report published on Wednesday, July 11, by The Korea Times suggests that South Korean legislators are all set to submit the draft bills to regulate the country’s cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICO markets.
2018-7-12 11:04 | |
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Members of South Korea's political parties will present their draft bills and debate on it during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly, from July 13 to 26. The post South Korean Legislators Working to Fast-Track Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Regulations appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-7-12 09:07 | |
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The markets are still in a sorry state this morning. Values are crashing and the markets are down. Political tensions and adverse news regarding some hacks seem to have had a small impact on the market, overall though this current trend is simply just the result of the bear market that has driven the markets down for a number of weeks now.
2018-7-10 12:00 | |
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Neil Walsh, chief of the cybercrime and anti-money laundering arm of the United Nations' department on drugs and crime, has stated that the "anonymizing and pseudo-anonymizing" aspects of cryptocurrencies have made it extremely difficult to combat terrorist financing, money laundering, and cybercrime.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled with crypto exchange Bitqyck and its founders Bruce Bise and Sam Mendez over what the SEC believed was an unregistered token sale that raised $13 million.
Yesterday, August 28, Paige Thompson was indicted after allegedly hacking Capital One and 30 other entities. Along with being charged with wire fraud and computer fraud and abuse, court documents state Thompson used Capital One's cloud servers to mine cryptocurrency.
Federal court has entered case-ending sanctions against Craig Wright in the long-running court battle between Wright and the estate of his deceased developer partner, Dave Kleiman. Judge Bruce E.
The Central Bank of Brazil has adopted the International Monetary Fund's crypto classification guidelines, meaning traded cryptocurrencies within the country will be classified as non-financial products and, as such, will be counted as goods on the central bank’s balance sheet.
Westwood, California, resident Kunal Kalra has pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange and ATM. Kalra allegedly took part in $25 million worth of trading without obtaining a money-remitting business license or implementing any anti-money laundering processes.
Last week, six members from the US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee met with Swiss regulators, including the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, to discuss Facebook's Libra project.